1.   Above all, there is the same advantage in stating objectives in behavioral terms.

2.   Stating your objectives clearly will be a great help in organizing the research.

3.   This is, unashamedly, a policy of relegating by expediency rather than by any stated objectives.

4.   However, it will not be successful unless the objectives have been stated clearly and all the practical options considered.

5.   But first, the inventor must state an objective.

6.   One of the benefits of stating your objective up front is that you can always refer back to it.

7.   Still, consider stating the objective somewhere in the first few paragraphs.