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News & EventsRally Software Development Hires Agile Software Veteran Jean Tabaka to Lead its Customer Advisory Service
Tabaka's expertise in collaborative software development methodologies will help Rally clients successfully adopt Agile / iterative development practices
BOULDER, Colo., Aug 2, 2004 - Rally Software Development Corp., a provider of on-demand software development management solutions, today announced it has hired veteran Agile software development methodologist Jean Tabaka as Customer Advisor. In this role, Tabaka is responsible for mentoring software development organizations on how to effectively adopt Agile / iterative practices that result in increased development productivity and shorter release cycles.
Rally is the first on-demand Web service for managing all aspects of Agile software development. The secure, subscription-based service helps in-house, distributed and outsourced teams more efficiently define, develop and deliver software releases. It provides an entirely new level of visibility into product features, quality and project status so organizations can quickly respond to changing demands and new priorities. With comprehensive project management capabilities for rapid software iterations and releases, Rally synchronizes organizations by seamlessly integrating the definition and workflow associated with software requirements, test cases and defects.
Tabaka has an extensive background as a methodologist and trainer specializing in Agile and collaborative software development environments for internal IT departments and software product companies. She has created and implemented both rigorous and Agile methodologies for Qwest Communications, Siebel Systems, Sybase Inc. and numerous smaller firms, including the FastIdeas Internet accelerator. She is a Scrum Certified Master, a Certified Professional Facilitator, a member of the Project Management Institute and a founding member of the North American Consortium of the Dynamic Systems Development Methodology (DSDM). She also is co-author of a book on physical database design and currently is writing a book on collaboration practices for software development projects.
"Jean provides Rally with another proven, real-world practitioner of Agile software development that will enable us to expand our customer base and further grow our service and support offerings," said Tim Miller, CEO of Rally Software Development Corp. "Her extensive work in the field of collaborative software development will serve our customers well as they look for guidance when implementing these emerging and high-impact software development processes."
"This is the imperative addressed by Rally, the ability for a distributed software organization to improve its responsiveness to fast-changing customer needs through collaborative decision making and seamless task coordination," said Tabaka. "Rally offers a truly unique approach to managing the entire Agile development lifecycle, and I am excited to be a part of company that ensures its customers gain the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to succeed."
About Rally
Based in Boulder, Colo., Rally Software Development was founded in 2002 with a mission to improve the profit and ROI of software-driven companies through the adoption of a new class of Agile software development management solutions. Rally enhances development productivity and agility with an on-demand, hosted subscription service that provides unmatched coordination and management of the entire Agile software development lifecycle. Rally is backed by Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures, with a technical advisory board comprised of luminaries in the Agile community and software development industry. For more information about Rally, visit the company's Web site at www.rallydev.com
Press Contact: Anne Greenhaw
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