Notes on workflow, compliance, and inspection readiness

Grounded in real clinical development experience — not vendor talking points.

Compliance economics

What TMF reconciliation actually costs

A first-hand look at where the labor and internal audit time really goes on a study budget — and why reconciliation, not documentation, is the expensive part.

Blinding & compliance

Blinding control shouldn't be an afterthought

Most systems tag a document's blinding status after it's created. Why that's structurally too late, and what enforcing it at assignment actually changes.

Inspection readiness

Why inspection readiness means never being surprised

The case for treating documentation as a byproduct of work rather than a task reconciled after the fact — and what that means the week before an inspection.