Patent ID: 8543603

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for visualizing data relationships between components of a project for identifying potential duplication of selected components, one of the components being data collection assignments, the assignments being work task related assignments to be performed by workers, the method comprising: (a) defining the project by a project database that includes a set of data tables, wherein the project includes management of the workers and differing levels of user access to the project; (b) defining a set of data collection assignments and incorporating the data collection assignments in the set of data tables; (c) organizing relationships between the set of data tables in a manner that allows for visually revealing all relationships in each data collection assignment; (d) querying the project database with an assignment-related query; and (e) electronically displaying all of the relationships identified by the set of data tables for the query, thereby visually showing all of the relationships identified by the set of data tables for an assignment, including any duplication of the work task related assignments to be performed by the workers, wherein the project is a clinical trial that has been initiated, and the work task related assignments are the data collection assignments for collecting medical-related data for the initiated clinical trial.