Polarion ALM is a popular browser-based platform for managing requirements. Meanwhile, Parasoft testing tools and DTP provide comprehensive automated testing tools that find quality problems and run tests in the software project. You can enhance your project workflow by integrating Polarion ALM with Parasoft DTP, which strengthens traceability between two pivotal system elements:
- Polarion ALM, which is responsible for the definition of requirements, defects, and tests.
- Parasoft testing tools, which execute automated tests and find defects and violations in your software, plus Parasoft DTP, which is a reporting and analytics dashboard.
Integrating your Parasoft tools with Polarion ALM provides the following functionality:
Creating defects in Polarion ALM from Parasoft DTP Violations Explorer and Test Explorer views
When Parasoft testing tools detect a static analysis violation or when an automated test failure is reported in DTP, you can effortlessly create a defect report in the integrated Polarion ALM directly from the Parasoft DTP interface. See Manually Creating Bugs and Tasks in Polarion ALM.
Sending Parasoft tests results to Polarion ALM requirements and test definitions
Your software requirements are defined in Polarion ALM, while Parasoft tools and DTP are used to test the implementation of these requirements. You can track traceability between these requirements in Polarion ALM and test results in Parasoft DTP using traceability reports in Polarion ALM by sending test results from Parasoft DTP to Polarion ALM. See Sending Test Data to Polarion ALM and Viewing Results.
Monitoring Polarion ALM Requirements Traceability to Test Results in Parasoft DTP Reports
This use case is similar the previous functionality, where the aim is to monitor traceability from Polarion ALM requirements to Parasoft test results. However, the difference lies in the source of the reports. While the previous functionality facilitated reports in Polarion ALM, this one utilizes reports in Parasoft DTP. See Parasoft to Polarion ALM Traceability Reports.
Configuration
Before you can take advantage of these features, some configuration is required. See Configuring Integration with Polarion ALM.
In addition, if you intend to use the Monitoring Polarion ALM Requirements Traceability to Test Results in Parasoft DTP Reports functionality mentioned above, there are some additional configurations required. See Configuring Parasoft to Polarion ALM Traceability.
