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Polarion ALM

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What is Polarion ALM?

Polarion ALM is an application requirement management software platform now owned and supported by Siemens since the 2015 acquisition. It is available on the cloud (Polarion X) and on-premise. Polarion connect teams and projects to improve application development processes with a single, unified solution for requirements, coding, testing and release.

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Screenshot of Requirements Management - This feature is used to gather, author, approve and manage requirements across the full project lifecycles.
Screenshot of Test & Quality Management - From this interface, users can manage all testing activities from a central platform.
Screenshot of Issue & Risk Management - This interface is used to track all possible and reported failures, or plan and assign tasks to mitigate them.
Screenshot of Connectors & Extensibility - Out of the box integrations with popular tools. Free, open APIs can be used to build apps and extensions
Screenshot of Agile / Hybrid Project Management - Modern agile techniques can be adopted at once or incrementally with out of the box project templates that can be adjusted to meet any needs.
Screenshot of Core Functionality - Collaboration, Traceability and Workflow - 3 core principles built into the software
Screenshot of Reuse & Branch Management - Reuse or branch data for sequential, parallel project or product line development.

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Screenshot of Requirements Management - This feature is used to gather, author, approve and manage requirements across the full project lifecycles.

Reviews

What users are saying about Polarion ALM.
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Polarion is real ALM

Incentivized
Martin LachkovicsView profile
Businessanalyst in Professional Services at covalgo consulting (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We at Covalgo Consulting are using Polarion ALM for various purposes. On the one hand for our quality management system (ISO 9001) to guarantee compliance and legal standards, or for our internal CRM system, and on the other hand to develop our consulting products. Business analysis (BA) is one of our core competencies and Polarion is also the perfect tool to support all tasks of BA, from the idea - over concrete requirements - to the finalized product specification. Our customers value Polarion as a real ALM tool, with great possibilities for traceability and reporting. The tool Polarion aligns with any customer's process and can easily be adapted, even by the customer himself!

Pros

  • Traceability and Workflow of any object is guaranteed over the whole lifecycle
  • Polarion ALM is highly customizable and open to be easily integrated in a complex toolchain
  • Reviews or Audits are supported tremendously by the possibility of accessing all historical data of your projects
  • Many functions are provided to Reuse instead of Duplicate

Cons

  • Improve Documentation (API, REST-API)
  • Improve Administration
  • Improve ReqIf import/export functionality
  • Improve install/update/backup

Return on Investment

  • Develop faster
  • Provide more quality
  • Be more transparent

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Jira Software, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and MATLAB

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365

Polarion ALM Overall Review

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Siemens Polarion ALM to manage our software requirements process. Polarion ALM is broader than SDLC, providing a comprehensive software management process. In Polarion ALM, as many methods as you envisage can be implemented. Workflow processes are managed easily. There is no need to recreate software requirements. Requirements can be reused with the reuse and variant feature. This capability facilitates the work of the software engineer. The reporting capability is very robust. Reporting can be used to speed up many processes. I think it will provide an excellent environment when the deficiency related to data transfer is eliminated.

Pros

  • Reporting
  • Administrator
  • Tracelink
  • Integration
  • Rest API

Cons

  • Table capabilities. Polarion ALM should have table functionality like doors
  • data transfer from doors to Polarion ALM with baseline

Return on Investment

  • We can do many features quickly. this time saves time.

Usability

Other Software Used

Ansys SCADE Suite, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect

Polarion ALM - a smart, fast and versatile tool to get a handle on processes

Matthias KienleView profile
Senior Consultant & Principal Solution Architect in Professional Services at NAVI8 Consulting GmbH (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Polarion ALM not only as a development tool for our software and thus for requirements and tests, but we also use Polarion ALM for operational risk management within the framework of ISO9001 as well as for team organization and as a customer management platform. For our Polarion ALM customers we take over the server operation for OS (Linux and Windows) and Polarion ALM. We carry out migrations from PolarionX 2 OnPrem or Cluster in any combination. We advise customers who use Polarion ALM for software, system and product development on configuration, methods and processes. The methods play at least as important a role as the processes and their models such as A-SPICE, Do, GMP, GAMP and many more. The focus is also on scripts, extensions and widgets in a wide variety of favors. [...] - Is an independent company for consulting, implementation, operation, rollout, migration, workshop on Polarion ALM (and others). If you need a license, we will find a partner for you. Our slogan - everything from a single

