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News & EventsRally Software's Thought Leadership Initiatives Drive Agile Development
Speaking engagements, Agile blog, world-class training seminars, and public Webinars help organizations adopt and scale Agile practices
BOULDER, Colo., November 14, 2005 - Rally Software Development Corp., the leader in on-demand software development management solutions for scaling Agile software development practices, has quickly established itself as a leading source for the most current and compelling knowledge on adopting and scaling Agile software development methods. Through an ongoing schedule of speaking engagements, regional seminars, Webinars, white papers, training services, its online Agile Knowledge Portal, and most recently, an industry blog devoted to the sharing of Agile experiences, Rally continues its mission of providing valuable information to any organization looking to reap the proven benefits of Agile software development practices.
On November, 15th 2005 Rally's vice president Richard Leavitt, has been invited back to present "How Agile Ended Our Defect Report-Fix-Check-Rework Cycle" at the STARWEST conference in Anaheim. Leavitt's presentation has received exemplary attendee feedback at several major conferences throughout 2005. At the corporate level, Rally recently launched its ScrumMaster Certification courses with sessions in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.rallydev.com/csm_registration.jsp
"Rally has consistently delivered the education and products that organizations are seeking to adopt and expand Agile development practices," said Tim Miller, CEO of Rally Software Development. "As we head into 2006, we will continue to expand our knowledge sharing and leadership programs to help drive the incredible momentum Agile development is experiencing."
Rally Speaking Engagements
Experts from Rally were represented at more than ten major industry conferences where they presented nearly 20 presentations on Agile. Highlights included:
- Jean Tabaka delivered one of two keynotes at the Better Software 05 Conference
- Michele Sliger delivered the highly rated ‘A Manager's Survival Guide to Going Agile' at SD Best Practices Conference and was awarded with "Best Paper" of the conference.
- Rally experts presented four talks at Agile 2005, including:
- Stop Super-sizing Your Release Plans by Ryan Martens and Luke Hohmann
- A Project Manager's Survival Guide to Going Agile by Michele Sliger and Alicia Yanik
- Introduction to Scrum Practices by Jean Tabaka
- Introduction to Agile Methods and Practices by Hubert Smits
- Richard Leavitt's Agile Defect Tracking talk received the audience's second highest rating of all presentations at STAR EAST.
- Rally advisor Dean Leffingwell was invited to share his latest experiences in scaling Agile practices to organizations with over 500 developers at Israel's Association of Advanced Technologies for Design and Manufacturing in the Electronics Industry
Rally Awards, White Papers, and Agile Knowledge
Rally was recognized this past year with numerous accolades for helping change the way companies around the globe define, develop and deliver high value software. Highlights include:
- Rally received the Boulder County Business Reports Innovation Quotient (IQ) Award for 2005
- Rally selected as one of two finalists for Soft Summit's 2005 award for Product Design Automation Applications
- Produced the "CIO's Playbook for Adopting the SCRUM Method of Achieving Software Agility" co-authored by Ken Schwaber of the ScrumAlliance along with Dean Leffingwell and Hubert Smits
- Launched the Agile industry blog (http://agilecommons.org//), focused on sharing Rally's everyday experiences in helping clients of all sizes adopt and scale Agile software development practices
- Produced "Tactical Management of Agile Development," a White paper by Dean Leffingwell and Dave Muirhea
Rally's Expanded Service Offerings
Rally has continued support of individuals and teams seeking to adopt Agile development practices with a host of expanded service offerings. Highlights included:
- Rally strengthened service offerings with public Certified ScrumMaster Training in select cities across the United States
- Rally launched the 'Rally-Enabled Partner Program' for Agile development consultants
- Rally introduced the The Agile Project Management Workshop, a one-day on-site workshop that helps Project Managers apply Agile project management techniques
Rally is helping change the way companies around the globe define, develop and deliver software. Rally's on-demand solutions for software development management support the mainstream adoption of Agile development practices, a fast-growing trend that helps software organizations respond faster to changing customer needs by building software incrementally using short, fully-tested iterations. A growing roster of small and large companies rely on Rally for the knowledge, coaching and on-demand tooling to successfully adopt and scale their Agile initiatives, regardless of team size, location or number of concurrent projects being developed.
About Rally
Based in Boulder, Colo., Rally Software Development offers the only on-demand, software development management solution that helps software organizations scale Agile development practices across the enterprise and around the globe. The company's customers include leading software vendors, Internet companies and corporate development teams that are committed to improving their responsiveness to fast-changing business realities. With Rally, larger or distributed teams are able to define, develop and deliver high-value software in rapid iterations. Rally's world-renown coaches and expert partners complement its on-demand tooling with training, mentoring and consulting services for creating the Agile organization. The company is privately held and backed by Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures. For more information about Rally, visit the company's Web site at www.rallydev.com
Press Contact: Anne Greenhaw
303-565-2832
anne@rallydev.com