What’s on the Business Analyst’s wish list? Oh, plenty of illogical, unreasonable and preposterous things such as these evergreen dreams: Increased product quality On-time and on-spec product (and project) delivery Less time waiting for input, feedback and decisions Reduced time and effort spent on non-value-added activities, such as wrangling information, rehashing past decisions, tracking down […]
40-50%. That’s the percentage of companies that manage the creation, iteration, testing and launch of new products with MS Office, Google Docs and other all-purpose documentation tools, according to research in Gartner’s “Market Guide for Software Requirements Definition and Management Solutions.” Many other companies muddle through the best they can with clunky, kludgey, user-unfriendly legacy […]
Today is the last day of 2014. Today is also the last day before 137 Jama employees move into our new world headquarters. Moving is exciting and moving is a new beginning and I’d say this is a bittersweet move except that in the last 15 months we’ve been so busy, so bursting at the […]
On December 4, 2014 Jama was recognized by the Portland Business Journal as being one of Oregon’s Most Admired Companies. For the past 10 years, the PBJ has surveyed 2,600 CEOs annually across Oregon to select the companies they most admire in our region. The CEOs are asked to select three companies in order of […]
Employee engagement is becoming a buzzword in many enterprises today. According to the talent research firm Bersin, 79 percent of businesses are very worried about engagement and Gallup research shows that only 13 percent of employees are highly engaged at work. I recently wrote an article for CMSWire in which I discuss the essential elements to employee engagement. I […]
It’s a big week in Jama Nation: our 7th Birthday was July 7, and we’ve spent the week reminiscing on our intranet about favorite Jama memories from the last few years. The posts have been funny, poignant, unforgettable reminders of how glad we are to operate in the Rose City and all that entails. Here are […]
This week Jama headed to Toronto for ProjectWorld BA World. The event brought together nearly 1,000 business analysts and project managers from all over North America for a chance to connect with each other, attend professional development sessions and meet with vendors. Two members of our team, Derwyn Harris and Will French, sat on panels […]
As a Business Analyst or Project Manager, you are on the front lines of bringing products to market that build value for your business. If you’re like most BAs, however, you spend too much time reporting status, explaining context and tracking decisions. From listening to you over the years, we’ve started the list by identifying […]
I’m thrilled to introduce a new version of Jama. Over the weekend, we upgraded Jama to our SaaS customers. This release marks our continued focus on providing organizations and teams a central place to manage and communicate their product definition, development and deployment. At the core of the new features for this release, we’ve linked […]
This week Jama CEO Eric Winquist and company head north from Portland to ALM Forum in Seattle, April 1-3. Jama is proud to be Gold Sponsor of the three day conference dedicated to sharing knowledge for success within the fast-growing Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) industry. If you’re attending ALM Forum, please join us for Eric’s breakout session “Modern Product […]
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