Rally Addresses the Exact Needs of Both Small Projects and Distributed, Multi-Team Programs
"The launch of Rally Agile Team and Agile Pro editions are in response to the continued momentum and adoption of Agile development practices we see firsthand with our growing customer base of more than 2,000 subscribers," said Tim Miller, CEO of Rally. "All Agile teams try to deliver customer value incrementally in small batches rather than in big-bang waterfall releases. A small team of 10 or less that is piloting Agile often has simpler communication and coordination requirements than a larger or more experienced Agile organization. Rally's new editions make it easy for companies of all sizes to get started with Agile and will grow with them as their needs change."
Rally Agile Team enables a single team of 10 developers and testers to communicate and manage their iterations more effectively by giving them basic project management, test management and defect tracking features without complexity. It offers a specific set of project management features designed to assist smaller teams, or initial teams within a larger organization, gain the experience, visibility and confidence needed to succeed and eventually scale Agile development methodologies.
Rally Agile Pro supports all roles and activities in the software life cycle with added capabilities for release planning and tracking, requirements management, resource planning and program management. In addition, Rally Agile Pro is fully customizable, and uses Web services that integrate Rally with the company's preferred development, test and build environments to provide seamless collaboration and visibility across projects and teams.
Rally continues to add new functionality to its core technology platform on a regular basis. New enhancements to both Rally Agile Pro and Rally Agile Team include:
* New User Story requirement type - this lightweight requirement can stand
alone or be a dependent to features or use cases
* The ability to add custom fields to requirements, test cases and defects
with enhanced custom views and filters that control information layout,
grouping and ordering
* New inline editing capabilities using Ajax technology is now available
on requirements, test cases, defects and scheduling cards
New features that support integration for Rally Agile Pro only are:
* Enhanced Web Services API for both SOAP & REST (Beta) integrates Rally
with IDEs, automated test, build and SCM systems by allowing for the
search, create, read, update and delete of Rally objects from these
applications
"If you are moving your organization toward Agile development, Rally is a great place to start. Their blend of tools, support, training, reference materials and consulting services provide everything you need for your organization to be successful," said Skip Angel, vice president of development/CTO for Integrated Systems, Inc. "The launch of Rally Agile Team and Agile Pro illustrate how responsive Rally is to our needs and how in-touch they are to the realities of making Agile development a success for customers of all types and sizes."
Pricing and Availability
Rally Agile Team and Rally Agile Pro are available immediately. Pricing for Rally Agile Pro is $65 per month, per user. Rally Agile Team Edition can be purchased on Rally's Web site for a special promotion price of $995 for five users for six months. Visit www.rallydev.com for details.
About Rally's On-demand Solutions
From small pilot projects to distributed, multi-team programs, Rally's family of leading on-demand software life cycle management solutions give teams the visibility and collaboration needed to formalize and scale Agile development practices that deliver high-value software in rapid iterations. Rally unites Agile project management with tracking of requirements, tests and defects so everyone has a real-time picture of a project's features and quality, priorities, roadblocks and risks. Its deep support for all roles and activities in the software development life cycle provides an alternative to expensive and poorly integrated point tools. Rally is delivered through a highly secure, hosted Web service that starts fast and scales easily across platforms and geographies for low-risk, low-cost deployment.
About Rally Software Development
Based in Boulder, Colo., Rally Software Development is helping change the way companies around the globe define, develop and deliver software. Rally's family of on-demand solutions for Agile software life cycle management support the mainstream adoption of Agile development practices, a fast-growing trend that helps software organizations respond faster to changing customer needs. The company's customers include thousands of subscribers from leading software vendors, Internet companies and corporate development teams that are committed to delivering high-value software that adapts quickly to new business realities. Rally's world-renown coaches and expert partners complement its on-demand applications with training, mentoring and consulting services for creating the Agile organization. The company is privately held and backed by Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures. For more information about Rally, visit the company's Web site at www.rallydev.com
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