- Avoiding repeating what others have done but instead, allows conducting a replication with extension, generating new knowledge.
- What methods and procedures have worked for others can be seen and adopted
- The different ways that others have investigated the topic of interest can be learned
# Formulating the research question(s)
- As computer science work is generally intangible, part of the purpose of research is to make the idea visible by prototyping in formats that can be tested, critiqued and edited.
