Category Archives: Company

The Agile Process Showdown at Jama: Scrum versus Crystal or Maybe a Hybrid?

December 3, 2008 – 4:55 pm

At Jama, we work with a wide range of companies using different software development processes. And, despite all the evangelism by the process gods in our industry, if there is one thing we’ve learned over the years it’s that no single process is the best practice for all companies. What works for one company, [...]

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Customer Spotlight: Welcome to GrapeCity.

November 25, 2008 – 10:18 am

GrapeCity, an award-winning software development firm, offers a variety of services to help its clients develop new products and achieve their business goals.  GrapeCity’s client list includes global brands such as Microsoft, Accenture, Sony, Procter & Gamble, Intel, Mitsubishi, AT&T and Johnson & Johnson.  

GrapeCity specializes in two kinds of projects. First, they [...]

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Dropping Google ads for Kiva loans - will it work?

June 17, 2008 – 1:04 pm

Where should we invest our marketing budget to create awareness and generate leads for our product in the most cost-effective way? It’s a question we deal with every day as a growing business.
Sponsored events, email lists, online ads, paid search - early on, we invested in these standard channels, following the same marketing playbook [...]

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Customer Needs – The tip of the iceberg.

May 22, 2008 – 10:12 am

Here at Jama we take a pretty open approach to the development of Contour, our collaborative requirements management / project management software and incorporate customer feedback, input from our advisors as well as research and planning we perform internally. We often invite smart people to have lunch with us to give us feedback on [...]

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Meet the new members of the Jama community.

March 11, 2008 – 1:51 pm

Jama’s “You try. We give.” program.  Meet the Kiva loan recipients.
- Tiv Socheat - mother of 2 and chicken farmer in Cambodia
- Elida Angelica Ruiz Cardenas - mother and fish retailer in Peru
- Eliseo Canales - pineapple and dragon fruit farmer in Nicaragua
- Rosemary Rushagara - mother of 4, caretaker of orphaned kids from HIV [...]

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No PhD in pricing required…please!

February 6, 2008 – 10:55 pm

I just read this CNET blog post by Matt Asay appropriately named CIOs sick of enterprise software pricing” which was his commentary on a report Forrester Research recently published on enterprise software pricing & licensing. The short version can be summed up in one quote from the report, “software licensing and pricing continues to [...]

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2008 Outlook - 2 Predictions for the New Year.

January 2, 2008 – 2:59 pm

Happy New Year! Welcome back to work. By now, the presents are all unwrapped, the tree is on the curb to be recycled, the holiday cookies have all been eaten, and your wrists are sore from playing Guitar Hero III on your nephew’s new Wii for 2 straight days over the holiday break. You’re back [...]

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‘Tis the season of thanks.

December 26, 2007 – 2:31 pm

Happy holidays everyone!
On behalf of the entire Jama Software family, I’d like to simply say, Thanks.  Thanks to our customers. Thanks to our partners. Thanks to everyone who has made an impact on our business in 2007.
It’s been a great year and it’s a wonderful time to celebrate, and we’re just [...]

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When things are quiet…

November 28, 2007 – 11:50 pm

When things are quiet, there’s usually something is going on - and at Jama we’ve been busy polishing and testing Contour 2.0, our next major release. Now that the heavy lifting is done, we can start sharing what’s coming soon (next week).
We’re excited about the next release as not only does it provide a [...]

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The Jama Backstory - How We Got Started.

September 30, 2007 – 9:17 pm

We often are asked about the history of Jama Software so I thought I’d post on how we got started…
A few years ago, after a frustrating session working with one of our clients expensive, cumbersome requirements management tools I heard the team complaining about requirements being locked away available to only a few users, the [...]

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