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March 15, 2012 | Live Webinar
Live Agile Webinar, "How the BA can Align Agile Development with Business Priorities"
As development cycles accelerate, it is more important than ever for project teams to ensure development activities align with business priorities. Learn how to make sure everyone has a shared vision of what is being built and why throughout an Agile development process. Register today >February 16, 2012 | Live Webinar
Live Healthcare Webinar, "Avoid the Hidden Risks of ICD-10"
How do you track daily conversations and decisions made for ICD-10 remediation? Join us to learn the top three challenges to ICD-10 and how to avoid them. Register today >February 15, 2012 | Live Webinar
Live Contour Webinar, "Best Practices for Continuous Quality"
How can you manage projects more effectively when scope changes? Join our live webinar to learn the best practices of collaborative requirements management and see the new Contour 3 in action. Register today >December 22, 2011 | New Release
Contour 3.3.2 Now Available
Contour 3.3.2 includes performance enhancements to test management, round-trip reports and other features. See what's new >November 30, 2011 | Forbes Award
Jama listed as one of "America's Most Promising Companies 2011" by Forbes Magazine
Forbes Magazine listed Jama Software as one of America's Most Promising Companies of 2011. See Full List >November 21, 2011 | New Release
Contour 3.3.1 is Now Available
Contour 3.3.1 includes performance enhancements to the Review Center, reporting, dashboards and other features. See what's new >November 15, 2011 | Requirements Networking Group
Top Five Frustrations of Requirements Docs and Tips to Avoid Them
RQNG features Jama Software's Top Five Frustrations article on their site. See Article >October 13, 2011 | New Release
Contour 3.3 is Now Available
Communicating and getting buy-in on requirements has never been easier than in Contour 3.3. See how Contour's collaborative features help you embrace change throughout the development process. See what's new >September 16, 2011 | Portland Business Journal
Oregon Growth Account Steers $4.5 Million to Startups
Portland Business Journal mentions Jama Software as one of the Oregon Angel Fund's successful investments. See Article >September 13, 2011 | BA Times
Managing Requirements 101 on BA Times
Managing Requirements 101, an article by John Simpson, VP of Marketing at Jama Software, is published on Business Anaylst Times. Read Article >August 23, 2011 | 2011 Inc 500
Jama Software named a Top 20 Fastest-Growing Private Software Company in America
Jama Software ranks #202 on the Inc 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America, and as #20 in the software industry. Learn more >August 16, 2011 | RQNG
Requirements Management 101: 4 basics everyone should know.
Requirements Network Group adds our RM 101 whitepaper to its database. Read article >August 11, 2011 | Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
Can a start-up give back while funding rapid growth?
To mark our 250th loan, OEN features our charitable giving program in support of Kiva.org. For each new customer that buys Contour, we provide loans to help entrepreneurs improve their communities. Read article >July 14, 2011 | OEN Tom Holce Award Finalist
Jama Software Named Working Capital Stage Company Award Finalist
The Oregon Entrepreneur's Network named Jama Software as a finalist for the Tom Holce Working Capital Stage Company 2011 Award. See announcement >June 22, 2011 | Top 5 Fastest Growing Company
Top 5 Company in Portland Business Journal Fastest Growing Private Companies
Jama Software listed as the fourth fastest growing private company in Oregon. See event slideshow >June 20, 2011 | New Release
Jama Contour 3.1.2 Maintenance Release
Jama Contour 3.1.2 is now available. This maintenance release resolved a few high-priority bugs related to filters, Word export and performance. See documentation >May 17, 2011 | Product Launch
Announcing Contour 3.1
Complete projects with confidence. The new Jama Contour 3.1 is a powerful tool for complex projects, and includes new test management capabilities. Learn more >April 25, 2011 | Software Quality Connection
What do you Mean, Agile?
