Migration

Migrate from Jama Connect: a practical ReqIF path

How to migrate from Jama Connect into traceunified — ReqIF export, Import Center field mapping, link import, staged cutover, and what to validate after you land.

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Migrating off Jama Connect does not have to be a big-bang rewrite. Most regulated teams succeed with a project-by-project cutover: prove the model on one program, then expand into traceunified.

What to export from Jama

  1. Requirements and hierarchies — via ReqIF where possible so structure and attributes travel together.
  2. Traceability relationships — confirm your export includes links you care about (derive, satisfy, verify, mitigate, etc.).
  3. Baselines / versions you must retain as evidence — export or archive per your QMS; do not rely on tribal knowledge.
  4. Supporting artifacts — risk, test cases, and attachments may need a second pass (CSV/Excel) depending on what Jama exports cleanly.

Import into traceunified

Bring the export through the Import Center. UI walkthrough: Import requirements and ReqIF & field mapping.

  1. Start an import and upload the ReqIF file (or CSV / Excel / Word if that is what you have).
  2. Set the Import Destination — the folder where items should be created.
  3. Open Field Mapping. For ReqIF, complete ReqIF Type Mapping so Jama types align with your item types; for tabular files, map each column to a Target Field.
  4. Enable Import Traceability Links and identify the link columns / relationships to preserve.
  5. Open Preview — confirm items, attributes, and links — then commit.
  6. Import remaining artifacts the same way (tests/risk via CSV/Excel; SBOMs as CycloneDX / SPDX via SBOM import).

Imported rows become full governed records — identity, fields, history — ready to author and verify. Reuse the same mapping on the next Jama project.

Cutover pattern

  1. Start with one project. Validate authoring, coverage views, suspect-on-change, and a sample Part 11 signature path before you move the portfolio.
  2. Rebuild what was never native in Jama. If architecture lived in Cameo and tests in TestRail, decide whether those become native records or stay integrated — see Migrate from Cameo or Rhapsody and Migrate from TestRail.
  3. Parallel run. Jama read-only for a release or two while traceunified is the system of record for new work.
  4. Confirm exit. Export ReqIF/CSV from traceunified before you decommission Jama (Export).

Validation checklist after cutover

  • Sample of critical requirements present with correct IDs/attributes
  • Trace links intact for a known subsystem
  • Coverage / gap view matches the previous program’s understanding
  • Audit trail and e-signature path exercised on a controlled change
  • Outbound export path confirmed

See traceability work as one connected system.

Requirements, architecture, tests, risk, and SBOM on a single thread — audit-ready when you need it.

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