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A Snapshot of the State of Practice in Software Development for Medical Devices

Denger, Christian ; Feldmann, Raimund, L. ; Höst, Martin LU ; Lindholm, Christin LU and Shull, Forrest (2007) First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement p.485-487
Abstract
The medical device industry is a constantly growing domain which makes use of more and more software products. Given the importance to this industry of dependable software components, rigorous software engineering techniques would seem to have an important role to play. However, in a recent survey of the industry we found a lower than expected rate of adoption of certain sound software engineering practices. To ensure and improve the quality of developed software products, whether they are stand-alone applications or embedded in complex systems, both the medical device industry as well as software engineers have to take action. Our survey is a first step in this direction and may help in identifying appropriate programs and future research... (More)
The medical device industry is a constantly growing domain which makes use of more and more software products. Given the importance to this industry of dependable software components, rigorous software engineering techniques would seem to have an important role to play. However, in a recent survey of the industry we found a lower than expected rate of adoption of certain sound software engineering practices. To ensure and improve the quality of developed software products, whether they are stand-alone applications or embedded in complex systems, both the medical device industry as well as software engineers have to take action. Our survey is a first step in this direction and may help in identifying appropriate programs and future research topics. (Less)
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First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2007. ESEM 2007
pages
485 - 487
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
conference location
Madrid, Spain
conference dates
2007-09-20 - 2007-09-21
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  • scopus:47949096948
ISSN
1938-6451
ISBN
978-0-7695-2886-1
DOI
10.1109/ESEM.2007.10
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English
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  author       = {{Denger, Christian and Feldmann, Raimund, L. and Höst, Martin and Lindholm, Christin and Shull, Forrest}},
  booktitle    = {{First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2007. ESEM 2007}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-7695-2886-1}},
  issn         = {{1938-6451}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{485--487}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{A Snapshot of the State of Practice in Software Development for Medical Devices}},
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  doi          = {{10.1109/ESEM.2007.10}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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