1. A computer-assisted method comprising: determining, by a computer, a database rating index (DRI) for a clinical database from a plurality of risk factors, the database rating index being indicative of a status of the clinical database, determining the database rating index further comprising: determining a calendar factor from a desired date and a current date; determining a calendar score from an issue health score, a subject health score, and the calendar factor; and determining the database rating index from the issue health score, the subject health score, and the calendar score; and predicting, by the computer, a probability of locking the clinical database by the desired date from the database rating index.