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PROS

Polarion Requirements enhances transparency in managing complex systems involving various areas such as hardware, software, and mechanical processes.
The flexibility and APIs of Polarion Requirements enable easy customization and integration, including with Jira and Siemens' Teamcenter, particularly beneficial for automotive industries.
Polarion Requirements is highly powerful, configurable, user-friendly, and supports managing specifications within a document that functions as a work item.
Key features of Polarion Requirements include link tracing, book entry, sequence training, and traceability with historical, matchmaking, and cross-referencing capabilities.
Polarion Requirements is advantageous for organizing folders effectively and documenting internal standards, guidelines, and requirements, with potential expansion to contract requirements and tracking functionalities.

CONS

License policy can be complex with different models for various roles and lack of clarity on the best approach.
Handling over 1,000 work items in one live-book causes usability issues.
There can be timeouts when working with more requirement objects.
Integration can be difficult without a background in computer science or programming language.
Risk assessment, such as FMEA risk management, requires improvement.
 

Polarion Requirements Pros review quotes

it_user793713 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead of Development Team at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 5, 2019
The biggest improvement would be in the transparency we have now. We have very complex products. We make whole systems with difficult and diverse areas such as hardware, software, mechanical and printing, etc. To get the overview of all the requirements into a system, at that sizing, is the main advantage we have in the organization now.
IZ
Assistant Engineer at FUBA Automotive Electronics GmbH
Oct 13, 2019
I like the way this solution is structured.
IZ
Assistance Engineer at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 15, 2020
A valuable feature from my side would be the comparison corporization.
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Michael Sanchez - PeerSpot reviewer
ALM Change & Deployment at MS Consulting
Dec 20, 2020
Its flexibility and APIs are the most valuable.
reviewer2009157 - PeerSpot reviewer
PLM Senior Advisor at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2022
I would say there is value in how powerful, configurable, and user-friendly it is.
Priya Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior R&D Engineer at Vanderlande
Feb 13, 2023
Polarion Requirements' most valuable features are link tracing, book entry, and sequence training features.
reviewer2173971 - PeerSpot reviewer
Field Application Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
May 4, 2023
We worked with the web interface.
reviewer1401858 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jul 7, 2023
It is easier to produce documents using the platform.
Sutapa Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Tech Manager at Technology and Strategy
Nov 14, 2023
The solution is especially great for organizing folders effectively.
reviewer2264979 - PeerSpot reviewer
Wellhead Systems Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 19, 2024
My company mainly utilizes the product for documenting internal standards, guidelines, and requirements. Currently, we're focusing on using it for internal purposes, but the vision is to expand its usage to include contract requirements and tracking functionalities. While we're not there yet, it has proven effective for managing our internal documentation needs.
 

Polarion Requirements Cons review quotes

it_user793713 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead of Development Team at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 5, 2019
The one thing I would mention is the license policy is a little bit difficult. For different roles, you will need different license models. That seems a little bit difficult for us. Especially when you introduce such a complex system, you want to know the right way is to do licensing. It's not clear what that best way would be. The solution will be here for a long time, and I just think it could be more clear.
IZ
Assistant Engineer at FUBA Automotive Electronics GmbH
Oct 13, 2019
If we have more than one thousand work items in one live-book then it becomes almost unusable.
IZ
Assistance Engineer at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 15, 2020
It is stable enough but if you would like to work with more requirement objects, then you will get timeouts.
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Michael Sanchez - PeerSpot reviewer
ALM Change & Deployment at MS Consulting
Dec 20, 2020
Its user interface could be more user friendly. In addition, a lot of features are missing for test management. It should have the test case ordering feature.
reviewer2009157 - PeerSpot reviewer
PLM Senior Advisor at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2022
One thing to consider is increased flexibility in terms of workflow configuration.
Priya Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior R&D Engineer at Vanderlande
Feb 13, 2023
Integration can be a little tricky if you're not aware of basic computer science or programming language.
reviewer2173971 - PeerSpot reviewer
Field Application Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
May 4, 2023
It is not a stable solution, as we had issues with shared licenses.
reviewer1401858 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jul 7, 2023
The platform's review process for the documents could be better.
Sutapa Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Tech Manager at Technology and Strategy
Nov 14, 2023
The usability of the solution should also be improved.
reviewer2264979 - PeerSpot reviewer
Wellhead Systems Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 19, 2024
Polarion Requirement needs to have a feature where we can track changes and compare documents. Currently, we do it manually.