Siemens Digital Industries Software

Polarion ALM

7.4 /10

What is Polarion ALM?

Connect teams and projects, and improve application development processes with a single, unified solution for requirements, coding, testing, and release.

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Polarion ALM Ratings

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Polarion ALM?

0% Negative

9% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Generous Negotitation
Security Protects
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Managed Artifact Repository

Artifact Management

Traceability

Workflow Management

Resource Planning

ALM Integration

Visual Analysis Design

Analytics and Reporting

Agile Work Management

Automation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Requirements Management

Score 7.6

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Polarion ALM Reviews

Federico F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

Good product easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

Easy to use, completeness and integration capabilities through out of the box connector and REST API

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use and Siemens support

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of Microsoft project like GANTT capabilities

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Polarion can support the entire V-Model and I suggest to use it expecially for requirements management (from product to sw) and testing management (good reporting capabilities)

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Krunal G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Easy to use. Need to focus on CI/CD

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

GUI is user friendly. Easy to manage everything on single screen. User-friendly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Inbuilt SVN features.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Integration with 3rd party tools

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would say there should be plugin to integrate with different IDE. Like eclipse and pycharm

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Prabhat K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Very Satisfying experience

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

PLM ALM both from same Principal- seamless integration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Requirement Mgmt.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing is there to dislike

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Just go for it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Polarion ALM

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Polarion ALM Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Polarion ALM?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt Supports the ability to create tests and acceptance criteria and assign, prioritize, track, and resolve tests,related bugs, and issues.

Managed Artifact Repository Artifacts are stored in version controlled repository that supports check out, update, check-in, and collaboration across multiple types and workspaces.

Artifact Management ALM artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed through baselines, reviews, approvals, releases, and audits for projects and products.

Traceability ALM artifacts can be traced from ideation to requirements, design, develop, test, and implementation.

Workflow Management Custom workflows can be created, managed, and monitored for artifacts, processes and practices to govern and streamline ALM work.

Resource Planning Assigning resources to activities and estimates to manage workloads, support project management, and ensure completion of work related to ALM artifacts, including dashboards to manage multiple teams

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Visual Analysis Design Can create and manage context diagrams, business process models, use cases, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, data models, and UI mockups, etc.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Agile Work Management Multiple backlogs, backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and estimation, and a multi-level agile artifact hierarchy (Epics, User Stories, etc.)

Automation Manual activities such as traceability, test generation, artifact state changes, integrations, and artifact creation can be automated to streamline ALM work.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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Polarion ALM Reviews

Federico F.

Good product easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Krunal G.

Easy to use. Need to focus on CI/CD

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prabhat K.

Very Satisfying experience

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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