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Fig. 6 Assessment of who has to become convinced by the laboratory-stage developed solution
(with obvious implications on subsequent development stages)
a programmer, an electronics engineer, a medical doctor, a nurse, and a hospital
administrator. In addition to the individual plots, the average value for each group is
also represented.
We can see in Fig. 5 considerable similarities between the opinions of the
inquired professionals. In fact, all those inquired agree on the level of challenges
facing the development team, and there is almost unanimity regarding challenges
on the users' side and also the interface/management aspects. Even regarding
marketing/communication, opinions vary only within a range of 25%. Clearly,
among those who answered the survey, the latter is seen as the aspect less
challenging at the laboratory stage development (as one could expect). Conversely,
major challenges are associated with both the technical development team and the
project coordinator and managers.
Subsequently, people were asked to rank between 1 and 4 who has to become
convinced by the developed solution so that it is considered successful (at the
laboratory development stage, obviously). Results are shown in Fig. 6 as cumulative
columns, using different colors for each of the inquired profiles.
In Fig. 6 we can identify again a reasonable consensus between the different
inquired individuals. In fact, the overall ranks for each profile follow the general
trends of individual answers. One should notice how project coordinators and
managers tend to highlight the importance of the opinion of medical professionals,
whereas researchers have a more homogeneous view. Opinions vary regarding
marketing people, which can be explained by the fact that this varies considerably
on a case-by-case basis, depending on the specific medical device being developed.
The same applies for different areas of expertise among the development team.
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