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The Agile Blog provides advice and resources for people actively looking to advance their Agile practices. With regular posts by Ryan Martens and Jean Tabaka as well as key contributions from Rally’s Agile coaching and product teams, the Agile Blog has no shortage of subject expertise. Check out some of our favorite entries by visiting the top posts page, and be sure to subscribe by RSS feed or email to keep up-to-date.

7 Steps to Getting Stakeholders to Agree on Priorities

Posted by Alex Pukinskis, Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:51 in Agile

I’ve done storymapping many times over the years, and Jeff Patton’s article is a great source for the fundamentals. I always prefer to start with a few people to...

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Musings on the Agile Circus and the Number Three

Posted by Rally Software, Wed, 05/22/2013 - 09:52 in Agile

It's not a coincidence that the RallyON welcome reception has a three-ring circus theme. The circus part seems natural, given the challenges in herding people, process and technology (another three) to align toward a common objective...

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41 Things You Need to Know about the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe)

Posted by Rob Pinna, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 11:00 in Agile

The Scaled Agile Framework®, or SAFe, provides a recipe for adopting Agile at enterprise scale. It is illustrated in the big picture.

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When It Comes to Conferences, It’s Content, Content, Content

Posted by Rally Software, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 08:00 in Agile

Countdown: 17 days until RallyON! As we get closer to the event, we are knee-deep in content (and planning a welcome reception that will knock your socks off). We're refining the...

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How to adopt Rally’s Agile portfolio management solution when you already have a PPM tool

Posted by Catherine Connor, Wed, 05/15/2013 - 08:44 in Agile

Since Rally launched Rally Portfolio Manager in Dec 2011, I have worked with many PMOs, program managers and portfolio managers who ask: How can I adopt Rally’s portfolio management solution when I already have a PPM tool?

The answer: Use a Rally--PPM tool integration....

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Evolve or Die: Build an Agile Business

Posted by Bruce Winegarden, Wed, 05/08/2013 - 08:00 in Agile

I love riding 100 mph on twisty, turning race tracks -- my favorite is Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. In racing, as in business, keeping the finish line in mind is important, but if you can’t negotiate the curves and respond quickly to changing conditions along the way --...

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Using Economics to Prioritize your Backlog

Posted by Alex Pukinskis, Thu, 04/25/2013 - 08:00 in Agile

How do you prioritize your features? Is it a gut-feel kind of thing? Is it based on who’s yelling the loudest? Is it based on what drives your next big sale? Do you do it collaboratively or alone?

In his book Principles of Product Development Flow...

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More Than 1,000 Developers Will Join Forces to Solve The Nation’s Governing Challenges - Are You One of Them?

Posted by Ryan Martens, Wed, 04/24/2013 - 08:00 in Agile

More than 1,000 developers across 72 events will join together on June 1-2 for National Day of Civic Hacking. Their mission? To use publicly-released data, and code to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, our cities, our states and our...

Dear Rally Customers, Employees and Partners

Posted by Tim Miller, Tue, 04/23/2013 - 08:00 in Agile

It's been just over a week since Rally's IPO on the NYSE under the symbol RALY. We're settling back into our everyday work, and as I look back, I am again humbled to be one of the companies that trade in the public markets, and proud to be listed on the NYSE.

The morning of our...