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Contour Features.

Requirements management is the core, but Contour does much more.

In addition to managing requirements, You can also use Contour for tracking defects,capturing use cases and test cases, managing releases and more. See the full feature list below.

User Interface
Web 2.0 (Ajax) based interface for rich user experience
Cross-browser compatible (Internet Explorer / Firefox)
Capture:  Defining Project Requirements & Artifacts
Single Web-based repository for all project requirements and other related items
Microsoft Word Import
  • Imports hierarchical requirements structure
  • Import tables
  • Import hyperlinks
  • Import bulleted lists
Microsoft Excel Import (CSV)
Rich text editor
  • Tables, images, links, videos or other rich content
  • Spell-check
  • Content templates
Attach any type of file to any project artifact, easily create a document repository
Associate URL's to link websites, intranet pages or quick URL based integrations
Reuse / share requirements from other projects
Project glossary to capture specific terminology
Customizable templates for quick and consistent entry of requirements, use cases, test cases
Connect:  Traceability & Impact Analysis
Create directional trace relationships between any project items
Trace relationships across projects
Define relationship types
One click instant impact analysis
Suspect links (Displayed on relationships, change history and notifications)
Visual Traceability Matrix
Traceability reporting
Control:  Change Management
Artifact level version control
Configurable versioning - turn off and on by project
Auto capture of created by, edited by, date and time
Create baselines to capture significant project events
Side by side version comparison
Collaborate:  Team Alignment & Communication
See immediately "who and what" is affected by your daily tasks
Email notification of groups of requirements and other items
Suspect links within notifications (shows who and what's affected)
Unlimited reviewer user accounts for instant collaboration across large teams
Team discussions within artifacts
Create documents on the fly with pre-defined or custom reports
Use quick reports to generate a "reading pane" of a data set
Email notification to easily send link to specific artifacts
What's New displays recent work on your projects
Customization
Customize drop down lists to fit your methodology
Customize artifact fields to meet your needs
Create new artifact types to capture the data you need to track
Customize the vocabulary for your teams terminology
Customize the logos, icons and graphics to your company's brand look and feel

Features for IT administrators.

Flexible, open architecture, Web-based application - this translates to less hassles and administrative headaches commonly experienced with traditional enterprise desktop software.

Administrative Features
Available as hosted On-Demand service (SaaS) or software download and install
Standard J2EE web application built on open standards
Multi-platform support (Windows, Linux, Unix, Solaris, Mac)
Multi-database support (MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server)
Pure web user interface, no client software to install
Cross browser support (Firefox, IE)
Role-based access control
Multi-lingual capable
XML backup & restore
Portable - easily move between servers and databases
Web based administration
LDAP integration
Create rich themes for full control over interface

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