ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the practice of doing processual research, the role of the researcher, the different types of data collection techniques and the nature of processual analysis. It provides the key elements that need to be considered in the choice of data collection techniques and during the complex task of data analysis. In reflecting on some of the tacit knowledge gained from practical experience, there is a wide range of elements that one starts to automatically accommodate in carrying out processual research. The activity of building up knowledge about the practice of conducting this type of case study research typically occurs unknowingly over a number of years and can often be difficult to express or convey to new researchers prior to their initial fieldwork immersion. If achievable, freedom from other work commitments does enable the researcher to be more creative in the contextual and temporal linking, building and counter-posing interpretations, which are all an essential part of processual analysis.
