As a software engineer working in a Class III medical device company, specifications, process, documentation, and traceability are a given. My team is currently evaluating several ALM packages that handle requirements, test case management, issue tracking, source control, and tracing. We have evaluated Polarion, Contour, and Seapine. Countour was found to be a bit lacking and required integration with some other tools to get to a fully integrated ALM solution, so we are no longer considering it as an option. Our choices are now down to Seapine and Polarion.

Question to fellow Slashdotters:

Does anyone out there have any experience with either Seapine or Polarion? If so, what has your experience been like?

This certainly seems to be problem here in the U.S. where the term "engineering" is often abused -- think of such wonderful professions as "sanitation engineer" (aka garbage man). In my experience, Europeans seem to have a greater respect for the term engineer. As a degreed engineer who has paid is dues earning two degrees in an ABET certified curriculum, I bristle every time I hear the term "engineer" applied to anyone capable of handling a screwdriver.