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Project Manager Tasks

The project manager works for a large clinical research organization (CRO) that has been awarded a contract to carry out a clinical trial for a pharmaceutical company. He is responsible for setting up and running the clinical trial project.

Setup and Staffing

First the project manager enters some basic information about the project into Siebel eClinical. Then he determines which employees should have visibility to the project data by entering them in the project access list.

To optimize the resource assignment, the project manager first enters the resource requirements in the team workbook, and then he uses Siebel Assignment Manager to help with the staffing. He specifies the roles, skills, competencies, and availability required for the team and lets Resource Manager find the best candidate for the roles.

For this large project the CRO may need some subcontractors to complete certain aspects of the project. Because the subcontractors are paid on an hourly rate, the project manager associates the appropriate billing rate list to the project. The project manager also needs to add employees of the subcontracting company to the subcontractor resource list.

Other external contacts and accounts can also be added to the project. For example, information about the central laboratory, and the primary contact at this laboratory are added.

Tasks, Activities, and Risks

Milestones can be set as tasks or activities. The project manager can create them within Siebel eClinical Projects or import them from a Microsoft Project file. Each Siebel activity has a budget, and the actual costs of these activities are updated as the project progresses. Periodically the project manager reviews these project costs, making sure that the project is staying within budget. Payments made to sites for subject activities are rolled up to the project costs.

Project risks are documented as they arise, as well as the resolution activities to address the risks.

Exchanging Data with Microsoft Project

To create a Gantt chart of the project milestones, the project manager exports the project data to a Microsoft Project file.


 Siebel Life Sciences Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003