Preliminary research and

development project
Is the set of preliminary activities focused on the
concrete and explicit formulation of a research project.
1. Problem selection
2. Bibliographic review
3. Definition of a topic Difference
4. Justification between
problem and
topic

It is important to understand the

difference , because the problem
Select the is related to the one think that
you need to solve and the topic is
problem related with the idea to solve it
and how the knowledge is going
to be apply

1.
Note: There are two types of
problem selection, it can be by
it is necessary to select a problem individual selection or Selection
which must be original (that has not based on research lines
been studied before or is being
studied), of interest (that motivates

2.
you to study it), important (that is
worth investing resources), viable
(that can be solved) and that is Bibliographic
compatible with the line of research
of the research center (University
review
for example).

3.
The preliminary bibliographic review is a tool
Definition of to help to better formulate the problem, to
a topic identify if the topic has been studied, is being
studied or needs to be modified, as well as to
verify the available resources, it is
recommended to use techniques such as "text
tracing" or "exploration" to identify texts that
may be of interest but without investing too
much time in case it is necessary to change the
topic

After the problem statement

and the preliminary literature

4.
review, we proceed to define
whether the study will be
research or development
(depending on whether there
are gaps in knowledge or in
the application of
knowledge,it is important to
emphasize that in research
there are investigative and
developmental works, it is
necessary to see which one is
more important), by
establishing this we define a
title, objectives, scope and
justification.
Justification
Having defined the objectives and scope,
conducted a preliminary literature review,
and having a general idea of how the
research could be developed and identified
the results and their value for the collective
knowledge, it is known whether the
application of resources is justifiable with
respect to the development of the research,
and whether it is possible to justify the
application of resources for the
development of the research.

References
Lina Maria Vasco - Research Seminar 2023-1S
(Research Methodology for Traffic Engineers, Radelat. G (1992))