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Symmetrical Data Management: The Development Of Data Management Metrics For Practical Use
March 4, 2008
•Article: Symmetrical Data Management: The Development Of Data Management Metrics For Practical Use
Written and compiled by Sheila Kelly, Senior Manager of Business Development Services, ICON Clinical Research
Within the pharmaceutical industry, a huge emphasis is placed on cost containment of clinical trials. There is a growing trend to scrutinize each project task and activity with a view to reducing costs. This is particularly evident for support services such as data processing, and contract research organizations (CROs) are driven to provide robust resource plans and budgets that accurately reflect the project's activities.
The Project Plan
The successful project plan has four successive stages: initiation, set-up, maintenance, and closeout. In stage one, the scope of the project is defined by identifying the main aims; stage two underpins the resources required to perform these tasks and the associated costs; stage three progresses to project implementation and fulfillment of the original goals outlined in stage one; stage four is the evaluation period when corrective measures are put in place and lessons learned are carried forward to the next project.
•Article: Symmetrical Data Management: The Development Of Data Management Metrics For Practical Use
