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Polarion Implementation Partner & Services

Corbinsoft is a certified Siemens Polarion partner and a Polarion implementation partner for medical device, automotive, aerospace and defense, and oil and gas teams. Our Polarion implementation services take you from discovery workshops to a configured, integrated and validated system, then stay with you through go-live and future upgrades.

Discovery & Design Configuration Integrations Data Migration Validation Hand-off Go-live & Upgrades
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01 DISCOVERY 02 ARCHITECTURE 03 INTEGRATION 04 DATA MIGRATION 05 VALIDATION 06 GO-LIVE

Early decisions shape
how teams work for years.

Polarion is configurable at almost every level: work item types, custom fields, link roles, workflows, document templates, permissions and reports. Those choices define how engineers write requirements, how reviewers approve them and how auditors read the result. Decisions made early in a project tend to stay in place for a long time.

A Polarion implementation partner who knows both the platform and your regulatory context helps you make those choices once, record why they were made, and avoid rework when the first audit or the first upgrade arrives.

Copied legacy structures

Recreating spreadsheet or DOORS structures one-to-one in Polarion carries old limitations into a new tool.

Workflows designed in isolation

Workflows built without input from quality and regulatory teams often need rework before the system can be validated.

Late integrations

Connections to Teamcenter, Jira, Azure DevOps or CI/CD added late can conflict with the data model already in use.

Upgrade friction

Customizations without documentation and tests make every Polarion upgrade harder and riskier for validated projects.

What our Polarion implementation services cover

Each area can be part of a full implementation or a focused engagement on an existing Polarion system.

Project & Template Architecture

We design the data model behind your projects: work item types and custom fields, link roles that express your traceability rules, workflows with conditions and functions, LiveDoc templates for specifications and plans, and a role-based permission scheme. The result becomes a project template, so every new project starts from the same reviewed baseline.

  • Work item types, fields and link roles
  • Workflows and LiveDoc templates
  • Roles and permissions

Integrations

We connect Polarion to the systems around it: Teamcenter for the ALM and PLM digital thread, Jira or Azure DevOps through connectors, CI/CD pipelines that report build and test results, and custom integrations built on the Polarion REST API.

  • Teamcenter ALM-PLM integration
  • Jira and Azure DevOps connectors
  • CI/CD and REST API integrations

Data Migration

We move requirements, test cases and their history from documents, spreadsheets, DOORS or other tools into Polarion, using ReqIF, Word and Excel import, or scripted migration where structure demands it. Migrated data is checked against the source before cutover.

DOORS migration service →

Validation Hand-off

Implementation and validation are planned together. We deliver configuration specifications and traceability from your requirements to the configuration that meets them, ready for your validation team or for our Part 11 validation service with IQ/OQ/PQ-style protocols.

Part 11 validation service →

Go-live & Hypercare

We plan the production cutover, user onboarding and a hypercare period right after go-live, when questions and small configuration requests are most frequent. Requests are triaged with your administrators, and changes go through your change control.

  • Cutover planning and rehearsal
  • User onboarding and training
  • Post-go-live support

Upgrades & Lifecycle Support

Siemens releases new Polarion versions on a regular cycle. We assess release notes against your configuration, test scripts and extensions on a staging server, update validation documents where needed and plan the upgrade with your team.

  • Release impact assessment
  • Staging upgrades and regression tests
  • Production upgrade planning

Phases of a Polarion
implementation

01

Discovery

Workshops with engineering, quality and IT capture processes, standards, existing data, integrations and user roles.

02

Architecture & Configuration

Data model, workflows, templates and permissions are designed, reviewed with your team and built on a staging server.

03

Integration & Migration

Connectors, scripts and data migration are built and tested against realistic data before production use.

04

Validation & Go-live

Validation evidence is completed, users are trained, and production cutover is followed by hypercare support.

Polarion implementation for regulated industries

We configure Polarion around the standards your programs follow, so traceability, reviews and records match what your auditors and assessors expect.

IEC 62304
Medical devicesSoftware lifecycle templates, ISO 14971 risk links, design history and Part 11 electronic signatures.
Medical devices →
ISO 26262
AutomotiveSafety goals, ASIL attributes and Automotive SPICE traceability across system and software levels.
Automotive →
DO-178C
Aerospace & defenseRequirements, verification and configuration management records aligned with DO-178C, DO-254 and ARP4754A.
Aerospace & defense →
IEC 61511
Oil & gasSafety requirements, asset documentation and bid and tender requirements managed with full traceability.
Oil & gas →

Polarion implementation questions

How long does a Polarion implementation take?

It depends on scope. The main drivers are the number of projects and teams being onboarded, how much of your process needs to be modeled in workflows and templates, the integrations required, the volume and condition of the data to migrate, and the depth of validation your quality system expects. We estimate the timeline after discovery, once these drivers are known.

What does a Polarion implementation partner do?

A partner brings Polarion configuration, scripting and validation experience to your project. Corbinsoft designs the data model and workflows with your engineers and quality team, builds and tests the configuration, connects Polarion to your other systems, migrates your data, and trains your administrators so they can run the system after go-live.

Which integrations can you set up?

Common integrations include Teamcenter for the ALM and PLM digital thread, Jira and Azure DevOps through connectors, CI/CD servers that publish build and test results, and custom integrations built on the Polarion REST API. We confirm the right approach for each system during discovery.

Do you also validate the system?

Yes. Implementation produces the specifications and traceability that validation needs, and our Part 11 validation service delivers risk-based IQ/OQ/PQ-style protocols and reports for Polarion. You can also hand the documentation to your own validation team.

Do you support Polarion upgrades after go-live?

Yes. We review new Polarion releases against your configuration, test scripts and extensions on a staging server, update validation documentation where the change requires it, and plan the production upgrade with your team.

Planning a Polarion
implementation?

Tell us about your projects, standards and existing tools. We will propose a scope and an approach that fits them.

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