During my capstone project, I engaged in regular project design review meetings. These were incredibly essential to making sure that our project was a) turning out to meet customer needs and b) was feasible and developing well. Every week, we met with a “customer” and advisors, both of whom helped shape our project into a successful product.

For example, we created multiple (4) designs and created a weighted chart to determine which one to use. The weights were of course based on discussions with the customer, and the design details themselves were chosen based on advice from our advisors. Without either of those, we could not have arrived at our final product. Although this was for a class and not a real project at a company, it functioned as a microcosm of how medical device review meeting ought to work, and how they help shape a project into a successful product.