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Question about projects and lengthy Next Actions

Pardon the rather ambiguous thread title, I just wasn't sure how to phrase it exactly. Anyway, my question...

I'm a software developer, but I think many people in IT-related fields will be able to identify with projects like this: I have a list of items that need to be researched. This is the whole scope of the project, in a nutshell. For each item in the list, give some sort of status/resolution. That's pretty much it.

Now, this list is pretty long, and will take upwards of a week to complete. How would this project be organized using GTD? Would the Next Action just be "Keep Working Through List"?

I'm pretty new to GTD, so I'm trying to feel my way through some of the finer implementation points.

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

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