A qualidade do projeto de pesquisa influencia o rigor teórico-metodológico e a contribuição de valor do trabalho científico produzido. O design inadequado e a falta de maturação dos projetos de pesquisa são alguns dos problemas que mais levam à rejeição direta de artigos, mormente, nas áreas de administração, contabilidade e turismo. Mas, apesar da importância, muitas vezes, essa etapa é negligenciada e tratada de forma descuidada. Por isso, este artigo propôs-se a uma abordagem gráfica para projetos de pesquisa que pode auxiliar pesquisadores, sobretudo, iniciantes, a planejarem suas pesquisas. Para cumprir tal objetivo, conjugou-se revisão da literatura com análise de conteúdo, tendo por referência artigos e livros da área metodológica. Como resultado, desenvolveu-se o Research Project Model Canvas (RPMC), um framework que provê direcionamento ao pesquisador, auxiliando-o a evitar erros, mas sem lhe suprimir a criatividade e o espaço da tomada de decisão.

Resumo: A complexidade dos projetos tem aumentado, impulsionando a demanda, no gerenciamento moderno de projetos, por novos conhecimentos, ferramentas, técnicas e modelos de trabalho. No entanto, a comunidade Palavras-chave: Projetos complexos; Teoria da Complexidade; Teoria da Representação Social; Evocação de palavras.Abstract: The complexity of the projects has increased, boosting the demand in modern project management for new knowledge, tools, techniques and work models. However, the scientific community still seeks a definition for the complex project construct and the factors that characterize it. Therefore, the objective of this qualitative and descriptive study was to identify the factors that characterize the complexity in the vision of engineering project management professionals and from that, to propose a definition for a complex project. This characterization was based on the perception of 132 respondents, captured through the word evocation technique; treated and analyzed by the Vèrges technique with the support of Social Representation Theory and Complexity Theory. As a result, the central nucleus of the social representation that characterizes a complex project in the view of the professionals of the engineering area was constituted in descending order by: stakeholders, difficulty, risks, technology, large, scope, multidisciplinary and long. It is observed that complex projects are seen as a superlative system, in terms of quantity and quality of constituents, and stakeholders management gains protagonism.

A Teoria da Complexidade é aplicada a muitos campos do conhecimento humano, e suas implicações são crescentes, tanto no mercado quanto na academia. No entanto, usualmente, a teoria é abordada por fragmentos em revisões de literatura, que não a tem como foco principal. Dessa forma, dificulta-se o entendimento de sua unicidade, sua continuidade e sua consistência. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é prover um panorama sobre a Teoria da Complexidade, apresentando seus principais elementos e fomentando a discussão a respeito de suas potencialidades de uso. A abordagem da pesquisa é qualitativa, exploratória e bibliográfica, focada em três das principais bases científicas: Web of Knowledge, Scopus e SciELO Brasil. Constata-se que a popularidade da Teoria da Complexidade entre acadêmicos e praticantes é crescente e tem potencial para gerar benefícios ainda não explorados em diversas áreas.

This quali-quantitative, exploratory field study approach is based on analyzing data obtained by applying the word recall test involving 100 respondents in order to build the social representation of distance learning (DL) from a Brazilian viewpoint. The 'four-house board' technique by Pierre Vergès was adopted as the data-treatment technique. Making use of theoretical concepts previously presented to discuss distance learning (DL), the social representation of DL is compared to this theory, in order to validate the knowledge and identify learning gaps. It was found that the main focus of the social representation of DL consists of the following words: Flexibility, Facility, Practicality, Discipline, Time, Low-cost, Cost, Opportunity, Internet and Convenience. The main conclusion is that, despite the positive outlook that Brazilians have of distance learning, some assumptions should be adopted to ensure its effectiveness: 1) the need to mix DL with classroom encounters; 2) the need for DL-based courses to have trained teachers that insist on interaction and 3) the need for material to be suitable for this form of education, as well as for the communication media and technologies used. Keywords: Learning. Education. DL. Social representation. IntroductionWith the advent of the internet and advances in information and communications technology (ICT), distance education, which used to be restricted to a small niche within the educational sector, has grown and taken on greater relevance in academic a Universidade Federal Fluminense -UFF. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Gustavo Guimarães Marchisotti, Fátima Bayma de Oliveira e Alessandro Prudêncio Lukosevicius discussions. The expansion of this method of teaching has been responsible for a true revolution in the educational field, due to the greater access it provides for those with fewer resources, and thus it has contributed to a reduction in social inequality. Brazilian governments have used distance education as an efficient way to diminish Brazil's problems in terms of access to education (GOMES, 2013).Distance education is based on the student's initiative, using his or her skills to interact and solve problems in groups, and does not permit the simple memorization of content. In other words, learning based on "knowing how to do something" and not just "knowing facts," which only occurs when one breaks from the traditional model of teaching (LITTO; FORMIGA, 2008).Distance education, through the use of computational resources, has appeared as a way to stimulate a new model of learning, facilitating the construction of knowledge and helping students to be active participants and transformers of reality. It is an educational process (TAPERINO, 2006) focused on developing skills, centered on student learning, allowing students to grow as people, professionals and citizens.There is a scarcity of education in the world, with greater growth in the number of students than in the growth of the number of universities (DANIEL, 1996), or in other words, there is a...

Dentre os métodos de pesquisa, o Estudo de Caso é um dos mais populares. No entanto, por vezes, pesquisas calcadas nesse método recebem críticas quanto a forma de aplicação. Além disso, existe uma escassez de estudos que analisam o uso do método Estudo de Caso no campo científico do gerenciamento de projetos. Portanto, existe a necessidade de ampliar os conhecimentos sobre a aplicação desse método nessa área. Assim, o objetivo deste artigo é descrever como o método Estudo de Caso está sendo aplicado ao camp o do gerenciamento de projetos. Para isso, foram selecionados 40 artigos de gerenciamento de projetos de periódicos nacionais e internacionais publicados ao longo de sete anos (2011 -2017), os quais adotaram a mencionada técnica como método de pesquisa. Quanto à abordagem, este trabalho é de cunho qualitativo, os artigos selecionados foram examinados sob a natureza descritiva e a análise dos mesmos se guiou pela Análise de Conteúdo. A pesquisa proveu informações para guiar a condução de pesquisas com Estudos de Caso no campo do gerenciamento de projetos, apresentando as diferenças entre estudos nacionais e internacionais.Palavras-chave: Método de Pesquisa. Estudo de Caso. Gerenciamento de Projetos. USE OF CASE STUDY METHOD IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH ABSTRACTAmong the research methods, the Case Study is one of the most popular. However, sometimes surveys based on this method are criticized on how to apply it. In addition, there is a shortage of studies that analyze the use of the Case Study method in the scientific field of project management. Therefore, there is a need to increase knowledge about the application of this method in this area. Thus, the purpose of this article is to describe how the Case Study method is being applied to the field of project management. For this, we selected 40 project management articles from national and international journals published in the last seven years (2011 -2017), which adopted the mentioned technique as a research method. Regarding the approach, this work is qualitative, the articles selected were examined under the descriptive nature and their analysis was guided by Content Analysis. The research provided information to guide the conduction of research with Case Studies in the field of project management, presenting the differences between national and international studies.