News, Views & Updates

Home / News, Views & Updates

How to transition from Project to Program Management

The world of project management is becoming all too familiar. Yes, there are still challenges and learning to be had but when project management is discussed it is known on how to develop and mature. As a project manager, the biggest driver is being able to deliver under the pres...

Read More

Don’t Set Threshold RPN’s for Actions to be Taken in FMEA

It is common practice in organizations where Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) is used as a quality improvement tool, to set thresholds on the Risk Priority Numbers (RPN’s), above which actions should be taken to reduce the RPN. I don’t believe that setting such thresholds ...

Read More

EN 14971: 2012 Content Deviation #5: Risk Control Options

During the process of harmonisation of ISO 14971: 2007 as an EN standard, it became apparent that the standard did not comply with all the requirements of the Medical Devices Directives (MDDs), namely 90/385/EEC, 93/42/EEC and 98/79/EC. Seven discrepancies were identified; these ...

Read More

Household Energy Saving Tips

Save Energy – Save Money – Help the Environment   Light, Electrical Appliances & Energy Tips: Turn lights on only when you need them and turn off when you leave the room. Keep your lamps and lamp shades dust free – more light in less time. If you want...

Read More

Don’t Expect to Find a Single Root Cause when Solving Problems

I think that because of the emphasis in the literature on “Root Cause” analysis some teams working on problem solving tend to believe that they are expected to identify a single root cause of the problem. I don’t believe that they should expect that outcome. Over the years ...

Read More

Blog Sign up

Sign up to receive the latest industry and company news direct to your inbox.