• chooses the experiment
• observes, determines the outcomes
• carries out the actions
• is influenced by social factors and accepts them
• continues until the system begins to perform as desired/ required
• determines when enough is done
• redesigns the experiment if it doesn’t work
• forms the outcome
• assembles different observation in a coherent whole
• may tie the outcome into theory
• may rerun the experiment with a new arrangement of variables to check repeatability

References

Ranulph Glanville, Researching Design and Designing Research. In Design Issues Vol. 15, No. 2, Design Research (Summer, 1999), pp. 80-91

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