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V&V Activities from a Verification Engineer POV - How Hard Could It Be?
FromGlobal Medical Device Podcast powered by Greenlight Guru
V&V Activities from a Verification Engineer POV - How Hard Could It Be?
FromGlobal Medical Device Podcast powered by Greenlight Guru
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What’s the difference between design verification and validation, and why are these activities so important?Today’s guest is Niki Price. Niki is a Medical Device Guru with 15 years of experience in medical devices who worked in production, quality, product development, and project manager. Today she discusses questions like what is being tested by design verification and what is being tested by design validation.Listen to the episode to hear Niki discuss what’s involved in being a verification engineer, tests used for verification, and the biggest challenges she experiences in her role. Some of the highlights of this episode include:Niki’s background and experienceThe process involved in being a verification engineerThe Greenlight Guru differenceThe steps that a verification engineer has to go throughTests used for verificationDifficulties with the steps for verificationThe career path to design assurance professionalThe biggest challenges about this rolePitfalls of design verificationMemorable quotes from Niki Price:“I wanted to be drawing body parts in an OR somewhere. Or illustrations in books.”“The best time I ever had was sitting at my desk running through thousands of lines of data and trying to make charts out of it. I loved it.”“Requirements are a lot of times going to be your acceptance criteria for your testing.”“You have to think about verification is for design inputs, validation is for user needs.”Links:Niki Price LinkedInEtienne Nichols LinkedInBeginner's Guide to Design Verification & Design Validation for Medical DevicesGreenlight Guru AcademyMedTech Excellence CommunityGreenlight Guru
Released:
Mar 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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