• 15/09/2016
  • Generally

Event tips October/November 2016

Learn something new, network, or even give a presentation. Several very interesting events are coming up in the next few weeks. ...

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Event tips October/November 2016
  • 30/08/2016
  • Guest blogs, technology, tools

Revolution in the hospital – Additive manufacturing in medical technology

Technological progress spares almost every industry and usually manages to improve both quality and ...

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Revolution in the hospital – Additive manufacturing in medical technology
  • 27/08/2016
  • Documentation, systems engineering

Shall, Should, Must, Will, May...

When writing requirements, every word counts. Requirements are usually written in sentence templates in English. English is the language of choice these days. ...

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Shall, Should, Must, Will, May...
  • 30/07/2016
  • Documentation, systems engineering

Requirements vs. Architecture – The SYSMOD ZIGZAG Pattern

How are requirements and architecture related? What is contained in the requirements and what in the architecture? And how do architecture and architecture interact? ...

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Requirements vs. Architecture – The SYSMOD ZIGZAG Pattern
  • 21/07/2016
  • Documentation, hardware, systems engineering, tools

Combating entropy in development

Sometimes things disappear without a trace – simply vanish. One can then console oneself with statements like "a little loss is inevitable!". ...

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Combating entropy in development
  • 20/06/2016
  • Generally

Determine project status

Help, where does my project stand? Many companies that outsource work to external service providers ask themselves this question. But also the ...

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Determine project status
  • 17/05/2016
  • General, Systems Engineering

Podcast about system architects in medical technology

I'm very pleased that Maik Pfingsten invited me to a podcast interview. We're talking about system architects in the... ...

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Podcast about system architects in medical technology
  • 23/04/2016
  • Guest blogs, standards

Risk for IT networks

Recently, there has been an increasing number of bad news reports concerning the integration of information technology (IT) into hospitals and ...

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Risk for IT networks
  • 20/03/2016
  • Documentation, hardware, software, systems engineering

Document architectural decisions

Why on earth did we decide that way back then? Who hasn't asked themselves that question during development?, ...

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Document architectural decisions
  • 13/03/2016
  • Generally

Teaching assignment in Systems Engineering

This week was the day. My block lecture "Systems Engineering in Medical Technology" at the Nuremberg Institute of Technology Georg ...

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Teaching assignment in Systems Engineering
  • 21/02/2016
  • Documentation, hardware, software, systems engineering

Integration Planning – More than Big Bang

The task of the system architect is to decompose a system into simpler subsystems. These subsystems are then initially separated from each other. ...

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Integration Planning – More than Big Bang
  • 14/01/2016
  • Book recommendations, documentation, systems engineering, tools

Dealing with variants

The most important task in developing a product is to create value for the customer and to fulfill customer needs. ...

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Dealing with variants