Comet Solutions Improves Software Quality by 25% with Agile and Rally

Rally really goes beyond a planning tool and acts as a solution where we can measure how effectively we are executing. As a result of Agile and Rally, the quality of our software has increased dramatically, specifically because we can detail test cases for each user story and constantly track our progress. Rally gives us a solution that allows us to set up our business strategy and effectively execute on that strategy.”

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Development Environment

• Development is primary focus of company and teams include software engineers, project managers, and product managers
• 9 day iterations; day 10 is spent planning for the next iteration
• 4 major releases per year, along with 4 point releases

Challenges

• Traditional waterfall methods didn’t enable the organization to easily adapt to customer needs
• Executive team had little visibility into the development process
• Bug tracking and open source tools lacked functionality and weren’t designed as Agile tools

Solution

• Implemented Rally’s Agilelifecycle management solutions, enabling the organization to better respond and adapt to customer requirements
• Through Rally’s Web Services API, adding on Salesforce.com integration module to enable full product tracking throughout the organization from development through to support
• Rally reinforces Agile practices and offers the functionality Comet Solutions needs

Results

• 25% increase in software quality
• 10-20% improvement in software development time
• Complete end-to-end product lifecycle visibility for executive and development teams