Medical Device Compliance & Atlassian Cloud
On the 16th of October 2020, Atlassian announced radical changes to their offering. From February 2nd 2021, Atlassian will not sell any new Server licenses for any of their products. A year later, in February 2022, it will not be possible to upgrade or downgrade your Atlassian Server product tier. From February 2023, it will […]
How to Use Confluence Pages as Templates
Summary SoftComply has released a new Confluence Server macro within the SoftComply eQMS app that allows the user to use any Confluence page as a template, copying it automatically into the existing space at a click of a button. Features include the addition of prefixes, suffixes, timestamp and more. This bypasses the use of Confluence […]
What is a Risk Management File?
ISO 14971:2019 defines the Risk Management file as a “set of records and other documents that are produced by risk management”. In practice, the risk management file must contain, or have reference to, the following documents: (4.2, Note 3) The policy for establishing criteria for risk acceptability. (4.4) The Risk Management Plan. (4.5) Traceability for […]
Comparison of Risk Management Apps on Jira Cloud
Following our previous post where we compared the 4 top risk management apps on Jira Server, in this post we are comparing the features of the 2 most popular risk management apps on Jira Cloud. One of them is for product and project risk management (SoftComply Risk Manager) and the other for organisational risk management (Risk […]
What are the best Risk Management Apps on Jira & how they compare to each other?
In the following post we compare the features of 4 top risk management apps on Jira Server. Comparison of risk management apps on Jira Cloud can be viewed here. There are four popular apps on Jira Server for risk management purposes. Two of them are for product risk management and the other two for project […]
How SoftComply eQMS helped speed up the CE-marking of munevo DRIVE – a Case Study
“If you are developing medical device software and need to go through the certification process, look what SoftComply has to offer!”, says Claudiu, the co-founder and CEO of Munevo. Munevo is the company behind munevo DRIVE – the first wheelchair control system that uses smart glasses enabling people to become more independent and safely drive […]
How to Secure your Documents in Confluence?
This short post will provide you insight into taking control over your document management in Confluence Server. This post is not going to touch regular security policies like VPN, firewalls, security policies and ohter things that are outside of the Confluence Server. In other words, all the really technical things are left out and we […]
IEC 60601 – Essential Performance, Safety and Risk Management
Background IEC 60601 is a series of technical standards for the safety and essential performance of medical electrical equipment. Although if focuses primarily on electromechanical devices, it also applies to aspects of the software components. It is a widely recognized standard that most, if not all, medical device companies have to comply with. The concept […]
What is FMEA?
FMEA stands for Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, it is a step-by-step approach for identifying all possible failures in a design, a manufacturing or assembly process, or a product or service. From ISO 14971: “FMEA is a technique by which the consequences of an individual fault mode are systematically identified and evaluated. It is an […]
Hazard Analysis & FME(C)A on Jira – SoftComply Risk Manager PLUS is out now!
We are happy to inform you that our Risk Management solution for Jira has gotten an upgrade for Jira Server users – the SoftComply Risk Manager Plus focusing specifically on safety-critical product/device/system risks. SoftComply Risk Manager Plus supports both Hazard Analysis as well as FME(C)A, including FME(C)A with Detectability and RPN (Risk Prioritization Number). Although […]
