Top questions asked by industry analysts about Siemens' investment in Polarion Software

Since the announcement of the $10 million investment in Polarion Software by Siemens Venture Capital, I’ve briefed 11 analysts from 8 different analyst firms, answering their questions about how it w…

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When we talk about the convergence of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) – we call it “PALM” – you might wonder if it’s just another buzzword. Maybe, but we…

How ALM-PLM Convergence Impact Product and Embedded Software Development

The convergence of Application Lifecycle Management and Product Lifecycle Management is already happening. I like to call this convergence “PALM”, for convenience. It’s a trend that we at Polari…

PALM on LinkedIn: your invitation to the "ground floor"

By Stefano Rizzo

Without tightly integrating the software development process with product manufacturing, mistakes happen that companies cannot afford to make – errors that can even be a matter of …

New FDA Medical Device ID System Highlights PALM Trend

By Stefano Rizzo

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced finalization of a new new system to identify medical devices. The new requirements for medical devices to comply with the FDA’s …

Can Social Media help you identify Requirements?

By Stefano Rizzo

A social media approach to gathering requirements can bring some interesting benefits to your organization:

Involvement of more stakeholders
Ability to harvest unusual requi…

Managing Requirements Your Way (Part 5 of 5)

In this last post of the series, I will give you an overview of some basic concepts that are part of our own Requirements Management process at Polarion Software. This is not a process, it is just a …

Managing Requirements your way (Part 4)

While Agile methods are becoming more and more popular in Software Development shops, Requirements Management is a formal discipline widely adopted and adapted in System Engineering and in general in…

Managing Requirements your way (Part 3)

Several customers and friends reported to me that they would like to embrace Agile methodologies for their development team. Most of them are, however, concerned about how to Manage Requirements with…