• 25/11/2015
  • General, Systems Engineering

System engineers in medical technology

What specific requirements are placed on systems engineers in medical technology? Are there differences compared to other industries? As a systems engineer in ...

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System engineers in medical technology
  • 16/11/2015
  • General, Systems Engineering

No time for a schedule?

„"I don't have time to create a schedule. I have to get on with things!" This is a common refrain., ...

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No time for a schedule?
  • 31/10/2015
  • General, Book recommendations, Systems Engineering, Tools

Systems Engineering for your ears – Podcast recommendation

I myself spend at least 30 minutes in the car every day. That easily adds up to over 100 hours a year. ...

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Systems Engineering for your ears – Podcast recommendation
  • 13/10/2015
  • Guest blogs, systems engineering

Risk management and system architecture

The approach described in "Systems in Medical Technology – Setting Sensible Limits" provides helpful guidance for risk management. However, it is not sufficient. ...

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Risk management and system architecture
  • 07/10/2015
  • Documentation, hardware, mechanics, systems engineering, tools

Modeling mechanical architecture

How do you create an architecture for a mechanical specification? I want to answer this question in this blog post. A system consists of ...

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Modeling mechanical architecture
  • 04/10/2015
  • Documentation, systems engineering, tools

Requirements Engineering with Enterprise Architect

This blog post is intended to help everyone who still creates requirements specifications with Word and Excel. I myself also used them for a long time. ...

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Requirements Engineering with Enterprise Architect
  • 13/09/2015
  • General, Standards

ISO 13485 – What does it actually say?

Anyone working in the medical technology sector has probably heard of the ISO 13485 standard. It deals with quality management systems for ...

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ISO 13485 – What does it actually say?
  • 13/08/2015
  • Book recommendations

Book tip: Medical Instrument Design and Development

Recently, a reader of the blog and good colleague recommended a book to me that, in my opinion, is particularly... ...

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Book tip: Medical Instrument Design and Development
  • 03/08/2015
  • Documentation, systems engineering

Systems in medical technology – setting sensible limits

What is a system? What initially sounds like a simple question can sometimes be quite complex. Because the question ...

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Systems in medical technology – setting sensible limits
  • 19/07/2015
  • Documentation, systems engineering, tools

Do you speak SysML?

Even today, document-centric workflows are widespread in development. But is this approach still up-to-date? Or ...

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Do you speak SysML?
  • 05/07/2015
  • General, guest blogs

Call for Blogs – Guest Bloggers Wanted

Do you have expertise in medical technology and are you an absolute expert in your field? Then share your knowledge! ...

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Call for Blogs – Guest Bloggers Wanted
  • 07/06/2015
  • Generally

Guest lecture at the OTH Amberg-Weiden

Last Monday (June 1st, 2015) I had the opportunity to give a guest lecture on my favorite topic, Systems Engineering, at the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule in Weiden. ...

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Guest lecture at the OTH Amberg-Weiden