Related Work Survey

Systematic literature survey for positioning a research contribution.

When to Use

• User starts a new research project and needs landscape understanding
• User asks "what's been done on X?"
• User needs to write a related work section
• User wants to identify the gap their work fills

Workflow

Step 1: Define the Research Question

Work with the user to pin down:

• Core question: What specific problem are we solving?
• Key concepts: What are the 3-5 key terms/concepts?
• Scope boundaries: What's in scope vs. adjacent but out of scope?