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This is an overview of some of the research methods, tactics,
and practices that you may need to complete projects. They are
organized around the types of things that need to get done in
typical projects. For some of things you need to get done there are
formal methods, for some there are tactics or practices that you
should check out. An entire book could be written about the
subject, this is just a way in.
Starting Projects
- How to get support for a project, including how to getgrants?
- How to work out realistic objectives for a project after it hasbeen approved?
- How to figure out the needs of stakeholders?
- How to do a literature review?
- See Reviewing the literature.
- How to do an environmental scan?
- When do you need ethics clearance and how to get it?
- How to formulate interesting questions, challenges andobjectives?
- See How to form a question.
Running Projects
- Scrums are an agile process for getting things done. See the
[Scrum Alliance] for more.
- Agile Management methods are a
class of techniques for getting things done quickly without too
much planning. Scrums would be one example.
- User Testing methods are important
to developing web sites and other applications meant to be used
widely.
- Blogging practices can help running a
project and can be a project themselves.
How to digitize materials and gather
data?
How to develop an interface for a web
site?
How to get programming done
right?
Wrapping Projects Up
Research Methods
Usability Methods
- Talk Aloud method for getting
usability information.
How to analyze a mess of unstructured
data?
How to analyze structured
data?
Other
How to get your thesis done along
with everything else?
How to survive as new research
assistant?
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