Polarion ALM Lead/Developer

Evaluation Area :

1. Hands-on Polarion configuration and implementation :

- The candidate should have helped design, configure, deploy, or enhance Polarion, rather than only using it to enter requirements or update task status.

- Configuration includes creating Work Item types, fields, workflows, roles, permissions, templates, link rules, notifications, and project structures.

- Implementation means understanding business processes, translating them into Polarion, conducting testing, deploying the solution, training users, and supporting production rollout.

2. Requirements management and end-to-end traceability :

- The candidate should understand how customer, regulatory, system, hardware, software, calibration, and test requirements are structured and linked.

- They should be able to establish traceability from the original need through implementation, testing, defect resolution, and release.

3. Legacy ALM migration experience :

- The candidate should have migrated requirements, defects, tests, attachments, comments, users, relationships, and history from legacy systems into Polarion.

- Migration should involve data assessment, mapping, cleansing, trial loads, validation, reconciliation, cutover, and post-production support.

4. Test management, quality and compliance :

- The candidate should know how Polarion is used for test-case creation, test planning, execution, defect management, formal reviews, electronic approvals, audit trails, and release evidence.

- They should understand the connection between requirements and verification - not just defect tracking.

5. Integrations across the engineering ecosystem :

- The candidate should understand how Polarion exchanges information with PLM, source-control, DevOps, modeling, testing, and collaboration tools.

- This may involve REST APIs, SOAP services, OSLC, ReqIF, webhooks, middleware, or file-based integrations.

6. Engineering-domain knowledge and implementation delivery :

- The candidate should understand product-engineering processes and be able to work with systems, embedded-software, hardware, calibration, testing, quality, PLM, and program teams.

- They should also have experience taking a solution from workshops through deployment and adoption.