I am a Senior Information Architect and Principal Consultant, focusing on UX. This review will be published on peerspot.com in written or audio format, and I understand I can choose to remain anonymous if I wish, while I can access terms of use at peerspot.com/tos. Broadcom can reach me via email if they need to confirm something regarding my review. I can help them as a reference if I am aware of those products. Rally Software has good features. On a scale of 1-10, I rate Rally Software an 8.
The tool is very good software. However, it needs to focus more on stability, security, and access control. Sometimes, it restarts unexpectedly, and there are issues when saving entries—it might throw error messages, forcing us to cancel and redo activities. These are areas that can be improved. I rate it a seven out of ten.
We did want to export our data from Rally to Octane, and we did find some technical issues. we kind of have a block of a technical issue, basically, and we don't have a solution for it as of now. We were looking for a plugin where the data could be exported into Octane, and we don't have one right now. I'm not sure if there's any other way/medium to export the data from Rally to Octane. Octane has offered to develop a plugin that could help in the export of data from Rally to Octane, but that would take quite a while because of the complex technical issues from Rally's side. So, it's not that user friendly. Overall, I would rate it a five out of ten. I wouldn't recommend it. The reporting, and that we could not integrate our automation pipeline into Rally. It's good only for documenting manual test cases, but from a test management perspective, it should have the capability to give you both automation and manual integration in one place. And that was missing. It took at least a few days to learn to use it. Compared to my experience with Octane, Octane is straightforward. The UI is quite user friendly. It's simple and straightforward in Octane. But with Rally, it's a little complex. I think at the end of the day, the UI needs to be a little simple. We don't want too many things, the colors, everything, that actually impacts the user experience.
Dev Ops Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Dec 22, 2023
There are a lot of tools out there, and it depends on what you're doing. For planning and managing at the project or program level, Rally is a good tool. However, at the development level, down to individual user stories and features, it can be a bit Wild West-ish in a way. I haven't encountered it myself by breaking things down too far. But it takes diligence to do things right at that level, just like with Jira. For program-level stuff, though, Rally does a good job. Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Sr Engineering Manager - Design Engineering at Baker Hughes
Real User
Apr 20, 2023
Those considering adopting the solution should evaluate it based on their specific use cases. As for our organization, the solution has met our expectations and provided us with the necessary flexibility. So, I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
Agile Delivery Transformation at Transparent Change
Real User
Apr 19, 2023
I have always been a fan of Rally Software, having used it since 2005. However, recent changes have made it more complex than necessary, and I do not understand why they made those changes. While they are modeling themselves after the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), which many people use for scaling multiple teams, I believe they should stay more agnostic. Overall, I would rate their performance an 8 out of 10. If you had asked me 10 years ago, I would have given them a perfect 10. I rate Rally Software an eight out of ten.
I used the latest version of Rally Software the last time I used it. My company used the solution on the cloud. More or less one hundred people used Rally Software in the company. The users belong to the software, mechanical, and electronic departments. I'm recommending Rally Software to others, particularly for the Scrum process, but I won't recommend it for a DevOps project because it's not a good tool for that. A DevOps project requires continuous integration and delivery for virtual machines and pipelines, which is functionality I don't see in Rally Software. On Microsoft Azure DevOps, you can do it through the configuration manager, software manager, and continuous delivery manager, but that is not possible in Rally Software. Microsoft Azure DevOps has three extensive functionalities, while Rally Software has one considerable functionality only. In general, if I needed to use Rally Software only for the Scrum process, my rating would be nine out of ten. The company was a Rally Software customer.
My advice to others is when you use Rally Software every day, they must be more hands-on. The employees have to have a level of maturity for gaining knowledge of the software. They need to know what it can do, what it can't do, knowing the ins and outs of the software are important. I rate Rally Software an eight out of ten.
Implementation Consultant at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
Consultant
May 3, 2021
I would advise others to make sure that they have full training in terms of the connection between features, user stories, and epics. They should also fully understand how to configure it in terms of providing visibility across teams that have to work with each other. I would rate Rally Software a six out of ten.
Senior Manager - Business Intelligence at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Feb 8, 2021
We are currently using the latest version of the solution right now. I would rate the solution at a ten out of ten. We've been largely very pleased with its capabilities.
This solution will be of benefit to somebody who has knowledge of and understands web services, as it is built on web services - Representational State Transfer (REST). In our organization, we have about 400-plus users of Agile Central. It is used by the development managers, QA managers, architects, delivery managers, and scrum masters. These are all stakeholders in it. Across our organization, everyone, including the development team, is following the Agile methodology. We are yet to get into DevOps. Agile Central is the tool which even other departments, like testing, are using. Overall, I would rate Agile Central as an eight out of ten because of its performance. It doesn't get a ten because of the dependency issue which they need to resolve. And, on the whole, the tool needs to have more of a holistic approach for everything, such as CI/CD and a test management tool. As of now, it is still confined to being only a test management tool.
I would give it about an eight and a half. The reason why it would not be higher is because some of the things we are looking for we had to get other tools to plug into. Whereas, some of the other solutions we have seen out there, it is all-in-one tool set.
