# Contract Lifecycle Management in Jira | PACT by Optimizory

Source: https://optimizory.com/pact

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# The complete contract lifecycle  
\- from requirement to signature  
\- built into Jira.

Manage contracts as Jira work items. Break them into requirements. Track negotiations. Sign with built-in e-signatures. One app replaces your signing tool, your requirements tracker, and your contract spreadsheet.

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Sound familiar?

## The contract management gap most Jira teams live with

### **Your contracts live outside Jira. Your work lives inside it.**

The contract says one thing. The Jira board says another. When requirements change during negotiation, nobody updates the tracker - because the tracker is a spreadsheet nobody maintains.

### You pay for a signing tool that knows nothing about your project.

Contracts go to an external tool for signature, come back signed, and someone manually updates Jira. Nobody can tell which version was actually signed.

### Negotiations happen in email. Traceability happens nowhere.

Contract terms get redlined across email threads. By the time everyone agrees, the connection between terms and Jira work is lost.

### "PACT exists because these problems shouldn't require three separate tools and a spreadsheet."

## What changes with PACT

Before PACT

After PACT

Contracts in spreadsheets, PDFs, or shared drives

Contracts are Jira work items — with status, deadlines, and workflow

Requirements tracked in Confluence (if at all)

Requirements linked directly to contracts with native Jira link types

Negotiations scattered across email threads

Negotiations tracked as linked work items with full history

Signing in a separate tool, manually synced

Built-in E-Sign with signing cycles, snapshots, and certificates

No connection between agreements and work

Full traceability: Contract → Requirement → Negotiation → Signature

Expiring contracts discovered after they expire

Dashboard with indicators: expiring soon, expiring today, overdue

### "One Jira app replaces your signing tool, your requirements tracker, and your contract folder."

## The PACT lifecycle chain

Contract → Requirements → Negotiations → E-Sign → Certificate

## What PACT does - and what that means for your team

## Know which contracts need attention - at a glance.

See every contract with color-coded deadline indicators: active, expiring soon, and overdue. Click any contract for full details, cost fields, requirements, and signing status.

![...](/assets/img/pact-screenshots/contract-list.png)

## Trace every contract term to the work that delivers it.

Break contracts into requirements. Link negotiations to each requirement. The full chain — Contract → Requirement → Negotiation — lives in Jira as native issue types.

![...](/assets/img/pact-screenshots/requirments.png)

## Sign contracts inside Jira. No separate signing tool.

Start signing cycles, invite signers, track who has signed or declined, and download a signature certificate. Every signature tied to a versioned contract snapshot.

![...](/assets/img/pact-screenshots/e-sign.png)

## See contract health without leaving Jira.

Burndown charts, requirement status charts, and negotiation status charts for every contract.

![...](/assets/img/pact-screenshots/reports.png)

Key Differentiator

# E-Sign: Sign contracts inside Jira

A complete signing workflow - not a button that opens another tool. Everything happens inside your Jira instance.

![...](/assets/img/pact-screenshots/e-sign.gif)

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### Start a signing cycle

PACT captures a contract snapshot - so every signer reviews the exact same version.

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### Invite and track signers

Each signer reviews, then signs or declines with a reason. Track progress in real time.

3

### Handle contract changes

If the contract updates mid-signing, PACT detects it and lets you start a new cycle.

4

### Finalize and download certificate

Generate a signature certificate with signer details, timestamps, and audit trail.

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FAQ

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What is Pact?

Pact is an Atlassian Marketplace app that helps you manage contracts directly within Jira. It enables you to organize contracts as Jira work items, track requirements and negotiations, and now securely sign contracts using built-in E-Sign workflows — all in one place.

  

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What features does Pact offer?

Pact offers features such as a contract dashboard, tab-based interface (Details, Requirements, Reporting, E-Sign), contract breakdown into requirements and negotiations, visual analytics, and built-in E-Signature workflows including signing cycles, audit trails, and certificate generation.

  

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How do I install Pact?

Pact can be installed from the Atlassian Marketplace. You can find instructions for installation in the Documentation section of the Pact page.

  

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Does pact integrate with other applications?

Yes, Pact integrates with your Atlassian product. This remote service can administer the host application, administer Jira projects, delete data from the host application, and write data to the host application.

  

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What is Pact's privacy policy?

Atlassian's privacy policy does not apply to the use of this app. Please refer to the privacy policy provided by this app's partner.

  

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How do I export data from Pact?

Pact allows you to export charts for reporting and download contract signing certificates after finalization. This helps teams maintain records for analysis, sharing, and compliance.

## Your contracts deserve the same rigor as your code.

Start managing the full contract lifecycle - from requirement to signature - inside the tool your team already uses.

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