focus groups + classification sheets + nvivo 12

Usually in focus group transcript when we have more than two speakers, for example Alice and James. After the merger, the project manager then sends an email to all team members to download a copy of the merged team project onto their own computers to continue with their coding until the next call for merger.This is where each member will submit their project at date and time intervals set by the project manager, so the team project can be merged. Engage the help of IT staff of your organisation, to create a dedicated storage space on the organisation network drive and give read and write permission to the members of the project team.Calling team meetings to discuss and consolidate the growing open codes into hierarchical nodes.Merging of the team’s work into one joint NVivo project, at different time points and sending copies of the joint project back to team members to carry on work.Optional and can be done at the early in the project.

using the coding comparison tool in NVivo (optional) to check the consistency or agreement of coders’ shared understanding of the research topics.

Establishing and maintaining naming conventions for the project items, copies of master project for each coder, naming of the master project at different times of merger.

assigning responsibilities to team members.

Division of work within the team – e.g.

Facilitating the setting up of the project in NVivo, using the Design Framework, by the team.

Templates and instructions for data preparation.

For the success of a team project, there must be a project administrator or manager, responsible for:

Focus groups + classification sheets + nvivo 12