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Re:It’s worth spending weeks on research before wasting year... by rtkwe on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @03:56PM (#20628904)
I think a lot of times that's just a failure of communicating progress on research. Like others have said you can break 'research' down into sub tasks and even present a document or report at the end.
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Re:It’s worth spending weeks on research before wasting year... by matwood on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:06PM (#20630153)
> present a document or report at the end.

Yep. Our research tasks either produce a document for the team to read and then discuss and/or user stories for the team to discuss, point and work on. Which happens depends on what the research is about.

Also, if someone is a manager/lead, make it a point to read, understand and ask questions about the produced document. Nothing demotivates more than producing something that isn't used.

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