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This lesson is in the beta phase, which means that it is ready for teaching by instructors outside of the original author team.
HWSA 2026 workshop
Key Points
- A workflow is not extra work — it is how you make your research
repeatable, scalable, and understandable.
- If you can’t clearly describe your workflow (inputs, steps,
outputs), you can’t reliably trust or reproduce your results.
- Workflows save time in the long run by turning ad‑hoc processes into
reusable, adaptable systems.
- Reproducible research makes your work easier to understand, reuse,
and extend.
- Small, well-documented steps can significantly improve
reproducibility and FAIRness.
- Clear documentation is more valuable than detailed but incomplete
records.
- FAIR practices are about clarity and accessibility, not complex
infrastructure.
- Improving reproducibility is incremental: consistency matters more
than perfection.
- Your facilitators will be here for all of the HWSA
- Feel free to discuss further questions from our workshops
- We are also available to chat about software / hardware questions
you might have that relate to your research
- Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of done.
- Your future self is your most important collaborator.