Pre requisite

Expertise and Team

  1. A subject expert to clarify the issues related to the topic
  2. A librarian to help in the development of an extensive search strategy and to identify the relevant databases
  3. Reviewers for data screening such as abstracts, titles and full-text articles
  4. A statistician if Meta-analysis is involved
  5. A project lead for managing data and writing up the final report

Time

  1. How much time does each author have?
  2. What tasks need to be done? by whom?
  3. How long will each task take?
  4. Up to 1-2 years in total
  5. A clear Gant Chart

Office Supplies and Technology

  1. Computers
  2. Internet Access
  3. Phone calls/ Conferences
  4. Printing
  5. Photocopying