Figure 3 -.

This sample project management Gantt chart illustrates a possible timeline for the conception, design, promulgation, accrual and analysis of a snapshot audit. The example presumes a 30-day window for patient enrolment, with 30 days follow-up for each patient. We highlight recommended points along the study course where there is need and utility in a steering group meeting; frequently in the Design phase to identify a clear knowledge gap, to create study questions to address this gap by modified eDelphi consensus, and to create a data dictionary that captures the patient-level information required to answer those questions. There is practical value in assessing progress early in the patient accrual window to allow for repair of any unforseen protocol issues. The study steering group should then reconvene after data extraction, clean-up and analysis to perform an environmental scan of those data and to plan the preparation of manuscripts mapped to each of the pre-defined study questions. The study group should then meet for a final time at study end to identify opportunities and plan for future work.