What is FMEA and when to use RPN?

Per ISO 14971, “Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) are techniques by which an effect or consequences of individual components are systematically identified and is more appropriate as the design matures.“ We won’t go into the details of the FMEA, but often we were asked to explain when (and […]

How I came to hate Excel & decided to develop an automated Risk Management tool for JIRA

Part I By Matteo Gubellini, VP of Regulatory Affairs of SoftComply* “Ok, let’s follow a few of these risk mitigation actions down to outputs and verification activities” says the auditor. Typical question. Actually there couldn’t be a more typical audit question. Traceability. We have been here dozens of times. And every time it’s the same […]