Managing Data Issues Identified During Programming
Shafi Chowdhury, Aminul Islam, Shafi Consultancy Bangladesh · 2011
Managing data issues identified during programming of analysis datasets, tables, listings or figures is a major headache for both Programmers and Data Managers. The issues have to be listed so the Programmer is aware of them, and they have to be sent to the Data Manager so that the issue can be resolved. The problem develops when the program is re-submitted over time. The Programmer is then no longer aware of what the new issues are and which have already been sent to the Data Manager. The Data Manager suffers equally from receiving the same data issues many times in various e-mails, and they then have to check what the new issues are and which have already been queried. Our solution is to simplify and automate the current process so that the issues are not sent to the Data Manager, but they are shared with the Data Manager, and to ensure that the same issues are not raised more than once. This centralization helps to manage the issues raised during programming. One can easily see which issues were raised, how many issues there were and how many are still unresolved.