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Templates files for software development of medical devices.

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Friday, 4 May 2012

Template: User Guide

Hello,

Back on my blog after a few days off. I wrote in my post about classes of software that I would release a template on user guide. Here it is!

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Friday, 23 March 2012

Template: Usability Specification Document

After the Risk Managment Plan template, here is the Usability Specification Document.

The Usability Specification Document is your companion during the phases where you define the graphical user interface and ergonomics of your software.

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Friday, 9 March 2012

Template: Risk Management Plan

At last, here is the Risk Management Plan Template.

The risk management plan was missing in my list of templates. Error repaired! It is tailor made for software medical devices. So you'll find some stuff specific to software, with references to IEC/TR 80002-1 and IEC 62304.

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Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Templates: software development plan and software configuration management plan

Here are the Software Development Plan Template and the Software Configuration Management Plan Template

These templates are technical ones. But they are closely linked to project management hence they contain sections about reponsibilities.

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Friday, 17 February 2012

Template: Version Description Document

In Software-Requirements-Specifications, I put everything you need to deal with technical requirements of your software.

In Software-Detailed-Design, I put everything about the design description of packages and component inside software, their interfaces and their workflows.

In System Architecture Description, I put everything about the description of the whole architecture of system and software.

In Software Test Plan, Software Test Description and Software Test Report I gathered all information about the organization of tests, the traceability with SRS requirements, the description and results of tests.

The Version Description Document is about the description of a delivery of software and hardware. If contains the mandatory information to identify a software version, its dependencies and how it is generated.

This template is the last of my first series of templates. You have all you need to document a software development project of middle importance for a medical device.

However the Project Management Plan template is made for simple projects. For a project with more complexity, you need to pay more attention to software configuration and software development.

The next two templates will be the software configuration management plan and the software development plan. They will contain more information on these subjects than what you find in the project management plan.
Later on, I will add a risk management plan to the templates. Then, the series of management templates will be complete.

Stay tuned, my list of templates is growing fast!

I gather all my templates on the templates page. You'll find them all there.

Please, feel free to give me feedback on my e-mail contact@cm-dm.com

I share this template with the conditions of CC-BY-NC-ND license.



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Monday, 30 January 2012

New templates: Software Tests Plan, Software Tests Description and Software Tests Report

In Software-Requirements-Specifications, I put everything you need to deal with technical requirements of your software.

In Software-Detailed-Design, I put everything about the design description of packages and component inside software, their interfaces and their workflows.

In System Architecture Description, I put everything about the description of the whole architecture of system and software.

Now that we have enough templates to describe our software, let's see how to test it. How one can release software without thourougly testing it? Nobody, I think. This is the purpose of these 3 software tests templates.

Note: Test = Verification, I could have called those documents

  • Software Verification Plan,
  • Software Verification Description,
  • Software Verification Report.

The next one will be about delivery. Stay tuned, my list of templates is growing fast!

I gather all my templates on the templates page. You'll find them all there.

Please, feel free to give me feedback on my e-mail contact@cm-dm.com

I share this template with the conditions of CC-BY-NC-ND license.



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Friday, 20 January 2012

Template: System Architecture Description

In Software-Requirements-Specifications, I put everything you need to deal with technical requirements of your software.

In Software-Detailed-Design I put everything about the design description of packages and component inside software, their interfaces and their workflows.

The template about software architecture was missing. Here is the System Architecture Description document! It contains entries compliant with IEC 62304 and section 14 of IEC 60601-1. It should be used to describe the architecture of hardware and software.

The next one will be about software tests. Stay tuned, my list of templates is growing fast!

Please, feel free to give me feedback on my e-mail contact@cm-dm.com

I share this template with the conditions of CC-BY-NC-ND license.



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Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Template: Software Design Description

In Software-Requirements-Specifications, I put everything you need to deal with technical requirements of your software.

The next template I want to share with you is the one about detailed design. The Software Detailed Design template deals with the design description of packages and component inside software, their interfaces and their workflows. It contains entries compliant with IEC 62304. It should be used to describe the internals of software, from components, down to classes or procedures.

The next one will be about the software architecture. Stay tuned, my list of templates is growing fast!

Please, feel free to give me feedback on my e-mail contact@cm-dm.com

I share this template with the conditions of CC-BY-NC-ND license.



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Monday, 28 November 2011

Template: Risks Analysis Report

Templates section wouldn't be a templates section without something about risk analysis. Error repaired!

Here is the Risk Analysis Report Template. It contains sections compliant with IEC 62304, IEC 62366 and ISO 14971. It is best used in conjunction with the SRS template.

Please, fell free to give me feedback on my e-mail contact@cm-dm.com

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Friday, 11 November 2011

Template: Project Management Plan

Here is the Project Management Plan Template.

This template doesn't contain anything technical. Has it something to do with software development? Yes, it has. It contains all the answers to questions like: Who, What, Where, When, How, Why and How much? You can do all the technical stuff you want, but without a minimum of organisation, your software will never be certified. This template deals with sections of IEC 62304 about project organisation. Use it to answer to those requirements of the standard.

Please, fell free to give me feedback on my e-mail contact@cm-dm.com

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Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Template: Design consolidation document

This template is useful for people addicted to extreme programming: Design consolidation document.

Reviewers are not confortable with iterative processes. When you look at recognized standards for soft development, like IEC 62304, you can see that they are stuck to the waterfall process. Extreme programming isn't their cup of tea!

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Template: Software Requirements Specifications

Here is the first template I want to share with you. Software Requirements Specifications, is the main document to fill with technical requirements of your software. It contains entries compliant with IEC 62304, IEC 62366 and ISO 14971.

Please, fell free to give me feedback on my e-mail contact@cm-dm.com

I share this template with the conditions of CC-BY-NC-ND license.



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