Reverse Industry Day Case Study Format

USACE Charleston District Case Study Format
Reverse Industry Day and Listening Session – 19 November 2026 10-slide / 15-minute case-study structure. The goal of the format is to make presentations comparable and keep the discussion grounded in usable lessons rather than marketing.
Slide

Requested Content

1. Project Snapshot

Project type, owner sector, approximate value range, delivery period, and method used. No proprietary or source-selection-sensitive details.

2. The Problem

Why conventional delivery was not adequate; the project constraints and objectives.

3. Why This Method

Why PDB, DB2B, IDAC/CMAR-like collaboration, OTA, or another method was chosen. Include alternatives considered.

4. Owner Readiness

Decisions, staffing, authorities, requirements maturity, budget condition, and governance needed before procurement.

5. Procurement Approach

Solicitation structure, competition approach, selection factors, proposal burden, and selection timeline.

6. Commercial/Contract

Model

Pricing, phase structure, risk allocation, cost transparency, incentives, offramps, and change control.

7. Collaboration in Practice

Who participated early; meeting cadence; decision rights; design-costschedule integration; issue escalation.

8. Results

Planned versus actual cost, schedule, scope, quality, safety, changes, claims, and customer outcomes. Use quantitative measures where possible.

9. Lessons Learned

What worked, what failed, what the owner should not repeat, and conditions required for success.

10. Recommendations to Three to five specific recommendations for acquisition planning, solicitation

USACE

instructions, evaluation, contract administration, and project selection.