Software Quality Connection's article on the hybrid development approach includes Jama Software and the State of Requirements Management Report 2011. Read article >March 30, 2011 | Entrepreneurs' Organization
Entrepreneurs' Organization Blog
Eric Winquist, CEO and co-founder of Jama Software, shares his top 10 tips for entrepreneurial success. Read article >March 18, 2011 | Oregon TechAwards
Jama Software Finalist for 2011 Rising Star Company of the Year
Jama Software selected as a finalist for the Rising Star Company of the Year by Oregon TechAwards. Read press release >March 2, 2011 | Gantthead
Big Hairy Projects Infographic on Gantthead
See our Big Hairy Projects Infogrpahic posted on Gantthead blog The Money Files. Read post >February 28, 2011 | RQNG
State of Requirements Management 2011 on RQNG
Read about the State of Requirements Management 2011 Report from the Requirements Networking Group. See article >February 14, 2011 | We Love Datavis
Big Hairy Projects Infographic on We Love Datavis
How do savvy teams deliver great projects? See our Big Hairy Projects infographic posted by Datavisualization on We Love Datavis. See post >February 10, 2011 | Application Development Times Supercast
Technologies and Trends for 2011
Join Jama Software at the Requirements Management: Trends and Technologies 2011 Supercast, where we'll share the results of the State of Requirements Management 2011 Survey to help you champion the importance of requirements management. Register today >January 25, 2011 | Report Available
State of Requirements Management 2011
Couldn't tune in for the webinar or looking for more information? The State of Requirements Management 2011 Report sheds light on the real challenges & successes in RM. Download report >January 25, 2011 | Live Webinar
State of Requirements Management 2011
What are the latest trends and strategies for managing requirements effectively and delivering better software? Join us for a live webinar on how to cut through the hype and determine real challenges & successes in RM. Register today >January 19, 2010 | Projects@Work
Projects@Work features the State of RM
Projects@Work shares a sneak peek of the results and trends from the State of Requirements Management Survey 2011. Read article >January 19, 2010 | Better Projects
Better Projects Review of Contour
"I tried Jama Contour and I liked it," begins Craig Brown in part one of his two-part review of Contour. Read article >January 3, 2010 | Please Vote!
ReadWriteEnterprise Poll
Vote for Jama Software in ReadWriteEnterprise's poll asking readers to vote for the company they believe will be Most Successful Startup of 2011 Vote now >December 29, 2010 | ReadWriteWeb
5 Enterprise Startups to Watch in 2011
Jama Software is featured as one of ReadWriteWeb's 5 Startups to Watch in 2011. Read article >December 27, 2010 | Integration Developer News
Jama Contour Socializes RM
Integration Developer News discusses how Jama Contour 3.0 Solicalizes Requirements Management. Read article >December 19, 2010 | IT Knowledge Exchange
Jama Contour Adds Collaboration
IT Knowledge Exchange features an article on the added collaboration of Contour 3. Read article >December 17, 2010 | Search Software Quality
Customer Success with Contour from IntraPace
Mace Volzing, Software Development Manager at IntraPace, discusses Jama Contour and requirements management with Search Software Quality. Read article >December 7, 2010 | New Release
See the new Contour 3.0 Release in Action
With Contour 3, take control of your projects. The 3.0 release helps you manage your complex projects and keep everyone connected. Learn more >December 7, 2010 | SD Times
Software Development Times Feature on Contour 3
Software Development Times features Jama Contour 3.0 as socializing and simplifying the software development process. Read article >December 7, 2010 | Dr. Dobb's
Dr. Dobb's Journal Highlights Jama Contour 3
Dr. Dobb's World of Software Development reports on Jama Contour 3 in managing complex projects. Read article >December 7, 2010 | DZone
DZone Presents Jama Contour 3
DZone highlights Contour 3 and the "good development frameworks, methodologies and practices" developed in Contour 3. Read article >November 17, 2010 | The State of Requirements Management Survey 2011
Add your voice: State of RM Survey 2011
We want to know the challenges and barriers to success in software product development. Join the industry survey and be the first to get the report. Learn more >October 25, 2010 | The App Gap
Jama Brings Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration to Product Requirements Management
Enterprise 2.0 brings focus to business processes and collaborative requirements management. Read it now >October 6, 2010 | IT World
IT World Feature on Development Collaboration
IT World's feature article, "How to Tell a Software Developer what you Want," focuses on collaboration between business users and developers, and features Jama Software. Read article >September 15, 2010 | SD Times
Special Report on Managing Requirements
