Hoover’s Improves Productivity by 20% with Agile and Rally

Our partnership with Rally has been great. The tool is an absolute must. But, just as importantly, Rally has provided the people and the training that we needed to be successful.”

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Development Environment

• IT Department with over 100 people distributed among multiple project teams
• Transitioning entire code base from PHP to Java

Challenges

• Improve the development team’s ability to meet delivery dates
• Cut costs by eliminating redundant infrastructure
• Upgrade information delivery system to accommodate a greater number of users

Solution

• Started with pilot project to demonstrate early Agile success
• Leveraged executive support to cultivate a collaborative/Agile culture across the entire development organization
• Selected a partner (Rally) with proven success in helping development teams implement large-scale Agile transformations

Results

• Across-the-board productivity increase of 20%
• Greater transparency and vastly improved cross-departmental communication
• Building products right the first time around and delivering them on-time