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New customers use Rally to gain immediate value from Agile development practices
BOULDER, Colo., March 15, 2005 - Rally Software Development Corp., a provider of on-demand software development management solutions for Agile teams, today announced the addition of eight customers that have successfully transitioned their software development practices to Agile methods using the company's tools and coaching services. Rally has quickly emerged as "first choice" for organizations looking to formalize their Agile development practices and replace disconnected software planning, tracking and management processes that have been cumbersome and ineffective.
Customers that have made the transition to Agile using Rally include: ASSET InterTech, Creekpath Systems, Gold Systems, Hire.com, Jaremax, Learning.com, Irwin Home Equity, Noteworthy MedicalSystems and Virtio Corp.
Here's what some of Rally's customers have to say about its offering:
"There's no way we would be as far along with our Agile projects without Rally. Using the tooling and training Rally provides, we've ensured that the people that need visibility into an Agile and living development process and its release outcomes have that visibility. Now management, marketing and sales have real-time status of new feature development. Rally also enables Agile principles to reach far beyond the software development process and into our corporate goals for continuous improvement."
Doug Stein, Vice President of Development and Technology, Learning.com
"Our initial goal with Rally was to formalize our Agile processes and get away from using spreadsheets, whiteboards and sticky notes. Now that we've deployed Rally, we see how it provides a very holistic process for combining requirements management, test tracking and defect tracking into a single view that our entire company can access. For the first time we can clearly see the necessary trade-offs that occur when new requirements are added, allowing us to better balance and prioritize activities for the development team."
Guy Shaviv, Vice President of Engineering, Virtio
"The technology we develop requires our customers to have a very collaborative role in the development process, which made Rally a perfect fit as our Agile project management tool. Using the online tools, we jointly input requirements, use cases and test cases, and the customer can get updates on project status at any time. I also want to say that Rally's responsiveness has been outstanding and the training has helped accelerate and formalize our Agile processes. We now have the tools and knowledge we need to keep our Agile projects on path."
Gerry Morgan, Vice President of Product Development, ASSET InterTech
"Rally has proven to be a useful tool for our product management team. We were able to get Rally implemented and our team productive within a week. The tool is easy-to-use and versatile, complemented by a great training program. We've started to streamline our requirements management process and look forward to fully tapping all the capabilities that Rally has to offer."
Mike Galyen, Director, Product Management, Hire.com
Rally's on-demand subscription Web service manages all aspects of Agile software development by seamlessly marrying Agile project management with tracking of requirements, test cases and defects. A growing number of software-driven organizations turn to Rally to gain unprecedented project visibility into project features, quality and status, while improving overall team collaboration. As a hosted Web application, Rally starts fast and scales easily across all geographies and platforms with no IT burdens.
As part of a total solution for helping organizations succeed with Agile development practices, Rally complements its tooling with world-class coaching services that help development teams define, develop and deliver their first Agile projects within 60 days. Delivered on-site or via phone and Web conference, Rally's coaching services range from one-day Agile workshops to three-part mentoring programs where coaches actively participate in release planning, iteration scheduling, management demos and team retrospectives.
"Software development teams transitioning to short, iterative development cycles typically start by using the project resources they have available, and then quickly realize how inadequate these tools can be for supporting the new collaboration needs of their extended teams," said Tim Miller, CEO for Rally. "We're happy with the response we're getting and to hear firsthand how Rally customers now have the project visibility and coordination needed to improve their company's responsiveness to customer needs."
Rally Release 4.5 is available March 19, 2005. The company offers a free test drive to qualified software organizations. Per-user pricing starts at $65-per-month. Rally also offers a 5-user annual subscription package that includes six hours of jump-start training for $3,500 to help projects start quickly with Agile and Rally.
Rally's expert-led coaching services focus on helping teams adopt and expand Agile practices across their organizations. A one-day, on-site Agile workshop starts at $2,995, and a 3-part mentoring program that places an Agile coach alongside the project team during their first iterations starts at $8,750.
About Rally
Based in Boulder, Colo., Rally Software Development was founded in 2002 with a mission to dramatically increase the responsiveness and productivity of software-driven companies by delivering the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to succeed with Agile development practices. Rally's on-demand, hosted subscription service enables software organizations to reliably deliver valuable software in rapid iterations by marrying Agile project management with customer-centric requirements management, early testing and defect tracking. Rally's world-class coaching team and technical advisory board are comprised of luminaries in the Agile community and software development industry. The company is backed by Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures. For more information about Rally, visit the company's Website at www.rallydev.com
Press Contact: Anne Greenhaw
303-565-2832
anne@rallydev.com