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Shepherdly: A bug prediction & code resilience coverage tool In the context of software development, Resilience Coverage measures the overall protection a pull request has against bugs that can impact large portions of your user base and/or expose observability gaps. When coupled with a Software Quality Risk Score driven by a predictive model, engineers can...
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Interesting list from the Central Digital and Data Office of the U.K. Government on using open source development. They provide a handy checklist of things to consider when deciding on open source or proprietary software. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/be-open-and-use-open-source
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FDA released a draft guidance document for patient matched guides for orthopedic implants.  The guidance provides recommendations to manufacturers regarding the design-and-production process for these types of devices.  Patient matched guides, as the name implies, are unique to the patient and are created to assist pre-surgical planning.  The clinician is better able to visualize proper...
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Just a few thoughts on metrics … specifically software metric.  A software metric defines a standard way of measuring some attribute of the software development process or an attribute of a software component. A software metric allows us to compare and evaluate one process or component with another, and plan to improve quality of a...
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This post discusses some code review basics - concepts and inspection ideas that one might use when performing a code review.  A code review is a technical verification activity.  The purpose is most often to identify coding errors against the design intent - one is verifying that the code actually accomplishes what that author intended....
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Probabilistic Genotyping Used for Criminal Prosecution In a recent article published on The Markup, software that is used to match DNA in criminal prosecution has come under scrutiny.  The software implements what is known as probabilistic genotyping, a method used when analyzing data that contains a mixture of DNA from multiple people.  The software uses complex...
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SoftwareCPR Training Courses:

IEC 62304 and other emerging standards for Medical Device and HealthIT Software

Our flagship course for preparing regulatory, quality, engineering, operations, and others for the activities and documentation expected for IEC 62304 conformance and for FDA expectations. The goal is to educate on the intent and purpose so that the participants are able to make informed decisions in the future.  Focus is not simply what the standard says, but what is meant and discuss examples and approaches one might implement to comply.  Special deep discount pricing available to FDA attendees and other regulators.

3-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructor: Brian Pate

Next public offering:  TBD

Email training@softwarecpr.com to request a special pre-registration discount.  Limited number of pre-registration coupons.

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Being Agile & Yet Compliant (Public or Private)

Our SoftwareCPR unique approach to incorporating agile and lean engineering to your medical device software process training course is now open for scheduling!

  • Agile principles that align well with medical
  • Backlog management
  • Agile risk management
  • Incremental and iterative software development lifecycle management
  •  Frequent release management
  • And more!

2-days onsite (4 days virtual) with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructors: Mike Russell, Ron Baerg

Next public offering: TBD

 


 

Medical Device Cybersecurity (Public or Private)

This course takes a deep dive into the US FDA expectations for cybersecurity activities in the product development process with central focus on the cybersecurity risk analysis process. Overall approach will be tied to relevant standards and FDA guidance documentation. The course will follow the ISO 14971:2019 framework for overall structure but utilize IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1, and AAMI TIR57 for specific details regarding cybersecurity planning, risk characterization, threat modeling, and control strategies.

2-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructor: Dr Peter Rech, 2nd instructor (optional)

Next public offering:  TBD

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