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What is Rally Software?
Rally 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.
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What is Rally Software?
Rally 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.
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Rally 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.
Digital.ai TeamForge, IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management, and PTC Windchill RV&S are common alternatives for Rally Software.
Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 7.6.
The most common users of Rally Software are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Powerful Agile DevOps Planning and Tracking: Many reviewers have found Rally to be a powerful tool for agile DevOps planning and tracking. It provides rapid visibility of progress or problems across a large number of teams, allowing users to effectively manage and prioritize tasks.
Portfolio View for Clear Visibility: Reviewers appreciate the portfolio view feature of Rally, as it allows product management to have clear visibility across all their product features. This feature helps in effectively managing and prioritizing tasks by providing a comprehensive overview of the project's progress.
Strong Feedback Metrics for Task Tracking: Users have mentioned that Rally provides strong feedback metrics for both teams and individuals. This feature helps in tracking the status of tasks and ensuring that commitments are being met, contributing to efficient task management.
Difficult to Use Without Training: Many users have expressed frustration with the software's steep learning curve, stating that it is difficult to use without any training or guidance. They find it almost impossible to know how to complete their daily tasks effectively.
Insufficient Online Documentation: Some users have reported a lack of free online documentation available to help them navigate the software. This absence makes it challenging for them to find the information they need and leaves them feeling unsupported.
Overly Complicated User Interface: Several reviewers have mentioned that certain views of the user interface are overly complicated, causing confusion and hindering their ability to perform tasks efficiently. Users suggest simplifying these interfaces would greatly enhance their overall experience with the software.
Users highly recommend CA Agile Central for enterprise product management, highlighting its usefulness in running Agile projects and implementing Agile methodology. It is considered a one-stop tool for project management, reporting, and email notifications. Users suggest sticking with CA Agile Central and utilizing the features that work best for each team, as well as giving it some time to get used to without adapting it too much to the organization.
Reviewers recommend Rally Software over Atlassian Jira, finding it more intuitive and easier to use. They praise Rally as a comprehensive solution for Agile teams, automating the entire Agile practice. Rally is particularly recommended for organizations planning to adopt the Scaled Agile Framework Methodology (SAFe). However, users suggest checking out Jira for more add-ons and cheaper options but still highly recommend Rally over Jira.
Users suggest considering other project/product management tools before making a decision about CA Agile Central's future availability due to recent acquisition concerns. They also recommend thoroughly testing other options in the market that provide similar functionality at a lower cost. Additionally, users highlight that CA Agile Central is well-suited for large organizations and recommend having at least one person familiar with the software for a smoother transition. They also suggest using Assembla instead of CA Agile Central as an alternative option.
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February 22, 2022
User interface could be more intuitive
My team used Rally as a project management tool. Specifically, it helped provide insight into workloads, timelines, requirements, impediments, and task status. It was certainly useful in that scope, but it wasn't the most user-friendly and we found that collaboration was easier via other software (such as Jira and Asana).
May 21, 2020
Powerful Agile Tool
Rally Software is used by agile development teams to track sprint development work. We also use it to track informal defects and as a requirements repository. It is flexible and powerful to use while also providing export tools for linkage and traceability. Project management, developers, testers, and other stakeholders all use Rally as a comprehensive tool to track, log and assign work.
Score 5 out of 10
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We use Rally software across the organization for strategic planning. In our Program Increment (PI) planning, we capture the needs and wish lists of the client-facing staff to create a backlog and then plan out our quarters. Throughout each sprint, each dev team tracks progress (or lack thereof) and determines the next item to bring in.
On the client-facing side, reports run by our Product Owners let them know what tools they will have to make their job easier. On the dev side, it keeps us on track. On the executive side, the company can assess where we are in terms of tools to make doing business easier. Our accountants love it as it directly interfaces in with our time reporting so they can know what cost center to put work in.
