Setting Up and Staffing the Project

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

First, the product manager enters some basic information about the project into Siebel Clinical, and determines the employees that can access the project data by entering them in the project access list.

To optimize the resource assignment, the product manager enters the resource requirements in the team workbook, and then 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 might need some subcontractors to complete certain aspects of the project. Because the subcontractors are paid at an hourly rate, the product manager associates the appropriate billing rate list with the project. He also must add employees of the subcontracting company to the subcontractor resource list.

The product manager can add other external contacts and accounts to the project. For example, he can add information about the central laboratory and the primary contact at this laboratory.