Importance of Software Requirements in Product Development - a podcast by Greenlight Gurus Jon Speer + Medical Device Quality Regulatory Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Consultants, R&D Engineers
from 2019-11-07T15:06:55
Software and other requirements are critically important to medical device product development.
In this episode, Chris DuPont, co-founder and CEO of Galen Data, provides his best practices for listeners to consider with their medical device product development efforts.
Some of the highlights of the show include:
- The medical device industry is about 5-10 years behind the times with adopting state-of-the-art technology.
- A successful medical device depends on accommodating requirements and stakeholders; requirements change through communication and collaboration.
- Be vague and add details about concept, features, and customer use as you go through product design and development.
- Design controls avoid the all-too-common practice of identifying requirements afterwards.
- Any type of software development methodology/process can be used for a medical device, including waterfall (iterative), agile, scrum, or sprints.
- At Galen Data, Chris uses the iterative method to define requirements, build prototypes, and get design into the hands of users.
- Requirements, development, validation, and human factors are interconnected and related when designing a medical device.
- Concerns regarding connectivity and cybersecurity are valid; there’s risk in transmitting medical data, but even greater risk when not doing so.
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