Although the tool provided a useful guide, at times it
seemed that information was being replicated only for
the sake of conforming to the needs of the stages in
the analysis. This is in line with comments by authors
also following this approach (Cahill, 1996; Rodgers).
The tool lacks distinct guidelines for certain aspects of
the analysis, such as the need for a literature review
and an explicit validation phase to verify the presence
of the proposed defining attributes of the concept.
Rodgers and Paley (1996), among others, criticize the
methodology for presenting a rigid, static view of the
world. However, Walker and Avant (1995) claim that
“the end product is always tentative” (p. 37). They
also assert that concepts change over time: what is true
today is not true tomorrow. Accordingly, the results
from this analysis should be considered as a starting
point for further development.