The Decision Under Examination · Briefing series

When the inspector asks why, does your reasoning hold?

See what the record behind a batch release, a CAPA closure and an approved decision does and does not show.

A completed checklist shows that a review occurred. It does not show that the decision was justified. Work three realistic cases to see what a careful reviewer asks next.

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One session. One consequential decision.

Explore a decision in depth.

Choose a focused webinar on the issue that matters to you. Examine the evidence, make your call, and compare your reasoning with a worked explanation.

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  1. Standalone webinar

    Standalone webinar · CAPA effectiveness

    The CAPA Was Closed. Was It Effective?

    The actions are complete. Does the evidence support closure? Examine a realistic CAPA decision and see what the evidence does and does not show.

    About 21 minutes · Prerecorded

Three connected sessions. One focused learning path.

Designed to be taken in order.

Each session works a different decision through the same four questions, Evidence, Judgment, Risk and Authorization: batch release, CAPA effectiveness, and whether the next reviewer can reconstruct the decision. Start with Session 1 and follow the sequence.

Showing 1–3 of 3 webinars · Intended order

  1. Learning series · Session 1 of 3

    Manufacturing and Batch Release · Coming soon

    The Batch Was Reviewed. Was Release Justified?

    A completed review and a signature show that a review occurred. They do not show that an unresolved discrepancy was explained, or that the evidence supports the disposition.

    About 53 minutes · Prerecorded · Start here

  2. Learning series · Session 2 of 3

    Quality Decisions · Coming soon

    A CAPA Is Closed. What Proves It Worked?

    Every corrective action is finished. The CAPA is closed. That shows the planned work occurred. Whether it worked is a separate judgment, and the record has to carry it.

    About 53 minutes · Prerecorded · Recommended: complete Session 1 first

  3. Learning series · Session 3 of 3

    Leadership and Decision Accountability · Coming soon

    Can the Next Reviewer Reconstruct the Decision?

    The approval is on file. Someone who was not in the room still has to see why it was reasonable, from the record alone.

    About 57 minutes · Prerecorded · Recommended: complete Session 2 first

The method

The same four questions in every session.

Evidence

What happened, and what is missing?

Judgment

Which criterion connects the facts to the conclusion, and why this conclusion?

Risk

What uncertainty remains, and was it evaluated?

Authorization

Who decided, what, and under what conditions?

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Each session is built so a team can work the same fictional case, answer the same scored check and compare their reasoning. Write to ask about team access.

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Examine the worked example Preview of the Batch Release Authorization Case File

Batch Release Authorization Case File

Study one completed, fictional batch-release decision: the evidence, the judgment, the risk and the authorization.

Record your own decision Preview of an Inspection Response Record: who authorized this decision, and why

Inspection Response Record

Preserve the actual basis behind a consequential completed decision.

A Quality team in a conference room watching a briefing from The Decision Under Examination series, with Evidence, Judgment, Risk and Authorization panels on screen

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The Record in Practice

From examining decisions to developing better decision judgment. The Record in Practice is the eight-week program in which Quality, Operations and Validation professionals work through realistic GMP situations, challenge assumptions, weigh risk and build the reasoning that supports a consequential decision. Four units across eight weeks, each built on a fictional case.

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