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Medical device usability engineering strategy

It isn't always clear whether you need a formative evaluation, a summative one, to complete an existing file, justify the absence of a study, or adapt a CE process to FDA expectations.

I help you scope the right usability engineering strategy, at the right time, with the right level of rigor.

The goal: avoid unnecessary processes, poorly scoped studies, and deliverables that are hard to defend.

Scope my process

In brief

Scoping the right process, prioritizing useful deliverables, and avoiding poorly sized actions.

This is for you if…

You're not sure which process to run

You're torn between an audit, documented justification, formative or summative evaluation.

You're preparing a regulatory milestone

CE marking, FDA 510(k) submission, De Novo, a modification, or a file update.

You need to make trade-offs

Timeline, budget, expected level of evidence and internal constraints all need to align.

This support helps clarify the possible options and prioritize the actions that are actually useful.

Scoping before acting

I analyze your context: device type, users, environment of use, use-related risks, file maturity, evaluation history and regulatory objectives.

Based on these elements, I help you define a proportionate strategy: what must be produced, what can be justified, what deserves testing, and what can wait.

The point isn't to multiply deliverables, but to build a coherent, understandable and defensible process.

What can be included

Strategic scoping note

Usability engineering action plan

Opinion on the need for a formative or summative evaluation

CE / FDA Human Factors strategy

Review of the impact of a modification

Decision support for RAQA, R&D or leadership teams

A strategy proportionate to your context

01

Understand

Device, users, risks, target market, file history.

02

Arbitrate

Identify what needs to be tested, justified, audited or completed.

03

Prioritize

Build a realistic, defensible action plan.

A clear method, adapted to your project's level of maturity

01

Scoping

Understanding the product, users, regulatory context and existing elements.

02

Production or analysis

Building, auditing or completing the necessary elements based on need.

03

Delivery

Providing usable deliverables and recommendations teams can understand.

Not sure which process is right for you?

Let's discuss your context and the options available.

Let's discuss your project