diff --git a/lib/slurm_cli/slurm_control.py b/lib/slurm_cli/slurm_control.py
index 2cf42cbed71f1ead744a6cc93c36b1ed67042c30..d04c031920c5b5cc8be24c3598b88688f96214f2 100644
--- a/lib/slurm_cli/slurm_control.py
+++ b/lib/slurm_cli/slurm_control.py
@@ -2,8 +2,16 @@ from typing import List, Tuple, Union, Dict
 from .jobs import SlurmJobStatus
 from subprocess import run as run_process
 
-__SQUEUE_PATH='squeue'
-__SRUN_PATH='srun'
+__SQUEUE_PATH = 'squeue'
+__SRUN_PATH = 'srun'
+
+
+def execute_on_shell(cmd, args):
+    process_status = run_process([cmd] + args)
+    if process_status.returncode > 0:
+        raise SlurmCallError()
+    output = process_status.stdout
+    return output
 
 
 class EmptyListException(Exception):
@@ -24,24 +32,24 @@ def __list_contains_valid_ids(ids_list):
         raise EmptyListException()
 
 
-def __compose_get_processes_status_cmd(job_ids: Union[List, Tuple] = ()):
+def __compose_get_processes_status_cmd(job_ids: Union[List, Tuple] = (), job_name: Union[List, Tuple] = ()):
     cmd = ['--states=all', '-h']
     fmt = '%i;%j;%t;%T;%r'
     cmd += ['--format=%s' % fmt]
+
     if job_ids:
-        cmd += ','.join(job_ids)
+        cmd += [','.join(job_ids)]
     else:
         cmd += ['-a']
 
+    if job_name:
+        cmd += ['-n', ','.join(job_name)]
+
     return cmd
 
 
 def __execute_squeue(args):
-    process_status = run_process([__SQUEUE_PATH] + args)
-    if process_status.returncode > 0:
-        raise SlurmCallError()
-    output = process_status.stdout
-    return output
+    return execute_on_shell(__SQUEUE_PATH, args)
 
 
 def __parse_squeue_output(squeue_output) -> List[SlurmJobStatus]:
@@ -71,8 +79,34 @@ def __map_job_status_per_jobid(job_status_list: List[SlurmJobStatus]) -> Dict[st
     return {job_status.job_id: job_status for job_status in job_status_list}
 
 
-def get_jobs_status(job_ids: Union[List, Tuple] = ()):
-    args = __compose_get_processes_status_cmd(job_ids)
+def get_jobs_status(job_ids: Union[List, Tuple] = (), job_name: Union[List, Tuple] = ()):
+    args = __compose_get_processes_status_cmd(job_ids, job_name)
     output = __execute_squeue(args)
     parsed_output = __parse_squeue_output(output)
-    return __map_job_status_per_jobid(parsed_output)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return __map_job_status_per_jobid(parsed_output)
+
+
+def __execute_srun(args):
+    return execute_on_shell(__SRUN_PATH, args)
+
+
+def __compose_run_job_arguments(cmd, queue=None, executor_config=None, job_name=None):
+    if executor_config:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    args = []
+    if queue:
+        args += ['-p', queue]
+    if job_name:
+        args += ['-J', job_name]
+    else:
+        args += ['-J', cmd]
+    args += cmd.split(' ')
+    return args
+
+
+# TODO collect output
+def run_job(cmd, queue=None, executor_config=None, task_name=None):
+    args = __compose_run_job_arguments(cmd, queue, executor_config, task_name)
+
+    _ = __execute_srun(args)