B-BIC Skills Development Center
The B-BIC Skills Development Center connects innovators to courses, workshops, expert advisors and community events focused on biomedical technology commercialization with the intention to enhance the development of the entrepreneurial skills needed by academic investigators as they enter into the commercial landscape.

Project Management Tools

Making Adjustments to the Plan

Defining and Achieving Project Milestones

The Benefits of Planning

Getting Started with a New Project Plan

Defining Characteristics of a Medical Device

Classification of Medical Devices

New Device Development Leverages Prior Knowledge

Planning and Managing Design and Development

User Needs and Design Inputs

Design Outputs from Iterative Prototyping and Testing

The Importance of Design Reviews

Final Stages of Development: Verification and Validation

Managing Risk During Design and Development

Design Transfer

Translating Devices from Academic Institutions

Rigorous Market Research is Key for Clinical Innovation

Methods for Estimating Market Size

The Healthcare Market Sizing Funnel

Regulator-Centered Market Research Questions

Payer-Centered Market Research Questions

Provider-Centered Market Research Questions

Physician-Centered Market Research Questions

Patient-Centered Market Research Questions

Influencers in Healthcare Markets

5C's Framework for Market Landscape Assessment

Stop to Look at the Market Landscape

Parameters of Success

Successful Products Meet Customer Needs

Customer Needs Translate to Product Requirements