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"I found Inflectra SpiraTest intuitive enough. It's also easy to learn, so this is what I like about it.""The ability to reuse test cases already used across projects is the most valuable feature of this solution. We don't need to create new ones.""The features of this product most valuable to me were the test case management and the visual status, by which it was displayed.""We were able to add a step-by-step procedure for someone to follow to assist in testing.""Inflectra SpiraTest has a lot of functionality, which is good.""The user-friendly features are the most valuable. For example, migration of requirements and migration of test cases and the creation of traceability. You have various reports that you need. The plug-ins that are available to connect with the other tools.""The reporting functionality helps vendors and technical resources identify bugs and issues that need to be addressed. The simple dashboard-style home page makes training end-user testers simple and straightforward. The actual testing UI is VERY straightforward and very intuitive for the end-users that test the system since very often we pull from business and operational users to help test new systems."

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"It helps with getting the alignment between strategy and execution for the product teams, all the way down to the delivery teams.""My teams uses it for their daily agile management. They describe their user stories and track the progress of their projects.""If teams are tracking correctly and entering their information correctly, it's really easy to see where you're at, within your release, and whether you're on track or not.""Agile Central allows us to log one hundred percent of the work we do and it allows for no hidden work, so teams can't go under the radar with what they're working on.""It's designed around Agile, so it has all of the pieces that match up with the process.""The main ways that I used it when I was in it day to day was keeping up with the burn rate within the teams. Also, to track at the feature level too, as far as how we were doing with actually being able to deliver that feature.""It helps me evaluate teams' historical performance using velocity charts.""We use the roadmap features, and we're getting better at using dates to use the roadmap so that we can see if we're on target for work."

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"The folder organization in Inflectra SpiraTest could be better, though I cannot comment whether that is structure-related. Most of what I need would probably be in the tool, but as a test manager, I need to be able to create dashboards and reports easily.""Migrating is not very easy. It depends on the organization, how efficient and effective the decision-making process is. The plug-ins should be easier and more integrated rather than the user trying to integrate the tools which are more popular, like Jira et al.""Two areas that can stand improvement: integration with third party products and making it more intuitive.""It should develop integration with JIRA. We have some complexities which caused us not to decide to integrate it with our JIRA, like synchronous data.""The user interface is slightly complicated and not very consistent. It could be more user friendly.""Being able to add scripting for testing can and does save a lot of time. When you are able to just ‘run’ a test case rather than manually add it and run it.""The UI for managing test cases, test sets, test runs could be a little more integrated, currently, these feel disjointed at times and confusing. Also, the test steps page needs to display the test steps closer to the top of the UI so as to not have to scroll down to find."

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"I would like to see more Kanban support. As it stands, it doesn't seem to have the features or the layouts that the teams really need to be able to execute their tasks. It almost tries to force you into more of a Scrum style.""I'd like the ability to customize reports without having to incur Professional Services, or having to write my own code GitHub and then implement that as a custom report. That's untenable. It's not sustainable.""We want Rally to generate OKRs, to allow teams to record the OKRs, and then the OKRs can be mapped to the epics and there is organizational alignment.""There are few customisation options. For instance, the workflow for story cards cannot be changed out of the box from the standard (Defined, In-Progress, Completed and Accepted).""We did submit an enhancement request. I think a lot of teams that do very large scale products have the same issue. They just do not realize it would help them.""The navigation within the tool sometimes is a little tricky for me. I'm sure with more use, more practice, I'll become accustomed to it, but some of the things just aren't intuitive.""CA Agile Central does not have a workflow tool included.""I'd like to be able to color code timeboxes, so I have an easy visual way to track the success of sprints."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing was excellent. I would recommend the enterprise solution."
  • "I Googled the pricing for Inflectra SpiraTest, and it's about $4,000 annually."
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  • "Frankly, pricing is expensive and needs to be carefully planned for when budgeting."
  • "The license costs are fairly high as compared to some of the other solutions out there."
  • "From a price point, it's a cost effective solution for our needs."
  • "It is expensive and may not be worthwhile for a small company."
  • "We are always looking for a discount, if the solution was less expensive it would be a benefit."
  • "I understand it's a little more expensive. That is why many people prefer Jira."
  • "Rally Software costs $50 a month, and for a base account, that price is acceptable."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I found Inflectra SpiraTest intuitive enough. It's also easy to learn, so this is what I like about it.
    Top Answer:The folder organization in Inflectra SpiraTest could be better, though I cannot comment whether that is structure-related. Most of what I need would probably be in the tool, but as a test manager, I… more »
    Top Answer:The use case for Inflectra SpiraTest is to report on defects. It's also useful for writing test cases.
    Top Answer: We have teams come and go all the time. We have teams in India, America, Ireland, Poland, Italy, England... we are spread out everywhere! Rally is our key tool for scrum planning and our single… more »
    Top Answer:Rally Software costs $50 a month, and for a base account, that price is acceptable.
    Top Answer:It is hard to track the changes. For example, we're in sprint 25, and then we have 26, 27, 28, and 29. Throughout that whole time, we're developing pipelines in Azure, moving to GitHub, creating… more »
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    Also Known As
    SpiraTest, Spira
    CA Agile Central, Rally Enterprise, CA Agile Training, CA Agile Coaching, CA Agile Academy, CA Agile Management , CA ALM
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    Overview
    SpiraTest is an integrated Requirements and Quality Management solution that manages your project's Requirements, Test Cases, Releases, Defects and Issues in one environment, with complete traceability throughout. After defining your project's requirements, you generate the test cases and test steps that validate the functionality. The test execution modules allows users to run through the tests, logging defects/issues as they go. SpiraTest is Fully Web-Based. Free 30-Day Trial.

    With Rally Software, you can plan, prioritize, manage, track, and continuously improve your work so that you can deliver the value that your customers need with speed, quality, and efficiency. Our enterprise-class Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) SaaS platform provides visibility into progress, roadblocks, and dependencies across multiple teams, projects, and programs. This allows you to align to your strategic goals and create better business results, and to do it all in a single system of record.

    Sample Customers
    - Morningstar - Deutsch Bank - Sopra Group - Booz Allen & Hamilton - UBS - US Government
    Physicians Mutual, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare, Editora Abril, Tata Communications, Level 3 Communications, Seagate, TomTom, Philips, Hiscox, Physicians Mutual, MYOB
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    Insurance Company17%
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    Manufacturing Company8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
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    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Healthcare Company17%
    Comms Service Provider15%
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    Educational Organization78%
    Financial Services Firm3%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise48%
    Large Enterprise28%
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    Small Business15%
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    Large Enterprise74%
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    Midsize Enterprise79%
    Large Enterprise18%
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    Inflectra SpiraTest is ranked 15th in Test Management Tools with 25 reviews while Rally Software is ranked 8th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 116 reviews. Inflectra SpiraTest is rated 7.4, while Rally Software is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Inflectra SpiraTest writes "Intuitive enough and easy to learn, but in terms of folder organization, it could be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rally Software writes "A solution that enables users to accurately estimate the time required for building large software projects". Inflectra SpiraTest is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS, Jama Connect and TestRail, whereas Rally Software is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, TFS, Jira Align and OpenText ALM / Quality Center.

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