with the simplicity of the Web. It's how
should work. With Contour, now everyone has access to the latest requirements and specifications, so you can keep everyone in sync on scope and release dates. See the table below for the complete list of features within Contour.
| Capture |
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ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS IN ONE PLACE |
| Central Repository - Establish a unified system of record to ensure accuracy, consistency and accessibility of all your ideas, discussions, product plans, requirements, use cases and related items in Contour |
| System Hierarchy - Define and organize your requirements into projects to map to the products or systems you're building |
| Idea Capture - Capture your customers' requests and any raw ideas related to the project within Contour to help you evaluate and prioritize what to build next |
| Requirements Definition - Define the entire scope of work from high-level use cases to detailed functional requirements |
| Document Management - Attach, save and version control documents within Contour |
| Document Creation - Publish up-to-date requirements documents such as a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) or Product Requirements Document (PRD) any time you need |
| Embed Rich Media - Include images, 3-D models, videos and other rich media to your requirements to communicate visually what you're trying to build |
| MS Word (.DOCX) Import - Import requirements and other items from native Microsoft Word DOCX files, preserving the formatting, images and hierarchical structure as needed |
| MS Excel (.CSV) Import - Import requirements and other items from Microsoft Excel as CSV format |
| Test Management - Create, manage and execute test cases in any number of test plans and see the results within Contour |
| Defect Management - Capture and link your defects to related requirements |
| Task Management - Manage related tasks and track status of work completed |
| Connect |
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LINK EVERYTHING TOGETHER |
| Requirements Reuse - Share a repository of requirements, use cases or other items, and keep the shared items in sync across projects |
| Traceability - Track the relationships between requirements, use cases, test cases, defects and other related items |
| Impact Analysis - Understand the impact a change has on other requirements and related items instantly |
| Coverage - For quality assurance, identify any gaps in requirements and test cases. |
| Suspect Links - See who and what are affected by a change before it occurs to manage risk |
| Release Planning - Plan milestones, iterations and releases per project |
| Reading View - Work with your requirements and other items in a Word-like document view within Contour that provides greater context to the hierarchy of items |
| Tags - Tag items with relevant keywords as another way to organize and group items |
| Control |
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STAY ON TOP OF CHANGE |
| Change Management - Track the complete version history of requirements and other items |
| Inline Editing - Quickly edit items from a single view to save time when reviewing multiple items in a list |
| Change Requests - Document and manage change requests within Contour |
| Baselines - Create baselines for releases, sets or filtered list of items to flag significant events and run baseline comparison reports |
| Electronic Signatures - To help with compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, users can add electronic signatures to a baseline, captured with a time and date stamp for audit trail with documents |
| Enterprise Reporting - Contour comes with a powerful reporting engine to run pre-defined reports or you can customize your own |
| Excel Reports - Instantly export and synchronize data between Contour and Excel for roundtrip reporting |
| Filters - Use filters to save searches and quickly access the items you care the most about |
| Search - Use the powerful, full-text search to find exactly what you're looking for within Contour, across items, activities and even comments |
| Collaborate |
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KEEP YOUR ENTIRE TEAM IN SYNC |
| Review Center - Get buy-in on requirements faster with the new Review Center only available in Contour, learn more about Review Center |
| Real-time Visibility - Your entire organization can access Contour anytime, anywhere and have greater visibility into the process both upstream and downstream for greater context |
| Project Dashboards - Customize and assemble project-level views of Contour activity and data using the new reporting widgets within the dashboard |
| Email Notifications - Instantly alert people when changes occur that affect them |
| Inline Comments - Capture the entire conversation within Contour so everyone can see the discussion thread about a specific requirement or item |
| Subscriptions - People can subscribe to items to be instantly notified of any changes |
| Activity Stream - Keep your finger on the pulse and get a snapshot of all the activities and discussions happening within a project at any time |
| Collaborator Licenses - An easy and cost-effective way to give stakeholders access and keep them in the loop at all times |
| Integrations |
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CONTOUR IS BUILT ON OPEN STANDARDS |
| Contour Integrations - Jama Connectors are available for several 3rd-party applications to connect your tools and team together, learn more about Contour Integrations |
| Rally Connector - Seamless integration with Rally Software used for Agile development, learn more about the Jama Connector for Rally |
| JIRA Connector - Seamless integration with Atlassian JIRA used for defect tracking and Agile project management, learn more about the Jama Connector for JIRA |
| HP Quality Center Connector - Seamless integration with HP Quality Center used for test management, learn more about the Jama Connector for HPQC |
| Jive SBS Connector - Seamless integration with Jive SBS used for capturing ideas & collaborating with communities, learn more about the Jama Connector for Jive SBS |
| Enterprise Architect Connector - Seamless integration with Sparx System's Enterprise Architect used for UML modeling, learn more about the Jama Connector for EA |
| LDAP Integration - You can sync up Contour to your Active Directory |
| Atlassian Crowd Integration - You can sync up Contour to Crowd for single sign-on |
| Custom Integrations - Built on open standards, Jama professional services can build you custom integrations with other complimentary 3rd-party solutions |
| Web Services API - Leverage the Jama API and build your own integration in and out of Contour |
| Administration |
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ZERO CLIENT SOFTWARE = ZERO ADMIN HEADACHES |
| Lightweight Installation - You install Contour once on a server and users access it via a Web browser, there's no client software to install or maintain |
| Web-based Administration - You can manage the entire application through a browser |
| Deployment Options - You can install Contour locally on-site or have Jama host it for you as an On-Demand hosted service |
| Platform Support - Contour supports Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac |
| Database Support - Contour supports MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, HSQL, Oracle |
| Multi-Browser Support - Contour officially supports Firefox and Internet Explorer, and works with Safari and Chrome |
| Enterprise Security - Robust role-based security to control access to specific projects and even sets |
| Data Backup - Contour has XML data backup and restore capabilities built-in |
| Portability - You can easily move Contour between servers and databases |
| Enterprise Scalability - Designed to manage the most sophisticated development projects with thousands of requirements and other items |
| Internationalization - Multi-lingual capabilities built-in, including double byte language support |
| Customization |
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CONTOUR ADJUSTS TO FIT HOW YOU LIKE TO WORK |
| Custom Sets & Items - Create and customize new sets of items such as "ideas", "stories" or "features" to organize requirements however your team prefers to work |
| Custom Workflow - Customize Contour to fit your process and development methodology, whether traditional, iterative, Agile or a hybrid approach |
| Custom Styles - Customize the look and feel of Contour to match your company's brand |
| Terminology - Change the terminology to fit the vocabulary your team likes to use |
| Custom Reports - Contour includes a powerful reporting engine using BIRT to build custom reports to meet your company's analysis needs and industry compliance standards |
