Researchware

Yes. Multi-person teams can work successfully with HyperRESEARCH, and many of our customers do use it in research teams. Here's how it's usually done

• If the work is done in stages, with each stage being handled by a different person, the process is simple: each team member works on the study, and then passes the study file and the source files along to the next researcher. (The coding is linked into the source files, so those files must be passed along with the study file.)
  
  A study file can easily be used on a computer other than the one where the coding was done, as long as the same source file(s) are available. If HyperRESEARCH cannot locate a source file where it expects it to be, the program simply asks where the file is.

• If the coding is done by multiple team members, all working on the same study at once, the typical procedure is for the team members to agree on which case(s) each one will work on. Each team member takes a copy of the study file and source files, and codes the case(s) for which they are responsible.
  
  When coding is finished or at a natural stopping point, one team member collects all the study files and copies the worked-on cases from each study file into a single "master" file. This file, which now contains all of the coded cases, can then be redistributed to the team members for further work as needed.

ResearchWare continues to work on designing new functionality to make it easier for multiple researchers to work as a team, and future versions of HyperRESEARCH will include even more features to support teamwork.

See our in-depth Technical Note on "Working Collaboratively" for more information.