# Study preparation and decision worksheet

Status: Blank template · 2026-09-06

A general research planning aid, not a client record or a medical-device compliance document. It helps ask what this round must answer and what can still change. It does not replace a project-specific professional evaluation plan.

## One-page research brief

- Product / version / development stage:
- Next decision:
- Design, instructions, or process that can still change:
- Intended users and actual use context:
- Design assumptions to examine in this round:
- Existing evidence and uncovered conditions:

## Task planning

| Task | Assumption to examine | Context to preserve | Observable behavior | Recording method | Who acts on findings |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | |

## Pilot notes

- Does the wording reveal the expected action?
- Do the device, environment, or researcher introduce interference?
- Can each observation be located in a task and a time segment?
- Under which conditions would this observation fail to answer the question?

## Return findings to design

| Observation and source | Possible explanation | Proposed next step | Owner | Follow-up date | Open questions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | |

Report observations, design recommendations, and follow-up validation separately. Completing a test does not establish that a problem has been resolved.