Company
A CGI product, developed in Germany
Not a side project and not a start-up experiment: Door James is developed and operated by a dedicated team at CGI as a standard product.
In short
Door James is a product of CGI Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG, based in Düsseldorf. The platform is developed by a dedicated product team in agile cycles, with releases roughly every two weeks. Door James 2.0 was released in April 2026 and replaced the earlier application; in 2022 the solution received the German Innovation Award.
- Provider
- CGI Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG, Düsseldorf
- Current version
- Door James 2.0, since April 2026
- Releases
- roughly every two weeks
- Award
- German Innovation Award 2022
A standard product rather than project software
The most important decision behind Door James is not a technical one: it is developed as a standard product, not as a per-customer project solution. That has consequences in both directions. You get continuous development without paying for it, and every release benefits everyone. In return we solve requirements through configuration – and decline when a requirement would force a permanent special case.
The same stance sits behind our limits: no on-premise operation, no permanent customer-specific forks, no exclusive rights to the core product. What sounds like a restriction is the precondition for the product still being maintained in five years.
How we communicate
On these pages we separate three things: what is available in the product today, what is technically possible but depends on third parties, and what is on the roadmap. We use the same separation in tenders. You will recognize it in phrases like “will be verified” or “not committed without current confirmation” – that is not uncertainty, it is the condition for being able to rely on the rest.
How it works
- 1
Product development in sprints
A dedicated team prioritizes the backlog against product goals and customer need, with release validation, functional and regression testing and CI/CD deployment.
- 2
One product for all customers
Requirements are solved through configuration, not customer-specific forks. That keeps the platform maintainable and updates available to everyone.
- 3
A transparent roadmap
What is in progress and what is done is public in the roadmap and release notes – including the items that are not yet committed.
Frequently asked questions
Who is behind Door James?
CGI Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG, based in Düsseldorf. CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting firms in the world and was founded in 1976.
How often are new versions released?
Feature and improvement releases appear roughly every two weeks, hotfixes aside. All changes are documented in the release notes.
Do we have to test every release?
No. Standard SaaS updates do not require mandatory customer-side test cycles; CGI tests in staging and pre-production. Participation in early user testing is possible.
What happened to Door James 1.0?
The earlier application at spa.doorjames.app has been fully replaced. The current application is the web app at wa.doorjames.app plus the native apps.
Talk to the people who build it
Door James is made by a named team at CGI in Germany. Thirty minutes, no script, and the uncomfortable questions are welcome.