Position papers on regulated software.
New thinking on how software for regulated and high-consequence operations gets bought, validated, replaced, and outlived.
Outliving the Vendor
Retention obligations run thirty years. The instruments meant to cover that gap mostly do not.
ReadThe Jobs Agents Can Hold
Five agent roles open in regulated systems, three closed, and the test that sorts them.
ReadThe Half That Cannot Be Automated
Which half of validation cost is a design problem, and which half never shrinks.
ReadBefore the Record Exists
Most laboratory errors happen before analysis, in the window no system is watching.
ReadThe Translation Layer
Why software estates need so many analysts, and why that is architecture rather than complexity.
ReadWhat Replaces the Incumbent
Why established systems get replaced, how replacement actually happens, and what buyers should demand.
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