Requirements management is evolving as companies strive to balance the need for sound requirements with accelerating release cycles. See pages 23-25 for the special report featuring Jama. Read article >September 8, 2010 | Product Launch
Announcing Contour 2.9.8 with Review Center
Now available, the Review Center within Contour 2.9.8 is a new way to collaborate on requirements to get buy-in faster and get requirements right the first time. See what's new >August 18, 2010 | New Integration
Jama Connector for HP Quality Center
The Jama Connector for HPQC unites business analysts responsible for requirements with QA teams responsible for testing, providing best-of-breed application lifecycle management for enterprise organizations.See the HPQC Integration >August 10, 2010 | Product Preview
Get a Sneak Preview of Review Center
It's coming soon. The Review Center within Contour is a new way to collaborate on requirements to get buy-in faster and get requirements right the first time. See it in action >June 14, 2010 | Product Launch
Jama Contour 2.9.7 is Now Available
Documents in, documents out. The leading Web-based requirements management software has been updated with enhanced Word import, Excel reports and new integrations. See what's new >May 27, 2010 | Company News
Lori Schmall joins Jama Software as Vice President of Services
Lori is responsible for Jama's services and support organization, working directly with customers within North America and through our partners in Europe and Asia. Learn more >March 26, 2010 | Product Launch
Jama Contour 2.9.6 is Now Available
The leading Web-based requirements management software has been updated to include enhanced custom reporting parameters, automatic clearing of browser cache for upgrades and a few critical bug fixes. See what's new >March 8, 2010 | Blog Article
Contour picked #1 Choice by Independent Consultant
An experienced consultant in Aerospace, Ralph Ewig, shares his perspective on growing from start-up to large company, including his #1 choice Contour over traditional tools like IBM's Rational DOORS because of its flexibility and collaborative benefits. Read article >March 4, 2010 | Product Launch
Jama Contour 2.9.5 is Now Available
The leading Web-based requirements management software has been updated to include inline editing, baselines, electronic signatures, change request enhancements and a new integration with Enterprise Architect. See what's new >March 4, 2010 | Partner Integration
Introducing the Jama Connector for Enterprise Architect
With this integration, engineering teams can save time by importing requirements from Contour into Enterprise Architect for end-to-end traceability of requirements and visual models. Learn more >February 17, 2010 | Partner Integration
Introducing the Jama Connector for Jive SBS
With this integration, companies now can seamlessly push ideas discussed in Jive communities into Contour and then manage them through the full product planning and development lifecycle. Welcome to the future of social product development. Learn more >January 17, 2010 | Product Launch
Jama Contour 2.9 is Now Available
The leading Web-based requirements management software has been updated to include enhanced search, improved Word import, custom reporting and the new Jama Connector for Jive SBS. See what's new >December 27, 2009 | News Article
Collaborative software fills corporate demand
Jama Software is featured in the Oregonian as successful startup and fast-growing company providing collaborative product development software. Read the article >December 17, 2009 | Analyst Report
The Secret to Designing Products Customers Love
The Aberdeen Group just published a new Analyst report on the value of requirements management to help companies speed development cycles, improve profit margins and design products that customers love. Read the report >December 10, 2009 | Partner Webinar
JIRA Connector for Contour featured as Plugin of the Month
The JIRA Connector for Jama Contour has been selected as the Plugin of the Month for Atlassian TV. Join Frank Charron and Atlassian for 45-minute webinar and demo on how to connect these two popular tools for agile software development. Watch the video >November 19, 2009 | Best Practices
New Jama Whitepaper on Requirements Traceability
Take a few minutes to learn how to master requirements traceability to control change, speed development and improve quality. Download the whitepaper >November 12, 2009 | Industry Analysts
New Aberdeen Report on System Engineering
Best-in-Class companies achieve 2x higher profit margins and 6x faster development cycles using requirements management best practices. Get the full report >October 30, 2009 | News Article
Jama boosts Collaboration
Jama Software is featured in Portland Business Journal as OEN award winner and fast-growing company in Oregon to watch. Read the article >October 15, 2009 | Industry Trends
Jama interviewed on Bridging the Gap blog
Today, John shares his views on the traditional tools used by software development teams and how a new breed of Web-based, interactive tools can help us work better. Read blog story >October 15, 2009 | Partner News
