Articles by Ian Sparks

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This week at TrialGrid (Feb 24, 2017)

One of the things that makes writing software for the clinical trials market different to writing software for, say, the consumer market is the need to Validate the product. I write it in scary bold font because I think this requirement does deter would-be startup founders in our industry. So …

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Have you hit the Edit Check Wall?

Anyone who participates in endurance sports such as cycling or running will have heard of The Wall. It is the point at which the athlete exhausts their glycogen stores, resulting in a feeling of fatigue, the inability to go on.

As a Data Manager in a Study Builder role the …

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Better Rave Study Build Quality, Faster

To get the best out of Medidata Rave there are a set of Best Practices which should be followed when building studies. For example, Rave’s Clinical Views will not allow reserved words to be used as Field OIDs; Medidata publishes Rave Technical Note 22 which lists these reserved words …