Your 90-Day Roadmap to CRA Compliance

You've read about the challenge. Now here's how to solve it.

This roadmap takes you from "we need to do something" to "we're audit-ready" in 90 days. No theory, just concrete steps, realistic timelines, and clear ROI.

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How it works: 3 phases in 90 days

From chaos to compliance in three months. This roadmap takes you from scattered tools and manual processes to a fully integrated, audit-ready compliance system. Here's how it works:

Days 1-14: Know Where You Stand
Start with a kickoff meeting and document every tool you're currently using, including those manual processes hiding in spreadsheets and email threads. Then conduct the 60-second self-test, check all 7 CRA traceability requirements, and identify your top 3 gaps. At the end of week 2, you'll have a prioritized gap list and management buy-in to move forward.

Days 15-42: Test with One Product
Week 3 is decision time. Run the numbers: 1-2 products means manual processes are feasible (€40-60k/year), 3-5 products is the break-even zone, and 5+ products means an ALM platform pays off (€150-200k/year). For organizations with 3+ products, Siemens Polarion delivers native compliance templates, bidirectional traceability out-of-the-box, and integrated SBOM generation. Weeks 4-5 are migration time,move one product's requirements, risks, and tests to Polarion, set up Git integration, and configure SBOM generation. Industry templates save 50% of migration time. Week 6 is your proof: run a complete vulnerability flow (record CVE, match SBOM, assess risk, commit fix, run tests, generate report) in under 30 minutes, not the 2-3 hours it takes today. Then simulate an audit by answering 20 random questions in under 30 minutes.

Days 43-90: Scale and Automate
Weeks 7-10: migrate your remaining products in parallel (2 at a time), using templates for consistency while integrating your entire tool chain. Week 11: automate everything,SBOM generation in your CI/CD pipeline, automatic CVE alerts, and push-button compliance reports. Week 12: go live with a 2-day team training, documented internal guides, and all products running in Polarion. You're audit-ready.on

What you'll achieve & what it costs

The transformation is measurable. Audit preparation drops from 3 weeks to under 3 days. Finding traceability evidence that currently takes 2-3 hours now takes less than 30 minutes. Your open compliance gaps go from over 100 to zero. And generating compliance reports that used to take a week now happens in under 5 minutes. That's the operational reality after 90 days.

The investment is clear. Total cost is €160-260k, broken down as: Polarion license (€80-120k), implementation (€40-80k), training (€10-20k), and internal effort (€30-40k). But here's what matters: annual savings are €180-250k, driven primarily by reduced FTE effort (€150-200k) and faster audits (€30-50k). That means you break even in under 12 months, and your 5-year ROI exceeds 800%. This isn't a cost center, it's a productivity multiplier that pays for itself before your next audit cycle.

Why Polarion?

Built for regulated industries. Trusted for 30+ years.

Compliance-by-design; emplates for IEC 62304, ISO 21434, DO-178C out-of-the-box
Complete traceability; Bidirectional links across requirements, risks, code, tests
SBOM integration; Automated generation and vulnerability scanning
Tool chain ready; Works with Git, Jenkins, Jira via REST API
Proven at scale; 50+ reference customers, 1 to 100+ products
Vendor support; Global consulting network for implementation

What you should do now

Start this week.

Schedule your internal kickoff meeting, define your project team, create an initial tool inventory, and book a Polarion demo. Within this month, complete your gap analysis, calculate your ROI, and start a proof of concept with one product. In 90 days, you'll have all products audit-ready, your team trained, and automated compliance reporting running.

We help you get started, with no strings attached. Book a 60-minute gap analysis where we assess your current state and calculate your specific ROI. Schedule a 2-hour live demo where you'll see Polarion working with your actual requirements, not generic slides. Test the platform risk-free with a 30-day pilot license that we'll help you set up. And get access to the complete 90-day plan, checklists, and templates to guide your internal implementation.

Don't wait until 2027. Start tomorrow. The CRA deadline isn't moving. But you can, in 90 days. Let's talk about your roadmap.

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