Nick Entin
3D Printing: An Open Source Revolution for Hardware?

3D Printing: An Open Source Revolution for Hardware?

February 11, 2014
Everybody is talking about 3D-printing and 3D-printers as a revolution; one which could change our lives dramatically. What does the 3D revolution mean for industry? For large enterprises and for sma...
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Polarion Performance & Scalability – 2013

Polarion Performance & Scalability – 2013

April 26, 2013
by Nick Entin In this article I will describe the critical performance factors of the Polarion platform, scalability pitfalls and limitations, and recommendations related to capacity-planning your p...
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A Trusted Tool – Polarion qualified for ISO 26262/IEC 61508

A Trusted Tool – Polarion qualified for ISO 26262/IEC 61508

November 27, 2012
Many verticals such as automotive, medical, and railway are given standards that are necessary for our daily life safety and security. Many of these standards were initially based on manufacturing...
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Polarion Performance & Scalability – 2012

Polarion Performance & Scalability – 2012

June 19, 2012
by Nick Entin Note (2013-04-26): There is an updated version of this article » In this article I will describe the critical performance factors of the Polarion platform, scalability pitfalls...
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Polarion on the road to IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 certification

Polarion on the road to IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 certification

April 27, 2012
Polarion Software's has begun the review and qualification process with TÜV Nord to certify Polarion's application lifecycle management solutions as "safety approved". The review and certification p...
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Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 6)

Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 6)

November 11, 2011
By Nick Entin, VP R&D, Polarion Software How Polarion Works during the Sprints In the previous article of this series we learned more about all the different meetings that are important part of...
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Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 5)

Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 5)

September 9, 2011
By Nick Entin, VP R&D, Polarion Software How Polarion Uses Sprint Meetings Meetings are possibly the most important assets of Scrum. As described in previous articles, Scrum allows us to identi...
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Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 4)

Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 4)

August 3, 2011
By Nick Entin, VP R&D, Polarion Software Polarion's Product Backlog: composition and priorities In the third article in this series, I shared some of the Polarion R&D team’s not-so-secret s...
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Polarion goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 3)

Polarion goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 3)

July 7, 2011
By Nick Entin, VP R&D, Polarion Software In the second article in this series, I talked about Incremental Iterative Development and the benefits our team derives from it. In this third article o...
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Polarion goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 2)

Polarion goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 2)

June 7, 2011
By Nick Entin, VP R&D, Polarion Software In the first article in this series, I talked about the reasons that led Polarion's R&D team to adopt Scrum to manage the development of Polarion soft...
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Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 1)

Polarion Goes Scrum – 2011 (Part 1)

May 30, 2011
By Nick Entin, VP R&D, Polarion Software In this series of 6 articles (I'm still working on it!) I'll share with you how our team works with Scrum and how we have configured Polarion ALM to supp...
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Polarion Performance & Scalability

Polarion Performance & Scalability

April 27, 2011
Introduction This document will describe the critical performance factors of the Polarion platform, scalability pitfalls and limitations, and recommendations related to capacity-planning your produc...
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Polarion Performance & Scalability

Polarion Performance & Scalability

July 2, 2010
Introduction This document will describe the critical performance factors of the Polarion platform, scalability pitfalls and limitations, and recommendations related to capacity-planning your produc...
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MS Office Word Importer for Polarion – how to

MS Office Word Importer for Polarion – how to

April 21, 2010
Introduction Objective and Target User How this works Prerequisites Preparation Download the MS Word Importer extension Install Java on the machine that runs Importer Prepa...
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Polarion goes Scrum (part 6)

Polarion goes Scrum (part 6)

August 24, 2009
by Nick Entin Sprint Development During a sprint, the development team continuously integrates all changes, and updated versions of the product are installed on the internal servers daily to prove...
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Polarion goes Scrum (Part 5)

Polarion goes Scrum (Part 5)

July 16, 2009
Sprint Meetings Meetings are possibly the most important assets of Scrum. As described in previous chapters, Scrum allows us to identify problems and help find ways resolve them. Meetings are the e...
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Polarion goes Scrum (Part 4)

Polarion goes Scrum (Part 4)

June 24, 2009
Product Backlog by Nick Entin, VP Research & Development, Certified ScrumMaster Typically Product Owner would write Excel or Word document with his items and then simply reshuffles them accordi...
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Polarion goes Scrum (Part 3)

Polarion goes Scrum (Part 3)

June 10, 2009
Polarion ALM in Scrum process: Configuration, Work Item types, attributes, links by Nick Entin, VP Research & Development, Certified ScrumMaster This and further sections of the document assume...
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Polarion goes Scrum (part 2)

Polarion goes Scrum (part 2)

June 5, 2009
Iterative incremental Development by Nick Entin, VP Research & Development, Certified ScrumMaster Traditional development supposes long-term planning in advance and performing all relevant acti...
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Polarion goes Scrum (Part 1)

Polarion goes Scrum (Part 1)

May 27, 2009
by Nick Entin, VP Research & Development, Certified ScrumMaster Why Scrum? Today many software development companies are switching to Agile Processes and, particularly, to Scrum, for various r...
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