Rally Software is an agile project management platform designed to support development teams with portfolio management, resource scheduling, and user story tracking, providing robust integrations with other tools and supporting Agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban.Rally Software enhances agile project management by supporting development teams with features like sprint planning, backlog management, and tracking user stories. It effectively organizes tasks and manages portfolios while...
I am a Senior Information Architect and Principal Consultant, focusing on UX. This review will be published on peerspot.com in written or audio format, and I understand I can choose to remain anonymous if I wish, while I can access terms of use at peerspot.com/tos. Broadcom can reach me via email if they need to confirm something regarding my review. I can help them as a reference if I am aware of those products. Rally Software has good features. On a scale of 1-10, I rate Rally Software an 8.
The tool is very good software. However, it needs to focus more on stability, security, and access control. Sometimes, it restarts unexpectedly, and there are issues when saving entries—it might throw error messages, forcing us to cancel and redo activities. These are areas that can be improved. I rate it a seven out of ten.
We did want to export our data from Rally to Octane, and we did find some technical issues. we kind of have a block of a technical issue, basically, and we don't have a solution for it as of now. We were looking for a plugin where the data could be exported into Octane, and we don't have one right now. I'm not sure if there's any other way/medium to export the data from Rally to Octane. Octane has offered to develop a plugin that could help in the export of data from Rally to Octane, but that would take quite a while because of the complex technical issues from Rally's side. So, it's not that user friendly. Overall, I would rate it a five out of ten. I wouldn't recommend it. The reporting, and that we could not integrate our automation pipeline into Rally. It's good only for documenting manual test cases, but from a test management perspective, it should have the capability to give you both automation and manual integration in one place. And that was missing. It took at least a few days to learn to use it. Compared to my experience with Octane, Octane is straightforward. The UI is quite user friendly. It's simple and straightforward in Octane. But with Rally, it's a little complex. I think at the end of the day, the UI needs to be a little simple. We don't want too many things, the colors, everything, that actually impacts the user experience.
There are a lot of tools out there, and it depends on what you're doing. For planning and managing at the project or program level, Rally is a good tool. However, at the development level, down to individual user stories and features, it can be a bit Wild West-ish in a way. I haven't encountered it myself by breaking things down too far. But it takes diligence to do things right at that level, just like with Jira. For program-level stuff, though, Rally does a good job. Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Those considering adopting the solution should evaluate it based on their specific use cases. As for our organization, the solution has met our expectations and provided us with the necessary flexibility. So, I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
I have always been a fan of Rally Software, having used it since 2005. However, recent changes have made it more complex than necessary, and I do not understand why they made those changes. While they are modeling themselves after the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), which many people use for scaling multiple teams, I believe they should stay more agnostic. Overall, I would rate their performance an 8 out of 10. If you had asked me 10 years ago, I would have given them a perfect 10. I rate Rally Software an eight out of ten.
I used the latest version of Rally Software the last time I used it. My company used the solution on the cloud. More or less one hundred people used Rally Software in the company. The users belong to the software, mechanical, and electronic departments. I'm recommending Rally Software to others, particularly for the Scrum process, but I won't recommend it for a DevOps project because it's not a good tool for that. A DevOps project requires continuous integration and delivery for virtual machines and pipelines, which is functionality I don't see in Rally Software. On Microsoft Azure DevOps, you can do it through the configuration manager, software manager, and continuous delivery manager, but that is not possible in Rally Software. Microsoft Azure DevOps has three extensive functionalities, while Rally Software has one considerable functionality only. In general, if I needed to use Rally Software only for the Scrum process, my rating would be nine out of ten. The company was a Rally Software customer.
I was a user and customer. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. I've very happy with the solution.
My advice to others is when you use Rally Software every day, they must be more hands-on. The employees have to have a level of maturity for gaining knowledge of the software. They need to know what it can do, what it can't do, knowing the ins and outs of the software are important. I rate Rally Software an eight out of ten.
I would advise others to make sure that they have full training in terms of the connection between features, user stories, and epics. They should also fully understand how to configure it in terms of providing visibility across teams that have to work with each other. I would rate Rally Software a six out of ten.
We are currently using the latest version of the solution right now. I would rate the solution at a ten out of ten. We've been largely very pleased with its capabilities.
This solution will be of benefit to somebody who has knowledge of and understands web services, as it is built on web services - Representational State Transfer (REST). In our organization, we have about 400-plus users of Agile Central. It is used by the development managers, QA managers, architects, delivery managers, and scrum masters. These are all stakeholders in it. Across our organization, everyone, including the development team, is following the Agile methodology. We are yet to get into DevOps. Agile Central is the tool which even other departments, like testing, are using. Overall, I would rate Agile Central as an eight out of ten because of its performance. It doesn't get a ten because of the dependency issue which they need to resolve. And, on the whole, the tool needs to have more of a holistic approach for everything, such as CI/CD and a test management tool. As of now, it is still confined to being only a test management tool.
When considering a new solution, I always consider: * UI * Price
I would give it about an eight and a half. The reason why it would not be higher is because some of the things we are looking for we had to get other tools to plug into. Whereas, some of the other solutions we have seen out there, it is all-in-one tool set.