Customer Success Story
How Optum Tech Streamlined Test-Case Inventory Management with Nextedy RISKSHEET
Optum Tech standardized test-case inventory management directly inside Polarion — saving hours on every project while keeping the familiar simplicity of an Excel-like interface.
Optum Tech
Health Services & Technology
Nextedy RISKSHEET for Polarion
Test Management & Inventory Control
Optum is one of the world’s largest health services and innovation companies and part of UnitedHealth Group.
Spanning care delivery, pharmacy services, health data, technology, and analytics, Optum works behind the scenes to make healthcare easier, more affordable, and more connected for providers, payers, governments, and the people they serve.
Founded 2011
300K+ employees
$200B+ Annual Revenue
Headquarters at Eden Prairie, MN
Optum Tech manages client-services engineering across roughly 25 active projects. Each client engagement can require between two and six RISKSHEET setups, with approximately 30 rows each. By adopting Nextedy RISKSHEET as a native spreadsheet-like layer inside Polarion, Optum Tech reduced manual effort, improved consistency, and saved more than two hours per project, per RISKSHEET setup.
The Challenge
Standalone Spreadsheet Overhead
Test-case inventories were difficult to manage efficiently when kept outside Polarion.
Multiple Client Configurations
Each client required two to six distinct setups, creating repeated configuration and maintenance work.
Need for Familiar Usability
The team wanted the ease of an Excel-like sheet, but without giving up structure, control, and traceability.
Consistency Across Projects
With roughly 25 active clients, Optum Tech needed a repeatable way to configure and adapt test-case inventories for each engagement.
Nextedy RISKSHEET for Polarion
Nextedy helped Optum Tech standardize on RISKSHEET to model and manage test-case inventories directly inside Polarion. RISKSHEET gave the team the familiar sheet-like experience they needed, while keeping all data connected to the engineering workflow.
Excel-Like Test Inventory Management
A familiar spreadsheet-style interface for managing test-case inventories while keeping the data inside Polarion.
Native Polarion Integration
Structured test-case information is managed directly in the engineering environment instead of separate files.
Fast Configuration
Each client setup can be configured quickly and adapted to project-specific needs.
Clear Support and Roadmap Communication
Feature requests are handled with honest guidance on what can be done and when, helping the team plan with confidence.
Business Value & Operational Impact
“Risksheet has saved us many hours on every project, and the support from Nextedy behind it is just as valuable.”
Optum Tech
The Partnership
Beyond the product, Optum Tech points to the people at Nextedy who support them. Feature requests are met with clear, honest roadmap commitments, and the rare support issue is resolved fast.
“Nextedy is no nonsense. They are extremely honest about what can be done and when. When we have questions, we get a turnaround response within 24 hours.”
Conclusion