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First for research & development

Build research-operation apps around equipment requests, study milestones, document reviews and grant budgets.

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What you can build

From project dependency to responsible review

A project dependency waits for a resource or administrative review without a clear next owner.

  • Equipment booking requests
    Equipment
    Optical bench 2
    Requested slot
    Tuesday afternoon
    Review
    Lab coordinator

    Equipment booking requests.

    Connect equipment requests to availability, booking conflicts and custodian responses.

  • Project management board
    Project
    Prototype evaluation
    Milestone
    Pilot readout
    Dependency
    Test fixture

    Project management board.

    Keep tasks, dependencies and milestone owners clear across a project.

  • Document approval workflow
    Document
    Test protocol v4
    Reviewer
    Research lead
    Decision
    Revisions requested

    Document approval workflow.

    Keep each document version, review round and decision together.

Follow one resource through the handoff.

Willow Research · Operations is a fictional example. Follow Resource request RD-022 through the decisions and exception that the team needs to resolve.

Willow Research · OperationsResource request RD-022

Project: Fictional materials study

Project
Fictional materials study
Resource
Bench microscope M-4

Current stage · project coordinator

Coordinator raises a non-sensitive project request

Coordinator raises a non-sensitive project request.

From idea to live

Describe it. Refine it. Publish it.

Start with one workflow, such as equipment booking requests. Describe what you need, refine the app and review it before sharing it with your team.

  • Build an app for equipment booking requests.

    Resource request RD-022
    Project
    Fictional materials study
    Resource
    Bench microscope M-4

    Describe the app you need.

    Start with one workflow, such as equipment booking requests. Describe the record and what your team needs to track.

  • Add a field for requested window.

    Resource request RD-022
    Requested window
    Tuesday session
    Custodian
    Booking conflict found

    Refine it around your team.

    Ask for the fields and views people need for the next handoff.

  • Resource request RD-022
    Project update
    Milestone revised
    Next action
    Coordinator confirmation
    Handled by
    project coordinator

    Review, then publish.

    Try the workflow in preview and check who needs access. Publish when you’re ready to share it.

Workflows for research & development

Start with one workflow. Each page gives you a relevant example and a starting brief you can adapt.

Make this workflow yours.

Start with equipment booking or grant administration. Research conclusions, ethics approval and specialist laboratory processes require their own qualified review.

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