Call for Case Studies

Do you have a real life case study you want to share with others in your industry?

ISPE is developing a library of industry and regulatory case studies, or "best practices" that we hope to use in future educational programming. To add your case study to the ISPE Education Case Study Library, please complete and submit this form. If your case study is selected for future programming, you will be contacted to present.

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1. Scope of Project or Situation Background
Provide background information on the scope of the project to provide a basis for the case study analysis. Consider the following:

General scope
Design scope
Construction scope
Commissioning/ validation scope
Business drivers/ issues/ basis
Regulatory drivers/ issues/ basis

Other “problems” to be solved
Include statistics such as when the project occurred, project budget, duration, number of people involved, degree to which the work was done by in-house personnel vs. contractors, novelty of technology, etc.

2. Planning
Describe what was done to plan the project. In retrospect, what aspects were not adequately planned? What aspects may have been over-planned? How were plans communicated to the affected groups/ individuals? Was the plan respected and followed? Did it need to be changed and was it?

3. Project Phases
For each major project phase, state the purpose of the phase, describe any special drivers (tight schedule, limited budget, design build…) and how those drivers were accommodated. In retrospect, describe what could have been done better.

4. Unplanned Events
Discuss any unplanned events or other surprises, and how they were dealt with.

5. Goal Achievement
Summarize the overall achievement of project goals. Discuss any special approaches, good or bad, that contributed to or detracted from the ability to achieve overall project goals.