Pros

  • Requirements Management
  • Test Management
  • Task Management
  • Release Management
  • Change Management
  • Risk Management
  • Team organziation
  • Customer Management
  • Lessons learned
  • Standards and norms
  • Quality Management
  • Agile Project Management
  • V-Cycle Project
  • Kanban Methods

Cons

  • Project management in the classic sense
  • Human resource management over multiple projects

Return on Investment

  • Quality improvement through the use of an ALM system and therefore more transparency in the project.
  • Cost reduction through the use of open source software in conjunction with Polarion ALM.
  • Up to 30% performance gain in requirements engineering due to good clarity and helpful reports.
  • Up to 40% performance gain when deriving test cases depending on the level (customer, system, domain [SW|HW|Mech]) thanks to additional method support
  • Update Performance is 2 to 3 times faster than a comparable competitor product.
  • Clear distribution of tasks - avoid duplication of work.
  • Single point of information - I no longer need 4 or more tools for the activities that come out-of-the-box with Polarion ALM.
  • Individuality - regardless of whether I develop my product, system or software agilely or classically.
  • The right figures and evaluations based on the current facts on demand.
  • Single point of information - I no longer have dozens of Excel lists on various drives.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Jira Software and Microsoft 365

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365, LibreOffice, Apache Subversion, Ubuntu, Windows Server

Polarion ALM Unleashes the Power of Seamless Collaboration

Mohammed Himath
Senior Polarion ALM Consultant in Professional Services at Labyrinth Global Solutions (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Polarion ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) is a comprehensive software solution designed to manage and streamline the entire application development lifecycle. It encompasses various aspects of the development process, including requirements management, test management, release planning, and collaboration. In an organization, the use of Polarion ALM can address several business problems and enhance the efficiency of software development processes. Here are some common use cases and the associated business problems that Polarion ALM can address.

Pros

  • Requirements Management:
  • Polarion ALM provides a centralized repository for capturing and managing requirements. Teams can define, organize, and link requirements to other artifacts like test cases and development tasks.
  • Test Management:
  • Polarion ALM facilitates end-to-end test management. Teams can create detailed test cases, manage test execution, and track test results.
  • Traceability and Impact Analysis:
  • Polarion ALM ensures traceability across all phases of the development lifecycle. Users can establish links between requirements, test cases, development tasks, and other artifacts. This traceability helps in impact analysis, allowing teams to understand how changes in one area may affect other parts of the project.
  • Customization and Adaptability:
  • Polarion ALM is highly customizable to fit the unique needs of different organizations and industries. Users can create custom workflows, define custom fields, and adapt the tool to their specific development processes.

Cons

  • User Interface and User Experience
  • Mobile Accessibility
  • Customization Complexity

Return on Investment

  • The traceability features in Polarion ALM help identify and address issues early in the development cycle
  • Polarion ALM provides real-time dashboards and reporting, offering stakeholders visibility into project status, progress, and quality metrics.
  • The initial implementation of Polarion ALM may require time and effort. Some organizations may face challenges in adapting to the tool, and there might be a learning curve for users, especially those new to ALM solutions.

Alternatives Considered

Jira Service Management

Other Software Used

Jira Software, Jenkins, GitHub

Full ALM process coverage with Polarion ALM

Davide Gualano
Presales Solution Consultant in Sales at Siemens (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Polarion to manage the whole software development lifecycle, from requirements to development to testing and release, in a collaborative environement that ensure full traceability across the overall workflow. Thank to Polarion we can link together all the activitites in a meaningful way, making easier to retrieve information when needed and to ensure that all the actors involved are working following the right workflows, reducing risks, errors and being able to anticipate any issue and resolve them earlier in the process.
It also makes easier to demonstrate the compliance to the needed regulations.

Pros

  • Requirement management in Polarion is extremely effective, with a simple but powerful authoring environment, simple approval process management, seamless traceability and advanced reuse capabilities
  • Test management capabilities allow to link together the requirements with the validation process, and let the user define, plan, execute and record tests across the whole development process
  • Day bay day management of development is easy to track, with out of the box support for agile methodologies, live planning reports and integration with Git, SVN and CI/CD tools.

Cons

  • Test management could have more ways to organize test sessions

Return on Investment

  • Polarion speeds up the start up of new projects thanks to its reuse functionality that help leveraging already existing knowledge
  • Polarion helps to avoid error in the process and can help in anticipating errors, reducing risks and potential impacts

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams

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