Category Archives: Contour Development

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 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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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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