Aidan Hird

31 July 2023

Your requirements should be like a big bar of chocolate

Aidan Hird

31 July 2023

Your requirements should be like a big bar of chocolate

Why establishing Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is difficult, and why that means your requirements must be like a big bar of chocolate.

Aidan Hird

31 July 2023

On Ergonomics: wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above

Aidan Hird

31 July 2023

On Ergonomics: wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above

Every day, I hurt myself for the sake of tea. Here’s an everyday of an easily overlooked ergonomic issue, and a brief exploration of the damage ignoring such problems c do to your product and, by extension, your business.

Aidan Hird

5 April 2020

New white paper: COVID-19 - Considerations for Accelerated Ventilator Development

Aidan Hird

5 April 2020

New white paper: COVID-19 - Considerations for Accelerated Ventilator Development

Publication of a new white paper for non-medical-industry developers of Ventilators for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aidan Hird

1 March 2020

"We're ok - our CTO / Engineering Head is the Systems Lead"

Aidan Hird

1 March 2020

"We're ok - our CTO / Engineering Head is the Systems Lead"

For a MedTech start-up, what could be more natural than your technical lead taking on the Systems Engineering role? A look at why that might not work out so well in the long run.

Aidan Hird

15 January 2020

The exciting world of protecting your sanity through ISO 14971 training

Aidan Hird

15 January 2020

The exciting world of protecting your sanity through ISO 14971 training

Why you should be training everyone in device risk management. And it’s not the reason you might think.

Aidan Hird

25 May 2019

On ugly interfaces and where to point them

Aidan Hird

25 May 2019

On ugly interfaces and where to point them

The importance of realising when you can’t relate to your customers’ needs, as demonstrated by raspberry mousse.

Aidan Hird

6 March 2019

Plotting for success

Aidan Hird

6 March 2019

My new toy (a wide format printer), and why everyone should have one.

Aidan Hird

25 November 2018

Medical Systems Engineering - a special case?

Aidan Hird

25 November 2018

The Systems Engineering discipline is usefully applied in many different industries. But is the experience of the Systems Engineer any different in the medical devices industry?

Aidan Hird

24 November 2018

On Software Localisation (particularly with relevance to medical AI)

Aidan Hird

24 November 2018

Thoughts on the implications of localisation on medical devices software.

Aidan Hird

25 July 2018

Aesthetics and Technical Diagrams

Aidan Hird

25 July 2018

Does it matter whether diagrams look good?

Aidan Hird

6 June 2017

Malignant Growth - Why the Internet of Medical Things Needs Systems Engineers

Aidan Hird

6 June 2017

I’ve published an article on IoT in medical devices in INCOSE Preview - here’s a link to it.

Aidan Hird

3 January 2016

The Conversational Void – Why Silence is Sometimes Golden

Aidan Hird

3 January 2016

The Conversational Void – Why Silence is Sometimes Golden

A manifesto on Systems Engineering - what is it and why should anyone care?