# Research: Test Research Topic

**Research ID**: test-research-001  
**Category**: architecture  
**Status**: planned  
**Priority**: high  
**Created**: 2025-12-15

## Overview

This document tracks the research progress for "Test Research Topic". It includes research questions, methodology, findings, and recommendations.

## Research Questions

### 1. How can we improve system performance?

**Question ID**: q-001  
**Type**: exploratory  
**Methodology**: analysis

**Status**: [ ] Not Started / [ ] In Progress / [ ] Completed

**Findings**:

- [ ] Finding 1
- [ ] Finding 2
- [ ] Finding 3

**Notes**:

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### 2. What are the scalability constraints?

**Question ID**: q-002  
**Type**: investigative  
**Methodology**: testing

**Status**: [ ] Not Started / [ ] In Progress / [ ] Completed

**Findings**:

- [ ] Finding 1
- [ ] Finding 2
- [ ] Finding 3

**Notes**:

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## Timeline & Milestones

**Start Date**: 2024-01-01  
**End Date**: 2024-03-31

### Milestones

- **Research Planning Complete** (2024-01-15): All research questions and methodology defined

- **Data Collection Complete** (2024-02-28): All required data collected and validated

## Resources Required

- **personnel**: Senior architect for analysis (Status: available)

- **tools**: Performance monitoring tools (Status: requested)

## Research Progress

### Current Status

- [ ] Research planning completed
- [ ] Resources secured
- [ ] Research questions defined
- [ ] Methodology established
- [ ] Data collection started
- [ ] Analysis in progress
- [ ] Findings documented
- [ ] Recommendations formulated
- [ ] Research completed

### Progress Notes

| Date       | Progress                  | Notes                     |
| ---------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| 2025-12-15 | Research document created | Initial research planning |

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## Findings

### Finding: Database queries are the primary bottleneck

**Date**: 2024-01-20  
**Confidence**: 85%  
**Impact**: high

**Details**:

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## Recommendations

### Recommendation 1: Implement database query optimization

**Priority**: high  
**Rationale**: Queries account for 70% of response time  
**Implementation**: Add indexes and optimize slow queries

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## Research Methodology

### Approach

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### Data Collection

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### Analysis Methods

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### Validation Approach

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## Risk Management

### Identified Risks

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## Quality Assurance

### Review Process

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## Knowledge Sharing

### Stakeholders

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## References

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### Related ADRs

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## Appendices

### Appendix A: Research Data

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### Appendix B: Analysis Details

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### Appendix C: Additional Resources

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**Document Status**: planned  
**Last Updated**: 2025-12-15  
**Next Review**: [Schedule next review date]

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