How to Build a Risk Analysis in Jira
How to build a risk analysis in Jira with the SoftComply Risk Manager app
How to apply SoftComply Risk Manager features to any Jira project
Wouldn’t it be cool to keep everything in Jira – your backlog, your test cases and your risks all in Jira? Yes, but you could do that for years already. But what if all that can be done in a single Jira project? That would be truly awesome! You can now do it with the […]
Why Decompose the Probability of Harm in two – P1 and P2
P1 and P2 No we are not talking about the early Playstation versions… ISO 14971 (2019 version, Annex C) indicates that the probability of a Harm occurring can be decomposed in two probabilities, P1 and P2, where: P1 = Probability of Hazardous situation occurring P2 = Probability of Harm occurring for a given Hazardous situation […]
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 […]
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 […]
What is a Risk Mitigation Requirement and How to Write It?
Medical device risk mitigation actions aim at reducing the occurrence and/or the severity of the potential harm. Risk mitigations are equivalent to requirements. But unlike requirements coming from user needs or other higher level requirements, risk mitigations need special attention. Of course “Requirements shall be complete, unambiguous, able to be verified or validated, and not […]