On the client-facing side, reports run by our Product Owners let them know what tools they will have to make their job easier. On the dev side, it keeps us on track. On the executive side, the company can assess where we are in terms of tools to make doing business easier. Our accountants love it as it directly interfaces in with our time reporting so they can know what cost center to put work in.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
On our projects, the distribution we use JIRA about 50% of the time, Rally 45%, and Microsoft TFS 5%. The choice depends on the different project features. I have personally used Rally Software and JIRA since 2009 and I would advise using Rally if you have serious budget requirements/restrictions for the project, you have a team of 5 to 20 developers (or several teams), and you know the release date.
The main advantage of the Rally is that on any day of the iteration, you know how many hours are in the "TO DO" column. Moreover, the fact that UI/UX of Rally is in a tabular form makes using this tool convenient for all project participants - from programmers, QA people and Scrum master to Product Owners and C level guys. You see all the important information on one page and you do not need to scroll.
August 01, 2019
Best-suited to large organizations
Rally is being used across my entire organization. Initiatives are codified as Epics and Features in Rally, and the company collects metrics on the progress of these initiatives. The metrics are also used within teams to track velocity and performance over time.
June 03, 2018
Want the best of Agilecraft (Scaling Agile support) & ALM (Test Management), go for CA Agile Central (Rally)
Score 8 out of 10
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CA Agile Central is currently used by Development & support teams for all aspects of Application Lifecycle Management. After agile adoption, few of the development and support teams had been piloted on CA Agile Central
while a few are still using HP ALM. Most of the features of CA Agile Central are being used by those teams like agile portfolio management, work visualization, road-map planning, Rally insights, iteration planning defect management and regression test management. In CA Agile Central, management can set the overall roadmap and then see what teams are doing and how this aligns with your business strategy using various dashboards that provide friendly and useful metrics at the team till portfolio levels that help get an easy visual representation of what's going on.
It also helped in expanding team collaboration and with story, task and Kanban boards, it makes team members feel like they are working in co-located model which was the main reason behind choosing this tool.
February 01, 2018
Review of Rally
It is used by multiple departments across the organization. It helps us to streamline and in the functioning of multiple projects running on Agile. All projects can be managed under one tool for Business Engineers, QA and Developers. It also helps the management to pull up customized reports as needed. Integrates well with Jama.
October 25, 2017
Love Rally!
Our Product and Engineering teams rely solely on CA Agile Central for all aspects of our Application Lifecycle Management. We coordinate backlog management, current sprint and release planning, and portfolio planning with a mix of co-located and remote team members. CA Agile Central streamlines tactical Story and Defect management as well as strategic Portfolio Feature and Initiative planning while also providing one source of the truth for the enterprise.
Score 4 out of 10
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Verified User
It's used in tech engineering to manage agile development on several teams developing integrated software, firmware and hardware products.
April 25, 2017
CA Agile Central is the cream of the crop
It is used primarily in IT by developers and quality control engineers, by business analysts and scrum masters from the PMO and by business product owners. The problem that CA Agile Central solved was providing a solution for an Agile Development and Management Life Cycle that MS Project couldn't provide in 2011.
February 21, 2017
Why we switched from CA Agile Central (formerly Rally)
We used CA Agile Central for our agile process. It was used by the whole company, in all departments. We had our user stories, tasks, and defects in there. We tracked our working hours in Rally also. We are an agile company with two-week sprints, and we used CA Agile Central (formerly Rally) to plan our development work.
We used Rally in our company through 2015 and beginning 2016 as the main tool to organize our user stories, defects and all other tasks. It was the main communication tool between teams members and their managers on the tasks level.
March 30, 2016
Can't live without Rally
To specify the same details put in a traditional use case, I use the predecessor/successor relationships on user stories to track dependencies. I use the “Ready” option on the board to indicate completion of an activity. I adjust permissions for those projects to ensure limited access to requirements in different phases. When a phase is complete, I bulk move the stories into the next phase.
February 15, 2016
Rally - very extensive but pricey (worth it?)
At my company, I am aware that the the project managers, the operations team, the QA team, and the engineering departments use Rally to work in an Agile environment. I would not be surprised if it was used by the whole organization because having the company staying on one software allows project managers to track company progress more efficiently. For a few years the company has strived to practice the agile methodologies and practiced scrum, daily standups and Kanban Board along with Rally to achieve this. Rally has many features to track progress as well as user friendly tools to optimize and track what other members of the team are doing.