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News & EventsRally Introduces First On-Demand Subscription Service for Managing Agile Software Development
New offering helps software-driven companies respond faster to changing needs, shorten cycle times and improve ROI
BOULDER, Colo., June 24, 2004 - Rally Software Development, a provider of on-demand software development management solutions, today announced Rally Release 1, the first on-demand Web service for managing all aspects of Agile software development. Architected from the ground-up by veterans of the software development industry, Rally is available as an affordable monthly subscription service to any organization looking to fully leverage the productivity, quality and bottom-line benefits associated with iterative software development methods.
Rally helps in-house, distributed and outsourced teams concurrently define, develop and deliver software releases that propel the business. It provides an entirely new level of visibility into product features, quality and project status so organizations can better respond to fast-changing business realities. With deep support for iterative development techniques, Rally synchronizes software organizations by seamlessly integrating the management of customer requests, requirements, test cases, defects and tasks. Rally works with any type of coding tool, and as a hosted Web service, Rally starts fast and scales easily with no IT burdens. Additionally, it works across geographies with all computing platforms.
"Even with its beta version, Rally improved our ability to successfully plan, track and adjust our software releases and iterations," said Bob Pinna, CEO for OneVoyce, Inc. "The hosted service model makes perfect economic sense as it let us get started immediately and quickly scale up based on our actual needs. We will continue using Rally and look forward to the rollout of new capabilities as the product advances."
"Rally fills a total void in software development management," said Randy Stafford, chief architect for IQNavigator and member of Rally's technical advisory board. "It brilliantly distills the essential information that drives our development process. We can get instantaneous completion assessments and perform actuals-based release planning because our four key roles - product manager, project manager, developer and tester - can collaboratively capture, track and integrate the information needed to align our efforts with the company's current objectives."
Rally recently completed a rigorous four-month beta program. Core features of Rally Release 1 include:
- Real-Time Project Dashboards - Provides clear and objective visibility into product requirements, quality, project status, roadblocks and risks with at-a-glance project reports and personal workbenches keeping everyone focused on the highest priority items.
- Release and Iteration Management - Allows teams to plan and actively manage the scope of each development iteration, as well as the overall product release, to respond to new business priorities and keep the project on schedule.
- Product Management - A central repository captures all stakeholder and customer requests so product owners can easily define and manage software releases by their high-level features and business priorities.
- Requirements Management - Organizes and decomposes requests into a variety of requirement formats (features, use cases, stories, etc.) to provide clear direction to development and test teams.
- Test Management - Enables the creation of test cases directly from requirements to pull testing forward in the project lifecycle and show traceability.
- Defect and Issue Management - Easily records, tracks and allocates defects and development issues to product backlogs.
- Agile, Collaborative Web Service - Provides overall coordination of business and technical teams on a hosted Web service and eliminates all start-up delays, IT costs and headaches.
"Our mission is to improve the profit and ROI of software-driven companies by facilitating the adoption of Agile development processes," said Tim Miller, CEO of Rally Software Development. "Many Agile techniques are hard to implement as teams grow beyond 10 people or are distributed across different floors or geographies. Rally helps these companies become more nimble and competitive by increasing their feature throughput, improving software quality and reducing development expense."
Pricing and Availability
Rally Release 1 is available immediately. The company offers a free 30-day trial to qualified software organizations. After the trial period, per-user pricing starts at $65-per-month.
About Rally
Rally Software Development was founded in 2002 with a mission to improve the profit and ROI of software-driven companies by streamlining and enhancing the Agile software development process. Its Rally on-demand software development management solution provides unmatched visibility and coordination of the entire Agile software development lifecycle. Backed by Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures, and with a strong technical advisory board, Rally is based in Boulder, Colo. For more information about Rally, visit the company's Web site at www.rallydev.com
Press Contact: Anne Greenhaw
303-565-2832
anne@rallydev.com