This is related to clinical practice, but again the ideas may be relevant to development. The authors note that case-studies are particularly useful to clinicians who are might be in a good position to look for patients fitting into a specific population during their routine practice—I wonder if the same concept could be applied to field staff in development projects. For instance, developmental ‘case-studies’ probably won’t generate generalizable results, but they could be helpful in tailoring an RCT validated intervention to a specific population.
I recently stumbled onto this article supporting the use of both serendipitous and planned case studies.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2753.1998.00011.x
This is related to clinical practice, but again the ideas may be relevant to development. The authors note that case-studies are particularly useful to clinicians who are might be in a good position to look for patients fitting into a specific population during their routine practice—I wonder if the same concept could be applied to field staff in development projects. For instance, developmental ‘case-studies’ probably won’t generate generalizable results, but they could be helpful in tailoring an RCT validated intervention to a specific population.