Asana vs Rally Software (formerly CA Agile Central)

• The best tools of Asana are found once we start a project, since the calendar that is integrated into our mail is super easy to use and we use it as a small agenda.
• The management of projects is incredible, the monitoring provided is one of the best in its category, since it facilitates group work.
• The creation and assignment of tasks, notifications and that each person can enter to work no matter where it is since it has a good mobile and web interface.

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• The ability to tailor the tool for each product. For example some simpler projects can be managed with simple user stories, a Kanban process and board. Large projects are managed with iterations, releases, tasks and burn down charts.
• Create a home dashboard and customize it to show user stories and tasks assigned to you and a personal burn down chart.
• A portfolio management capability where you can link and view the entire hierarchy from theme to initiative to feature to user story(s) and finally to tasks.

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• I wish it implemented easier with Outlook or Gmail. I would like for it to be easier to send tasks from email to Asana.
• I think there's room for improvement in terms of how easy it is to make new Section Headers for tasks and lists.
• I'd like for more aspects of the interface to be customizable.

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• the service was intermittently down, sometimes for several hours.
• Rally is a very large powerful tool, and that also is the reason why it can't be a good fit for small teams who want simpler interfaces and way less features.
• loading pages is slow, add to that if you (like me) keep it open all day after signing in, the systems logs you out automatically.
• pening multiple windows (on separate tabs) has some problematic issues esp. when your sessions expires, and you will need to sign in to all other tabs one by one. Also if you attempt to sign in again on one tab, all the other tabs redirect to the same page of the first tab you signed in.
• a steep learning curve for agile beginners/novice team member - leaving those members to use the tool without any training makes it almost impossible for them to know what they must do to get by their daily tasks
• not enough free documentation online

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• We went from disorganized to having our processes fully documented. This allows for projects to be duplicated and started faster, increasing my margins.
• Less opportunity for missed tasks or confusion.
• Progress checking always available and easy to use (for our clients)

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• It lets our scrum master collect monthly metrics for our team, which we use to adapt our practices to be more efficient
• It organizes the organization's initiatives nicely, and allows easy conversation based on the epic/feature code
• It slightly slows down and frustrates the development team I'm on, due to the cons I already mentioned

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