1. Help and Other Documentation

The documentation covers all features of Polarion ALM Enterprise. Some features described will not be available in other feature-reduced Polarion ALM products such as Polarion ALM Team.

Polarion ALM documentation is provided in two formats:

1.1. Help Structure

Polarion Help is divided into the following major "books":

  • Administrator's Guide: Provides information for Polarion administrators about configuring Polarion, managing User accounts, setting up and configuring Projects, scheduling jobs, and monitoring system information.

  • User Guide: Provides information about common tasks and operations, including sections directed towards project managers and developers.

  • Reference: Provides reference information and a Glossary.

1.2. Installation Documentation

An additional manual, "Polarion Installation Guide" is provided in the installation bundle in HTML format, and is also available in PDF as a separate download at the same URL where you download the software. This guide contains the following information:

  • system requirements (hardware and software)

  • installation/uninstallation procedure

  • startup/shutdown procedure

  • license installation procedure

  • portal access instructions

  • how to change the default password

  • common problems and solutions

1.3. Where to begin with Help

The following information may help you get started with the documentation.

If your role is:

  • System Administrator: Installation Guide (separate documentation in installation bundle), Administrator's Guide

  • Project Manager: User Guide

  • Engineer/Developer: User Guide

  • Requirements Engineer: User Guide