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Improving Software Risk Management Practices in a Medical Device Company

John BurtonContact Information, Fergal McCafferyContact Information and Ita RichardsonContact Information

(1)  Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
(2)  Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland
Abstract
Software is becoming an increasingly important aspect of medical devices (MDs) and MD regulation. MDs can only be marketed if compliance and approval is achieved from the appropriate regulatory bodies. MD companies must produce a design history file detailing the processes undertaken in the design and development of their MD software. The safety of all MD software produced is of primary importance and it is crucial that an effective and efficient risk management (RM) process is in place. The authors have developed a software process improvement RM model that integrates regulatory MD RM requirements with the goals and practices of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). This model is known as the RM Capability Model (RMCM). This paper evaluates how introducing the RMCM into a MD company improved their RM process.

Keywords  Risk Management - Process Assessment - Software Process Improvement - Medical Device Standards - Compliance - CMMI - FDA - BSI - Action Research - Evaluation - Verification


Contact Information John Burton
Email: John.Burton@ul.ie

Contact Information Fergal McCaffery
Email: Fergal.McCaffery@dkit.ie

Contact Information Ita Richardson
Email: Ita.Richardson@ul.ie
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