All working methods and tools at a glance

Working method to exchange ideas on the type of research participants have in mind. You can use this working method prior to the objective circumplex.

At a check-in, everyone answers an open-ended question. This will give everyone participating in the workshop the opportunity to have their voices heard briefly, right at the start.

Working form to collectively determine what the research proposal will look like and to possibly outline the intervention that will be developed.

Contemplative dialogue is a form of conversation that alternates writing, reading aloud, listening and quoting each other. The final step is a conversation in which participants look for common themes in their contributions.

Working method to jointly formulate and prioritise research objectives with researchers and stakeholders in practice

The ‘motivations’ working method is a personal icebreaker giving room to get acquainted further and question each other on the topic.

Project leaders and process managers can use these supporting questions for themselves to get an overview of all facets of a practice issue. This set of questions can serve as a checklist.

The card methodology can be used to collectively gain a better understanding of the ways in which different members of the partnership look at the practice issue from their own perspective. In this method, participants devise as many solutions to the practical issue as possible as a first step. Then the group collectively tries to deduce what causes the problem, based on the solutions given.

Working form to jointly discuss what kind of environment someone feels at home in during a project and what this means for the role and approach to be chosen.

Working form to jointly determine which research steps will be carried out and what helpful methods can be used within these research steps.

Working method to jointly consider who can and wants to take on which duties and roles. This working method can be used for the process of jointly developing the research proposal and/or for the execution phase of the research project.

Working form to translate the impact objectives into concrete activities for during the study.

Working method to jointly identify who wants to play what role in the execution phase of the research project and to identify dependencies.

Overview with examples of research questions for each of the six research functions of Oost & Markenhof (2002).

Working form to collectively determine what the research proposal will look like and to possibly outline the intervention that will be developed.

Working method to (re)formulate the objective(s) of the study