flowchart TD Topic("Topic and a gap
in understanding"):::endpoint Find["1. Find what is known"]:::s1 Frame["2. Frame the question"]:::s2 Build["3. Build and measure"]:::s3 Analyze["4. Analyze"]:::s4 Communicate["5. Communicate"]:::s5 Result("Paper, thesis chapter,
or talk"):::endpoint Topic --> Find Find -->|"Reading list with citations"| Frame Frame -->|"Question statement"| Build Build -->|"Netlists, scripts, raw data files"| Analyze Analyze -->|"Result tables and plots"| Communicate Communicate -->|"Manuscript source and figures"| Result classDef endpoint fill:#e9ecef,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#222,font-size:16px classDef s1 fill:#1b6ca8,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,font-size:16px classDef s2 fill:#2a7f62,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,font-size:16px classDef s3 fill:#8a5a00,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,font-size:16px classDef s4 fill:#a23b72,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,font-size:16px classDef s5 fill:#5b4b9a,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,font-size:16px linkStyle default stroke:#666,stroke-width:2px