Jama Announces Partnership with ArchitectGroup
As the newest member of Jama's growing community of worldwide partners and customers, ArchitectGroup will serve companies in South Korea interested in Jama's leading requirements management software, Jama Contour. Learn more >September 24, 2009 | Company Awards
Jama Wins OEN Company of the Year Award
The winner of the 2009 OEN Development Stage Company of the Year is Jama Software of Portland. Led by CEO and co-founder Eric Winquist, Jama Software makes Contour, an easy-to-use, Web-based software that helps companies collaborate together and manage the product development requirements during the entire evolution of a product, from idea to execution. Read full story >September 22, 2009 | Product News
Keep your finger on the pulse. Introducing Contour 2.8
Smash information silos, speed innovation and keep a pulse on all the latest activities in your projects. Companies are adopting the new Contour 2.8 to bring everyone together to build great products. See what's new >September 15, 2009 | Best Practices
Eliminate the Top 3 Productivity Killers that Stifle Innovation
In the world of product development and specifically requirements management, you hear a lot about building a central repository. But, why does that matter? What problem does that solve? Learn the top 5 reasons how a central hub can speed productivity. Read blog post >August 11, 2009 | Customer Story
Product Innovation Spotlight: IntraPace
Say goodbye to obesity. IntraPace is develop an experimental medical device intended to help patients lose weight, and their product development team is using Contour to manage all the requirements and critical specification documents for compliance. Read their story >July 29, 2009 | Product News
JIRA Connector Spotlighted in Atlassian's Blog
This integration is perfect for development teams using Jama Contour for requirements management and JIRA for managing development tasks. Coupled with GreenHopper, a plugin for JIRA, this is a great solution for agile software development. Read blog post >July 21, 2009 | Customer Story
Product Innovation Spotlight: Vertical Power
Welcome to the digital cockpit. Vertical Power is using Contour to develop enhanced electronic circuit breakers for experimental aircraft using a variant of an agile method to manage over 800 requirements. Read their story >July 20, 2009 | News Article
Jama in Entrepreneur Magazine
Jama Software is featured in Entrepreneur Magazine for it's approach to open innovation and social brand, see "Bucking the Trend". Read the article >July 15, 2009 | Product News
Jama announces the availability of the JIRA Connector with Jama Contour 2.7
With the integration of Contour and JIRA, teams can use the preferred solution of their choice and work in harmony when planning and developing new products. See the integration in action >July 15, 2009 | Customer Story
Product Innovation Spotlight: Stratos Global
As a global leader in satellite technology and services, Stratos is taking communication to new heights. Its team is using Contour and the JIRA Connector to stay in sync at all times on priorities, scope and status. Read their story >July 8, 2009 | Company Awards
Jama named an OEN Company of the Year Award Finalist
For the 2nd year in a row, Jama has been recognized as an Oregon Entrepreneur Network award finalist. Winners to be awarded at the annual event on September 24, 2009. Read article >June 3, 2009 | Company News
Christian Prusia joins Jama Software as Vice President of Sales
Christian is responsible for Jama's global sales strategy and organization, working directly with customers within North America and through our European channel. Read the press release >June 1, 2009 | Customer Story
Product Innovation Spotlight: Stonesoft Corporation
Stonesoft uses Contour to effectively manage the releases of its award-winning security software. Read their story >May 28, 2009 | Product News
Jama Software announces the availability of Contour v2.6.
Helping companies fuel innovation through collaboration, the new Contour v2.6 adds enhancements to custom reports, release management and user experience. Read the product announcement >May 21, 2009 | Giving Back
Jama featured in a documentary video series for Kiva.
Recently Jama was highlighted for its corporate giving program that provides microloans to entrepreneurs in Cambodia, Vietnam, Uganda and other developing communities around the world. Watch the video >April 29, 2009 | Webinar
The State of Requirements Management Webinar
John Simpson, Jama's director of marketing and customer outreach, presents the webinar "The State of Requirements Management and Its Impact on Innovation" for Ryma's Product Management View community. Watch the replay or listen to the podcast >April 27, 2009 | Customer Story
Product Innovation Spotlight: d&b audiotechnik
See the Q&A interview session with d&b audiotechnik, the manufacturer of high-end sound systems for theaters, concert halls and stadiums. Read their story >April 10, 2009 | News Article
