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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Pak for Automation allows the user to design, build and run automation applications and services on any cloud, using pre-integrated automation technologies and low-code tools. IBM Cloud Pak is the latest deployment option of the IBM automation platform for digital business, available on Red Hat OpenShift.N/A

    Rally Software

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ARally Software headquartered in Boulder, Colorado developed the Rally agile software development / ALM platform which was acquired by CA Technologies and rebranded as CA Agile Central. After CA's acquisition by Broadcom the software was once again rebranded as Rally.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationRally Software
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationRally Software
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationRally Software
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Broadcom
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    57%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationRally Software
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Rally Software
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Rally Software
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Rally Software
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Rally Software
    -
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    Dashboards6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Rally Software
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Rally Software
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business Process Automation
    Comparison of Business Process Automation features of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Rally Software
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Rally Software
    -
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    Business Process Modeling7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Decision Modeling7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code-Based Automation8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Code Automation7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Rally Software
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Rally Software
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Agile Development
    Comparison of Agile Development features of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Rally Software
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Rally Software
    7.3
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    DevOps Tool Integrations00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Code Review00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Code Collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Velocity Calculation00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Dependencies and Blockers00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationRally Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (38 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.7
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationRally Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Well Suited Scenarios IBM Cloud Pak shines in scenarios where complex workflows, such as project management in web design, require automation. It's also highly effective for collaborative content creation, enabling seamless content approval. Less Appropriate Scenarios Conversely, it may be less suitable for organizations with simpler task management needs that do not fully leverage its robust capabilities. Also, companies with limited IT resources might face challenges during setup and customization.
    Incentivized
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    Broadcom
    Rally Software is well suited for large Agile or scrum teams who do sprints and it helps managing sprints and backlogs. It is well suited for organizations who want visibility into work being done and progress. Suitable for tracking is user stories, defects and release planning. Works well with CI CD too. It would not be suitable for small teams or startups. For teams that don't use agile. Teams who want lightweight tools like Jira. Companies with a limited budget.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • I like how this tool provides us with automation capabilities to all our business processes hence improves our productivity.
    • Helps us to analyze complex workflows for our clients.
    • Accelerate our growth to digital transformation.
    • Reduce clients wait time. Hence we are able to deliver on time.
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    Broadcom
    • There are dashboards that provide friendly and useful metrics at the team, program and portfolio levels which help get an easy and quick visual representation of what's going on.
    • Story management made easier, It offers a quick way of quickly entering a number of user stories without losing the overview, by just typing the title and selecting a few attributes directly in the overview screen.
    • Sprint management is seamless in CA Agile Central . It allows you to drag stories from the backlog to the sprints and back again. When a story is dragged into an sprint, it automatically checks the velocity for that sprint and indicates how many more story points can be chipped in. No more manual checking needed by scrum master with respect to allocation and team velocity.
    • Though CA Agile Central has many inbuilt apps, but it also has an App-SDK that allows you to build free app extensions using JavaScript and HTML. So, as per their needs, teams can customize & build various apps & dashboards.
    • Dashboard is an awesome feature which allows you to select and drag panels with all kinds of graphical information about the current sprints and releases.
    • It offers tremendous support for scaled Agile & almost all scaling frameworks are supported specifically tuned to SAFe .
    • CA Agile Central includes several applications but it also integrates well with Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Eclipse, Subversion, IBM, HP, Salesforce.com and many other products to allow users to organize projects to their specifications. So you can still use Jira at a team level & CA Agile Central at the program & portfolio level for efficient tracking & management.
    • The custom tags are very helpful in segregating the user stories based on the project needs. Even though it's a very small feature, it is very effective ( you will realize why specifically if you are using Jira).
    • CA Central Agile enables agile delivery with ease and provides comprehensive features to track time-boxes, Work In Progress items of the forecast increments.
    • Backlog management is hassle free since you can either drag and drop your user stories to the desired position on the backlog, or change a setting and manually enter priorities as a number.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • For heavy load, the performance should be improved
    • The integration with the messaging system is a bit tricky and hence example documentation could be provided
    • It is a very nice and powerful tool however still not very known, marketing needs to be improved
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    Broadcom
    • User management is pretty basic and could be better. For example more filters and reports and more ability to do mass updates.
    • The report generator is very, very basic and is not WYSIWYG. It has limited filters to generate reports. Often a Scrum master will need to export data to Excel or a tool like Crystal Reports to get enhanced reporting capability.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    IBM Cloud Pak provides modernization in collecting, organizing and analyzing data. This product provides to unify market leading services such as data management, DataOps, governance, business analytics and automated AI. IBM Cloud Pak is best for resource and infrustructure optimization. IBM Cloud Pak is capable to accomodate our business automation needs.
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    Broadcom
    • To keep connecting my people, platform, and process for faster, smarter, better results.
    • Making the right contribution to the community. Use Agile and Lean processes to manage the work of your team.
    • Once you have tasted the positive result with Rally Software, you don't want to give up and come back to the old school of development pain any more.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    Great UI, recent refresh was terrific. Great graphs and metrics, inline editing for updates, and a multitude of views on sprint progress make for a great team collaboration experience. There is also an active community and forums so that if you do need help, it is readily available
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    Don’t recall ever being unavailable.
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    Performance
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    The screens render relatively quickly but many actions that you would expect to require a single click require multiple clicks and pop-up windows. The extra windows and clicks make the product feel ponderous.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    I've had to use support only one time and my issue was eventually resolved but not because of my ticket--because others complained about the functionality taken away so they brought it back. My ticket was never answered or addressed. So I can't really say much for the support factor for Rally.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    It more or less confirmed that we are using it the way they had in mind. We were hoping for a epiphany in terms of how we could use it better.

    They also want to be a go to source for agile processes and have an online resource center. It’s not that great but had a couple of nuggets. It hasn’t really helped us too much and we are not too far off from the classical interpretation of agile.

    I would recommend training, in particular for organizations that multiple on-going projects. The product seems optimized for larger, more complex teams and getting proper training on how to configure, administer and use the system would be beneficial
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    Implementation of RALLY services and program satisfaction among various group,... 1) Dev Outcomes: How were our resiliencies, development, learning & practitioners “make them do the work,” but that they ask you to do it “in a way like before. 2) The Ops group: Just wish to make sure any change won't break current production envirements All the stake holders has to be on the same page
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    There are various products that are similar to IBM Cloud, but IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation stands out overall. IBM Cloud offers valuable features such as analytics, cognitive abilities, and data management capabilities. Additionally, it places a strong emphasis on security and compliance, with features such as role-based access control and encryption. Moreover, it allows for easy integration with other systems and platforms.
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    Broadcom
    Rally and Asana have comparable features and are both valuable project management tools, but Asana's user interface is well-organized and highly intuitive. It's easy to add tasks and collaborators, edit due dates, indicate progress on tasks, close out projects, etc. However, Rally's interface is somewhat cluttered and difficult to navigate. My team ended up choosing Asana over Rally due to these concerns.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • A platform with multiple functions, automations and system monitoring.
    • The components of this software help to obtain results from the first month of its implementation.
    • Each module has a price and can be purchased according to the direct need of the company; this helps to adapt to our budget.
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    Broadcom
    • it helped organizing many of the processes management use to communicate tasks with engineers, and provided detailed charts on the speed/blockage during any iteration
    • with time Rally became the main tool we used to track and report tasks/defects in our projects, but frequent service outages made it very hard to continue consider as a reliable solution
    • too much features is good, but for engineers a few features (User Stories section, iterations, defects, and Kanban boards) are necessary and the rest is just noise
    • Kanban board support is lacking
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