Corbinsoft plans and runs DOORS to Polarion migration for regulated engineering teams. We inventory your IBM DOORS data, map it to Polarion, prove the mapping in a pilot, and cut over with item counts and links reconciled, so your traceability arrives verified.
A DOORS database carries years of structure: modules, link modules, attribute types, views, baselines and DXL. Every migration decision depends on knowing what is there, so our DOORS migration services start with an assessment, whether you migrate from IBM DOORS Classic or DOORS Next.
It produces a mapping specification and a short list of decisions for your team: which modules move, which are archived, and how history is handled. Teams in aerospace and defense, automotive and medical devices also need to know which data is regulated evidence, because that data needs documented verification.
Formal and link modules by project, with object counts, owners, activity and the dependencies between them.
Attribute definitions, enumerations and value usage, so unused attributes are retired and the rest map to clean Polarion fields.
Which modules link to which, in what direction, and what each link type means in your process.
The views people rely on, the baselines tied to releases or submissions, and how far back history matters.
DXL attributes and layout columns are rebuilt in Polarion or converted to static values. Embedded OLE objects become images or attachments.
Polarion stores every requirement as a work item, and LiveDocs present those work items as structured documents.
Each formal module becomes a LiveDoc, keeping heading structure, object order and numbering. Heading objects become document headings.
Requirement objects become typed work items, such as system requirement or design input, with the DOORS absolute number kept in a field for traceability back to the source.
Link modules and link types become Polarion link roles, such as "verifies" or "refines", with direction preserved.
Attributes map to standard or custom fields with matching types and enumerations. Values are cleaned during the pilot.
ReqIF, the open requirements interchange format, carries structure, attributes and links between the tools. DOORS Classic and DOORS Next both export it, and Polarion imports it.
Frequently used DOORS views become saved queries, document filters or report pages, depending on how people used them.
Each step ends with evidence you can review before the next one starts.
Coexistence is possible during a transition. For DOORS Classic, Siemens provides a DOORS connector for Polarion that can synchronise data in one direction or both (Siemens Polarion blog). For DOORS Next, exchange runs through ReqIF. In both cases we plan a phased cutover: move one project or product line, set its DOORS modules to read-only, verify, then move the next.
DOORS keeps object history and baselines per module. Polarion keeps its own revision history, written at the moment data is imported. Original DOORS authors and timestamps can be stored in fields or archives, but they cannot be replayed as native Polarion revisions.
That makes history a decision for your quality and engineering leads, made during the assessment and recorded in the migration plan. If Polarion will hold regulated records, pair the migration with Polarion validation.
The latest content moves. DOORS stays available read-only, or as an export, for older history.
Selected baselines are loaded in order, each followed by a Polarion baseline that records the original name and date.
Full history exported to PDF, ReqIF or CSV and kept under your record retention procedure.
It depends on the number of modules, the complexity of your link structure, how much history you need to carry over, and how much DXL logic has to be rebuilt. The assessment produces a phased plan sized to your data, and the pilot migration tests that plan on real modules before full cutover.
Yes. DOORS links, including those stored in link modules, are mapped to Polarion link roles that keep their direction and meaning. Both ends of a link must be migrated for it to resolve, so we order the migration around link dependencies and reconcile link counts per link type after each load.
Yes, for a defined period. For DOORS Classic, Siemens provides a DOORS connector for Polarion that can synchronise data in one direction or both. For DOORS Next, data can be exchanged with ReqIF. In either case we recommend a phased cutover in which each module has exactly one system of record at any time, and DOORS modules become read-only once they move.
Your baselines can be preserved, with one limit: their original authors and timestamps cannot become native Polarion revision history. You can load selected baselines in sequence and create a matching Polarion baseline for each, recording the original name and date, or export baselines to read-only archives kept under your record retention procedure. The two approaches can be combined.
If Polarion will hold regulated records, the migration needs documented verification that data arrived complete and unchanged, and the Polarion configuration needs validation for its intended use. We plan both together so the migration evidence feeds the validation package.
Tell us about your modules, links and history needs, and we will outline an assessment and pilot plan.