{"id":1563,"date":"2019-11-06T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:39:44","slug":"polarion-integration-for-windchill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/polarion-integration-for-windchill\/","title":{"rendered":"Polarion Integration for Windchill\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Polarion 19.2<\/strong> was recently released. If you haven\u2019t\nread about the new release you can do so here<\/a>. But we\nhave more to share with you. In today\u2019s blog we want to provide some updates to\nour ALM \/ PLM integrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here at\nSiemens we believe it\u2019s important that engineering tools remain open and leverage\nindustry integration standards, thereby allowing our customers flexibility and\nchoice when it comes to integrating products. We also understand that when it\ncomes to PLM, although we obviously believe that Siemens Teamcenter PLM<\/strong> is the best solution for our customers,\nthere are times when alternative PLM products could have already been adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that\nend, we are pleased to welcome in to the Polarion family a\nnew ALM-PLM integration for the PTC collaborative information management software, Windchill\u00ae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polarion Integration for Windchill\u00ae<\/strong> integrates\nSiemens Polarion ALM software with PTC Windchill\u00ae PLM software, offering ALM\nand PLM users access to cross-domain traceability without leaving their\nauthoring environment, providing cross-system lifecycle synchronization\nand  Change Management process\norchestration. The main capabilities are shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig. Capabilities overview<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new\nintegration leverages the industry-standard (Open Services Lifecycle\nCollaboration) OSLC technology, based on web and linked data, to bring generic Link\n& Trace<\/strong> capabilities to Windchill\u00ae – which does not<\/em> natively\nsupports this standard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built upon this\nbasis, extended value-added capabilities are provided to effectively manage\nrequirements<\/strong> authoring, sharing and their approval process in Windchill\u00ae<\/strong>.\nNot only objects, but also their lifeccyle can be linked across Polarion and Windchill\u00ae\nfor a fully distributed process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remote Object\nlinking allows the integration to support Change Management<\/strong> process\norchestration  between PLM and ALM, where\nactivities defined in PLM Change objects workflows  (PR, ECR, ECN..) can be delegated to  ALM users for actual execution while\nmonitoring the global process from Windchill\u00ae tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s jump into\nmore details on each of these three areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link and Trace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the integration it is now possible to link elements across systems<\/strong> and expose the relationships in\/from both Polarion and Windchill\u00ae systems. The link creation can be started either from Polarion or Windchill\u00ae, using Selection Dialogs<\/strong> tightly embedded into the native Interfaces. Bidirectional links are automatically created<\/strong>  to expose and leverage the relationships in both systems.  This remote linking  capability can be configured<\/strong> for any type of object type in Windchill\u00ae and any type of Workitem \/LiveDocuments in Polarion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig. Selection Dialog in Polarion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once\nthe links have been created, a built-in preview<\/strong> of the remote element is\navailable in both systems so that ALM and PLM users can benefit from end-to-end\ntraceability without leaving their preferred working environment. It brings an\nimproved collaboration between separated teams, where the Preview gives access\nto the Remote Element content, attributes (such as the status, Checked Out by\nor last modifying user..) and even native links directly from the source\napplication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig. Polarion Workitem Preview in <\/em>Windchill\u00ae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\norder to easily assess the traceability and audit the history of the\nmodifications, each integration action is tracked<\/strong> in native Data models\nand tools as Polarion revisions and Windchill\u00ae iterations,\nvisible in the “history” in each system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requirement management: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we have stated above in the\nLink & Trace section, remote linking can be configured for any type of ALM\nand PLM objects. In the context of Requirement Management, this typically means\nlinking Requirements Specifications <\/strong>authored in Polarion to Windchill\u00ae\nDocuments<\/strong> that can be approved and then shared with the extended\nenterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building upon the  same remote linking foundation, extended\ncapabilities dedicated to Requirement Management<\/strong> are provided\nto support Polarion ALM as the main tool for storing, authoring and reviewing\nProduct Requirements while complying products are managed in Windchill\u00ae PLM\nsystem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n