Quality Engineering

ENGAGE QUALITY ENGINEERING FROM THE START

Quality engineering plays a crucial role in the success of product development, and integrating it early in the project lifecycle can significantly improve both the efficiency and the final product. By focusing on quality engineering from the beginning, teams can identify potential issues, risks, and design flaws early, allowing for timely corrections and refinements.

Benefits of focused quality engineering

• Cost Efficiency: Detecting and fixing issues early can save on costs that would otherwise arise from making corrections at later stages, like during production or after launch.
• Improved Design: Incorporating quality engineering early ensures that the product is designed to meet not only functional requirements but also quality standards, ensuring durability, safety, and performance.
• Faster Time-to-Market: With quality assurance processes in place from the start, development tends to be smoother and faster, reducing the risk of delays due to unexpected quality issues.
• Better Customer Satisfaction: A well engineered product that meets or exceeds quality expectations is more likely to be successful in the market, leading to higher customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Without quality engineering on the team, your project becomes vulnerable to costly setbacks that can drain both time and resources. For example, overlooked or incomplete requirements may force the team to revisit and revise functionality, often leading to expensive design changes. Other common pitfalls, such as reworking requirements or redeveloping the product to improve testability, can further waste valuable budget and time. Fortunately, these challenges are entirely preventable when quality engineering is prioritized from the very beginning.

By embedding quality engineering into your workflow, you can proactively identify and address potential issues before they escalate. This not only ensures that the product meets all its requirements, but also guarantees the proper documentation to comply with FDA regulations, helping to streamline the approval process and reduce regulatory risks.

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We could not have finished our three software releases without MedAcuity quality engineering support. They led by example and improved not just our product but our processes.

Director of Software Development, Life Sciences technology company