Case Study Committee Workplan

Timeline

• 18th November 2011 – FORSYS participants submit STSM opportunities to wiki
• 1st February 2012 – FORSYS participants submit case study (CS) abstracts to CS technical committee (CSTC)
• 1st March – CSTC provides reporting format for CS
• 1st March - CSTC responds to abstracts
• 1st June - CSTC follow up on cases
• 1st September – FORSYS participants submit first draft of CS to CSTC
• 1st October – CSTC responds to drafts
• 1st November – FORSYS participants submit final CS
• 20th December 2012 – CSTC synthesis
• 2013 CS synthesis informs development of FORSYS guidelines
• technically have until 3 months after end of project (4/2013) to complete all project work

Develop case study guidelines

• Figure out how cases will contribute to final Forsys guidelines
• E-mail Forsys participants about important guidelines updates

Manage case study contributions

• Develop semantic form for entering case studies into the wiki
• Solicit case studies from the Forsys network
• Review and comment on case studies submitted
• Answer questions, resolve issues

Case study literature database

• Investigate possible technologies for managing/sharing case study literature
  • e.g. Mendeley or Citeulike

Publications

• Think of publication possibilities for case study work

DONE

After the Leuven 2011 meeting

• Synthesized Leuven discussion and updated Case Study Guidelines on the wiki
• Developed semantic wiki form for STSM Opportunities

At Leuven 2011 meeting

• Give case study introductory presentation
• Each STC member leads a subgroup on assigned task
• Develop & present a time line for the work on the case studies
  • incl. meeting of the STC
  • incl. clear division of responsibilities

Before the Leuven 2011 meeting

• Develop two (or more) documents:
  • Case Study Notes by Research Phase: organize information already generated about the case study guidelines
  • 2011-11_Leuven_Case_Study_Agenda
• Gather further information on case studies (STC sends request to country representatives)
  • Existing forest DSS case studies
  • Potential forest DSS case studies
  • Other relevant literature (methods, theories, etc)