Clinical Trial Project Management
Clinical Trial Project Management
Clinical Trial Project Management
Definitions
the application of knowledge, skills, tools,and
techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed the stakeholders needs and expectations from a project Inn the clinical research setting, a the clinical research setting, a project is a unique clinical trial. It has a discrete start date and end date. Within a CRO, project management can be interpreted as delight the client, support the project team, and delight seni management.
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What are Project Phases?
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Initiation
Define projects objective
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Planning
Detail who does what when
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Closeout
Projects deliverables are accepted
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Initiation Phase
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Describe the characteristics of the product or service expected from the project. Analyze the projects requirements, identify potential solutions, determine the technical and economic feasibility of each, compare and select the best solution. Develop the project proposal What is to be done Why is it to be done How is it to be done How much risk is involved
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Planning Phase 1. Define an orderly arrangement of activities and resources to deliver the product or service. 2. Begin by outlining all tasks (the work) 3. Identify the resources (people, hardware, software, services, etc.) required for all tasks 4. Organize the tasks into sequences of chronological events (schedule) 5. Develop a spending plan within the budget
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Arrange to procure external resources Identify all stakeholders and the method (how), frequency (how often), and content (what) of communications to them Analyze risks and decide what can be done about them
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Procurement Plan Communications Plan Change and Configuration Management Plan Quality Management Test Plan Quality Management IV&V Plan
The Project Plan is used to guide project execution and project control.
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Execution and Control Phase Execution of the Project Plan is the act of performing tasks and activities that result in the production of project deliverables. Performance must be monitored against the plan
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Project Managers produce regular Status Reports for
key stakeholders Not meeting scheduled dates, exceeding spending plans, unresolved issues and requests for changes should be reported to stakeholders and addressed immediately Outputs of Execution and Control Phase are the Project Deliverables.
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Closeout Phase Closeout occurs when the sponsor accepts the project deliverables and the projects oversight authority concludes the project has met all goals New systems are turned over to operations, project documentation is archived, lessons learned are cataloged, any staff and resources are returned
Output of Closeout Phase is User Acceptance