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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SAP Master Data Governance

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Master Data Governance is a master data management solution that helps users to implement a cohesive and harmonized master data management strategy across all master data domains. It is presented as a solution that simplifies enterprise data management, increases data accuracy, and that facilitates consolidation, central governance and data quality management. The SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition, a…N/A
    Pricing
    Rally SoftwareSAP Master Data Governance
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    Pricing Offerings
    Rally SoftwareSAP Master Data Governance
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Rally SoftwareSAP Master Data Governance
    Considered Both Products
    Broadcom
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    69 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    57%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    67 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    Features
    Rally SoftwareSAP Master Data Governance
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Rally Software and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Rally Software
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile Development
    Comparison of Agile Development features of Rally Software and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Rally Software
    7.3
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
    -
    Ratings
    DevOps Tool Integrations6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code Review6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code Collaboration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Velocity Calculation7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dependencies and Blockers8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Planview AgilePlace
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Planview AgilePlace
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Rally SoftwareSAP Master Data Governance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    8.0
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.3
    (76 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (5 ratings)
    5.6
    (71 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Rally SoftwareSAP Master Data Governance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SAP
    The best use case of SAP Master Data Governance is centrally consolidating your organizational data so you can make sense of it and make business decisions using that data. We live in a world where data can be all over the place, and making sense of it is a skill of its own.
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    Pros
    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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    SAP
    • Data conversation and Data uploading into SAP S/4 HANA system using SAP Master Data Governance during SAP implementation phase.
    • Centrally Data governance to have visibility of data in different systems with integration to SAP Master Data Governance, including SAP S/4, SAP EWM and SAP Ariba.
    • Data Management and Data correction using MDM through SAP Master Data Governance for Materials, which is subjected to approval before finally using in the S/4.
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    Cons
    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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    SAP
    • We've had to design our own unique or alternative solutions to satisfy our business objectives because plugins don't always perform well with the main product.
    • It can be sluggish at times and lacks functionality offered by rival MDM packages, as well as limited resources and documentation for certain areas such as hierarchy.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    SAP
    MDG has proven to work and to bring results once implemented with the right approach, right engagement and sponsorship. Given that it is a very good tool to govern and control master data. Mainly if your company runs SAP systems which there will be a very straight forward integration, not needing any additional middleware or technologies.
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    Usability
    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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    SAP
    Upto 8 1. Powerful Features: It offers a wide range of powerful features. 2. Complex Data Management: It helps companies to comply with large and complex regulation and audit processes. Missing 2: 1. Less interactive user interface or less modern look. 2. Limited integration with other tools
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    Reliability and Availability
    Broadcom
    Don’t recall ever being unavailable.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    SAP
    SAP provides great support for Master Data Governance (MDG). They work with us when we are faced with issues in standard solutions. SAP has a great set of Fiori tools that can be used for a better user experience. The issue with SAP is their web dynpro UI screens and they need to provide better support for performance issues that customers face.
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    Online Training
    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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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    SAP
    critical to get management on board earlier and prioritize the resources
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    SAP
    An environment provided by SAP Master Data Governance seamless and integration with other SAP products is very good. Also it ensures compatibility and streamlines procedures, this integration is beneficial for businesses who have already invested in SAP products.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SAP
    • MDG is definitely an investment that takes a few years to recuperate. (If you are looking at pure, direct financial benefits.)
    • However, if you look at all the productivity gains in the business due to not having to stop the business constantly because of data issues, the payback period would be substantially shorter.
    • In particular, we were able to reduce master data maintenance staffing levels while increasing quality and decreasing workload for business requesters and approvers.
    • Not having to worry about data integrity issues has shortened the time to realize benefits for several of our major process change related projects and it has also decreased the risk of these projects running into significant delays (often at the last minute) due to master data being misjudged during the process resdesign.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Master Data Governance Screenshots

    Screenshot of Data consolidation:  An integrated database of customer, supplier, and product information calls for a consumer-grade user experience and an intuitive, flexible process.Screenshot of Central data governance: The inbox in support of data governance workflows.  By centralizing your heterogeneous systems into a single source, you can create, maintain, and distribute master data across your enterprise.Screenshot of Mass processing: Master data stewards can perform bulk changes in business partner, customer, supplier, and product data with highly-effective mass change processes.Screenshot of Data quality management: Business rules that are defined, validated, and monitored help safeguard master data
readiness and ensure that it’s fit for use.Screenshot of Process analytics: Data governance is significantly enhanced when master data is continuously measured and monitored.