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Jama Connect User Guide

Jama Connect Advisor™

Jama Connect Advisor is a separately purchased add-on that works in your Jama Connect cloud environment. Jama Connect Advisor analyzes your product requirements against industry standards such as INCOSE Rules and EARS Notation, then recommends improvements. This fast, accurate analysis and advice help your requirements align with engineering-focused natural language and best practices.

Well-written requirements are critical for the development of any successful system. Requirements drive the design, development, and user experience of the system. An effective requirement states something that is necessary, verifiable, and attainable. A well-written requirement can improve productivity and quality.

Jama Connect Advisor is an available add-on for Jama Connect cloud customers. Contact your Customer Success Manager for more information.

Benefits of using Jama Connect Advisor
  • Improves the quality, accuracy, and usability of your requirements across your organization.

  • Assists development teams in standardizing the process and language of requirement authoring.

  • Saves time for authoring, reviewing, and updating requirement statements.

  • Helps deliver programs and projects on time and on budget.

  • Reduces the risk of late-stage errors.

What are INCOSE Rules and EARS Notation?

INCOSE Rules — The International Council for Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990. It developed INCOSE Rules for writing requirements in the context of systems engineering, to help developers create and refine well-written requirements.

Learn more about INCOSE

EARS Notation — The Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax (EARS) is a mechanism that gently constrains the writing of requirements with a recommended syntax (structure) and an underlying ruleset. The EARS patterns provide lightweight, structured guidance that enables authors to write high quality requirements.

Learn more about EARS

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