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The current practice typically uses a waterfall project management structure that assumes one phase to be completed before another can start. When a clinical trial nears data base lock, the time demands from statisticians and programmers increases due to both planned and unplanned activities. Clinical study reports (CSR) that are required to be delivered in a short period of time after database lock also contribute to the increase in challenges and time put towards the project. Several agile management tools such as Confluence and Jira can be used to streamline the project plan in an agile way. In this paper, we present details of how agile project management tools were utilized to enhance team collaboration and ensure timely project delivery. We demonstrate this idea using a recently completed clinical trial that involved three studies which were ongoing in  \nparallel and overlapping database lock and CSR delivery dates. A&R team comprising of several programmers and statisticians collaborated and worked efficiently to deliver five CSRs and three submission packages in short period of time. These deliverables were successfully submitted to multiple regulatory agencies without any technical issues reported.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nAnalysis and Reporting (A&R) is a key step in clinical research process. It requires careful planning to generate all A&R deliverables and meet required timelines. It becomes challenging when multiple projects are ongoing with overlapping timelines. All A&R programming done in clinical trials can be divided into four system development lifecycle phases (SDLC) . The Figure 1 provides an overview of these 4 phases.  \nFigure 1. The 4 phases of system development lifecycle in A&R programming in clinical trials.  \nThere are number of project management techniques that are used routinely in late stage clinical trial A&R. Of these project management techniques, the two most used techniques are Waterfall Project Management (WPM) and Agile Project Management (APM) . WPM is a more traditional approach that has  \nbeen successfully used in the industry for a long time. APM is relatively new development and is being considered by the industry as a viable replacement to waterfall (Hass, 2007) .  \nWPM assumes that there are predictable events affecting the project and the solutions to counter any issues arising within the project lifecycle are already present. This project management technique allows for a project to be split into multiple fixed phases, with each phase requiring the completion of the previous phase (Bogdan-Alexandru [et.al](et.al). , 2019) . In clinical trials, these phases can be broadly classified as define, develop, validate and operation phase shown in the Figure 1.  \nThe define phase is the most critical phase in the clinical trial development lifecycle as the specifications for deliverables and resources needed to generate the deliverables are gathered and documented. Lead programmer and statistician setup meeting with programming team to discuss the programming and analysis requirements for the planned deliverables. Lead programmer in consultation with lead statistician creates tasks related to deliverables in available tracking tool and assigns tasks (define, develop, validate) to individual team members.  \nAfter the specifications are developed and individual deliverables task are assigned, the programming development occurs in the develop phase. Lead programmer in consultation with lead statistician obtains data as needed for progra","cbCaipHJCGH7jmbx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipHJCGH7jmbx","pdf",660934,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Analysis and Reporting in Clinical Research\n## Waterfall Project Management vs Agile Project Management\n## Four SDLC Phases in A&R Programming\n## Agile Approach for Multiple Ongoing Trials","[{\"question\":\"Why does analysis and reporting (A\\u0026R) become challenging near database lock?\",\"answer\":\"Workload increases for statisticians and programmers due to both planned and unplanned activities. Clinical study reports also must be delivered quickly after database lock, intensifying time pressure.\"},{\"question\":\"How does waterfall project management (WPM) organize work in clinical trial A\\u0026R?\",\"answer\":\"WPM splits the project into fixed phases that must be completed sequentially. 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