Overview: Contour is a Web-based application designed to help organizations build great products. These products can be standalone software applications, physical products with embedded software or internal IT systems. Organizations use Contour for managing a range of product development projects. These projects tend to be complex with many requirements and involve teams that are large and distributed geographically. As a Web-based application, Contour provides organizations a collaborative way to stay connected during the development process.
Benefits: The functionality of Contour centers around three key needs:
| 1. | Capturing customer needs. |
| 2. | Communicating what to build. |
| 3. | Staying on top of change. |
Process: Whether you’re using Agile, Iterative, Waterfall or some hybrid of methodologies, Contour can be customized to fit your existing process.
Options: Contour is available as software you install and manage internally or as a hosted service that Jama Software manages for you. The functionality is the same and this User Guide applies to both options. Based on what you’ve purchased, your organization is using:
| • | Contour On-Site – Download, install and manage Contour behind your own firewall. |
| • | Contour Contourhosted – Have Jama manage Contour for you as a fully hosted service. |
See Exploring the Contour Workspace for more information.
