We are new to SpiraPlan and just getting set up - I just wondered if anyone out there in the medical device industry would be willing to share your approach to using SpiraPlan and managing your medical device files (e.g. DHF, DMR, etc). Are you managing in SpiraPlan, or outside in another document management system? Just curious as we are working on setting ourselves up with the application. Thanks in advance! Nadia en-US(C) Copyright 2006-2026 Inflectra Corporation.support@inflectra.com/Computers/Software/Project_Management//Computers/Software/Quality_Assurance/KronoDesksupport@inflectra.comhttp://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/forums/threads120/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspxthreadId=2231Nadia Marchant (nadia.marchant@1qbit.com)medical device We are new to SpiraPlan and just getting set up - I just wondered if anyone out there in the medical device industry would be willing to share your approach to using SpiraPlan and managing your medical device files (e.g. DHF, DMR, etc). Are you managing in SpiraPlan, or outside in another document management system? Just curious as we are working on setting ourselves up with the application. Thanks in advance! Nadia Fri, 25 Sep 2020 23:01:04 -04002026-04-24T15:36:25-04:00/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspxmessageId=3843David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) Hi Nadia I would take a look through our online 21 CFR Part 11 WhitePaper on our website. In addition, we have a blog about configuring SpiraPlan for medical device use - https://www.inflectra.com/Ideas/Entry/configuring-spirateam-for-testing-in-validated-env-548.aspx Lastly we have a webinar on the subject as well: https://www.inflectra.com/Ideas/Entry/how-to-accelerate-software-testing-validation-1011.aspx In terms of document management. In additional to managing the requirements and test cases themselves using electronic signatures (as described in our blog and whitepapers), you can generate reports in SpiraPlan (e.g. Requirements Detailed Report) and upload them into the Documents section of the application as well (we will streamlining this process in a future version). From there you can use the Document Management workflow, check-in/check-out and electronic signature option to control those documents as well. I hope that helps. Regards David Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:23:56 -04002020-09-26T11:23:56-04:00/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspx#reply3843messageId=3844Nadia Marchant (nadia.marchant@1qbit.com) Thank for the information, David - much appreciated. Im asking a slightly different question than part 11 and validation, though...just curious whether other folks are using an external Doc Management System with SpiraPlan. Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:39:44 -04002020-09-28T15:39:44-04:00/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspx#reply3844messageId=3918Gavin Corley (gavin.corley@gmail.com) Hi Nadia, you may have had this question answered. We use Spirateam with an external software based QMS document management system. This system currently tracks all non-software related requirements, test cases. However we are moving all of our design related artefacts - requirements, test cases and test results into spirateam this year as it has removed a huge amount of documentation overhead from our small team. Process documentation will remain external but any product and planning related elements will exist in Spirateam and be reported out as needed through custom reports created in Spirateam. We have also moved all company planning into an agile process that leverages spirateam tasks and releases. Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:47:53 -05002021-02-09T21:47:53-05:00/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspx#reply3918messageId=3966D L (dennis.lardenoye@pie.nl) Hey Nadia, You probably already set up Spiraplan, but maybe youre still interested in how other Medical Device companies use it... We use Spiraplan in conjunction with Sharepoint as a DMS (since management clings to it, we do not use Spira to store the documents). Our view is that everything in Spira is work in progress or draft and at release time, we consolidate everything by creating customized reports that are formally authorized and stored in Sharepoint, and they also end up in our DHF. Our long-term goal is to be able to generate a good portion of our DHF by the data stored in Spira. Ideally, we will hook this into our development pipeline and we can autogenerate a DHF on the fly as the last step in our devops cycle (where it was previously handcrafted and sometimes took weeks to complete). Finally, we also find Spira very helpful for handling external audits, since it makes the whole development process completely transparent and navigable, much easier than leafing through pages of documentation to find that missing trace... Tue, 25 May 2021 22:42:11 -04002021-05-25T22:42:11-04:00/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspx#reply3966messageId=6598David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) One update to my previous comment in 2020: In terms of document management. In additional to managing the requirements and test cases themselves using electronic signatures (as described in our blog and whitepapers), you can generate reports in SpiraPlan (e.g. Requirements Detailed Report) and upload them into the Documents section of the application as well ( we will streamlining this process in a future version ). We did release an updated version of Spira (v6.7.1) that now lets you seamlessly publish reports into the document repository as I had mentioned. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:12:57 -05002024-01-29T20:12:57-05:00/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspx#reply6598messageId=7614Vladimir Plotkin (vladimir@inmarsys.com) Hi Nadia, I think it is important to separate Spira and QMS. The QMS lives within ISO13485 domain, which is covering way more than just documentation. The Spira is an ALM and is used by engineering teams (primarily) who operate under IEC62304, IEC60601, IEC61010 or other standards). Some of these engineering standards arent auditable (like IEC62304). Yes, Spira got built-in (and somewhat rudimentary) DMS, but I only use it for concept phase (informal and semi-formal) documentation, plus supporting materials. If I need to release something in a formal (auditable) way, it goes to QMS. Let me know if a clarification is required. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:36:25 -04002026-04-24T15:36:25-04:00/Support/Forum/spiraplan/issues-questions/2231.aspx#reply7614