about.qmd

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title: About ResearchOps
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> "ResearchOps is the people, mechanisms, and strategies that set ...
> research in motion. It provides the roles, tools, and processes needed
> to support researchers in delivering and scaling the impact of the
> craft across an organisation." --- [ResearchOps
> Community](https://researchops.community/)

What is Research Operations? It is a branch of ["Operations
management"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_management) that
focuses on the research lifecycle, rather than traditional manufacturing
and other business operations.

The current definition of ResearchOps comes from "[user
research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_research)", which is the
process of researching how users interact with a product, service, or
website. It is part of UX (User Experience) design and evaluation
process.

We want to extend these concepts to include scientific research in
general, since there are many overlaps between user research and
research within academic or scientific settings.