Jama Connect First Impression
Updated April 08, 2025
Jama Connect First Impression

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Jama Connect
Jama Connect is being evaluated as a potential tool to do requirements verification and sell-off. For now, we will be evaluating it for one of our programs. Jama Connect has the potential to upgrade our current process to review and sell-off requirements via email to using a centralized web based tool.
Pros
- Centralized location for coordinating requirements and test cases.
- Ability to capture various stakeholder comments and extract real time status.
- Ability to create relationships between various products to facilitate impact analysis.
Cons
- Real time interface with DOORS and Cameo EA.
- Ability to create custom metrics such as pie charts, bar graphs, etc.
- We are still evaluating the tool for our needs. But it does look promising.
Our hope is that Jama Connect will allow our engineers to focus on the requirements technical content rather than on the process. Much time is consumed in tracking and statusing so we hope that will be a fall-out from using Jama Connect. Jama offers the ability to have everything integrated.
Given our manual process, Jama Connect is a definite improvement. So, assuming the learning curve is not steep and Jama Connect is stable, then we should see immediate improvements from the get-go. Collaboration is a key trait of Jama as it allows for integration with other tools such as providing automatic email notifications.
None at this time. We use Rational DOORS for requirements management and test cases plus MS Excel for tracking/reporting status.
Do you think Jama Connect delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Jama Connect's feature set?
Yes
Did Jama Connect live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Jama Connect go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Jama Connect again?
Yes
Yes - Use of MS Excel for status and bar graphs and pie charts Use of email for requirements approval.
Using Jama Connect
30 - Engineering
30 - System Engineers with requirements management role or test and verification engineers.
- Requirements Management
- Test & Verification
- Requirements Integration with System Architecture
- Ability to integrate with other tools in Digital Engineering Ecosystem
- Ability to access requirements and verification details via web browser
Evaluating Jama Connect and Competitors
- Scalability
- Integration with Other Systems
- Ease of Use
Integration with other software tools is integral since it ensures that all disciplines are engaged as needed.
Perform more extensive trial period and perform more extraneous use cases to define the limitations of the tool.
Jama Connect Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled
- Configuring and customizing for our specific use cases
Jama Connect Training
Configuring Jama Connect
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface - Fairly easy to do
No - we have not done any custom code
Jama Connect Support
Pros | Cons |
---|---|
Kept well informed | Problems left unsolved Need to explain problems multiple times Slow Initial Response |
No, not at this time.
The initial sales support and demo was very useful.
Using Jama Connect
Pros | Cons |
---|---|
Like to use Easy to use Well integrated Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using | None |
- Ability to track history
- None
Jama Connect Reliability
Integrating Jama Connect
- DOORS
- JIRA
- Cameo Enterprise Architecture
- TestRail
Integration is OK, but could offer more exposure to certain features
- Digital Engineering Ecosystem
Yes
- File import/export
- Single Signon
Relationship with Jama Software
Price for number of seats
Know your critical use cases beforehand
Upgrading Jama Connect
- Better integration
- More expansive reporting
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