The work phases represent a core idea to support the education of qualitative techniques of social research. In fact, proceeding with phases allows faculty to demonstrate the relevance of following a process by passing on the entire key stages in order to guarantee the reliability and validity of the research results. Furthermore, the student body is allowed to learn while experimenting the process of the research itself.

In this section, the four key phases of the process of the scientific knowledge applicable to observation techniques are described: design, execution of work, analysis and interpretation of data and presentation of results and their dissemination.