We agree that the term is problematic, in particular as it originates from physics with a different meaning: "A phase transition is the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one phase or state of matter to another one by heat transfer".
Otherwise it'll have a great tendency to simply go into one phase or the other.
When one phase changes to another isobarically or isothermally, this change is a phase transition.
There have been no upsets, no setbacks, just one phase after another.
The Secretary shall not require that any single project justification criterion meet or exceed a "medium" rating in order to advance the project from one phase to another.
The duration from one phase to another varies across research questions, expertise, funding, and the nature of the domain.
Passing from one phase to another requires important processes and decisions made by design actors.
The progression from one phase to another provides the means of measuring the progress and impact.
The process dynamics from one phase to another are then comprehensively captured in different subspaces.
Project meetings marked the change from one phase to another.
