  Conducting a research in an efficient, repetitive, evaluable, but also
convenient (in terms of development) way has always been a challenge. To
satisfy those requirements in a long term and simultaneously minimize costs of
the software engineering process, one has to follow a certain set of
guidelines. This article describes such guidelines based on the research
environment called Content Analysis System (CoAnSys) created in the Center for
Open Science (CeON). Best practices and tools for working in the Apache Hadoop
environment, as well as the process of establishing these rules are portrayed.
