Free Agile Resource Center

Welcome to Rally’s Agile resource center, where you can access free white papers, presentations, webinars and articles about Agile project management, product management, requirements management, test and defect management, and development management.

Check out these featured Agile resources:

Project Management

Project Management White Papers

• The Top 3 Cost-Cutting Mistakes CIOs Make - And How to Avoid Them

  The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources only to the most critical projects and execute flawlessly. This white paper describes typical reactions to falling budgets and common problems they cause. It then recommends an alternative for achieving cost-savings and improved prioritization using a more Agile framework for effective portfolio management.

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Project Management Webinars

Archived Webinars

• Do You Recognize These 12 Warning Signs Your Agile Adoption is Failing?

  Jean Tabaka

  By: Jean Tabaka

  In this webinar, Jean Tabaka will present her top 12 warning signs that your Agile adoption may be on a path to failure. She will warn you about lack of retrospectives, failure to invest in the infrastructure needed to support continuous flow of value and other painfully familiar scenarios. She will then challenge you to refocus, teaching you tips about how to get back on a steady path to Agile success.

• Successful Agile Planning: An Iteration How-to

  Ken Clyne

  By: Ken Clyne

  Presented by Agile Coach Ken Clyne, this 1 hour webinar will help you leave expensive, traditional software development practices far behind and get on the right track with planning, executing, inspecting and adapting your Agile iterations. You will walk away with: proven techniques for leading a team, or teams, through an effective iteration planning meeting, hands-on exercises for building product vision and backlog, and answers to the most common stumbling blocks for new Agile teams, including writing user stories and estimating.

• The Rally Rev-up: Agile and Rally in 0-60

  This introductory webinar is ideal for software project, development and quality teams who want to see how Agile practices and Rally help you: Speed and better predict time to market; Gain visibility into priorities, roadblocks and status; and improve team cohesion, productivity and morale

• Webinar: Proving the Financial Impact of Agile

  Join Rally Software for the first in this two-part webinar series on the proven ROI of Agile practices in these turbulent economic times. Learn how to quantify the benefits of Agile practices including faster time to market, increased productivity and higher quality. Find out where to expect significant cost savings and revenue increases, and get a toolkit for making the economic case for Agile adoption. If you’re worried about your company’s viability, your team’s success or your own job security, you won’t want to miss this webinar series.

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Project Management Articles

• The Agile Impact Report: Proven Performance Metrics from the Agile Enterprise

  In this report, third-party research firm QSM Associates assesses the performance of 29 Agile development projects against a database of 7,500 primarily traditional development projects in three key areas: productivity, time-to-market and quality. The results were that teams using Agile and Rally were 50% faster to market and 25% more productive with one quarter the number of defects.

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Project Management Reports

• Forrester Just Made Your Agile Tool Decision Easier

  In Forrester’s evaluation of Agile development management (ADM) tool vendors, Rally Software is a category Leader. Forrester states, "[Rally] offers the best current balance of product capability and strategic outlook." See how Forrester rates Rally and 9 other Agile ALM vendors as well as how mainstream Agile adoption is changing the way businesses operate.

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Test and Defect Management

Test and Defect Management Presentations

• JIRA + Rally Agile Success Kit

  Mark Ringer

  By: Mark Ringer

  Rally and JIRA: two best-of-breed solutions for superior collaboration, visibility and traceability. The Rally + JIRA Agile Success Kit will help you learn more about the productivity and time-to-market benefits of Agile, the functionality of the Rally Connector for JIRA, and the unique benefits that your teams will experience by using these solutions together.

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Test and Defect Management Webinars

Archived Webinars

• The Best Kept Secret of Agile Software Quality

  Zach Nies

  By: Zach Nies

  Join Dr. Christopher Avery, expert on the Responsibility Process, and Zach Nies, VP of Products at Rally Software and an expert on Agile quality, as they reveal the secrets to achieving sterling software quality at your organization.

• Webinar: How Teams Succeed with Agile Quality and Testing

  Ryan Martens

  Ben Carey

  By: Ryan Martens & Ben Carey

  In this webinar, you will get on the cutting edge of QA practices, help your organization deliver higher-quality products, and become a leader in your profession.

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Requirements Management

Requirements Management Webinars

Archived Webinars

• How to Explain the Financial Impact of Agile to Your Execs

  Richard Leavitt

  Michael Mah

  By: Richard Leavitt & Michael Mah

  The proof is now in, and it shows that implementing agile is the best way to get critical, revenue-generating applications to market faster and at a lower cost. How much money and how many jobs could your organization save? Richard Leavitt and Michel Mah document the financial returns agile development teams are experiencing compared to their traditional counterparts and provide you with a business case toolkit for your senior executives who are considering agile practices.

• Webinar: Proving the Financial Impact of Agile

  Join Rally Software for the first in this two-part webinar series on the proven ROI of Agile practices in these turbulent economic times. Learn how to quantify the benefits of Agile practices including faster time to market, increased productivity and higher quality. Find out where to expect significant cost savings and revenue increases, and get a toolkit for making the economic case for Agile adoption. If you’re worried about your company’s viability, your team’s success or your own job security, you won’t want to miss this webinar series.

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Requirements Management Articles

• Kill Your Inventory Manager

  Ryan Martens

  By: Ryan Martens

  We've all seen the "Kill Your Television" bumper stickers that encourage us to fix all of our family dysfunction by moving away from that giant time-suck called prime time. If Ryan could create a similar bumper sticker to address the professional lives of software teams, it would be: "Kill Your Inventory Manager."

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Product Management

Product Management White Papers

• The Top 3 Cost-Cutting Mistakes CIOs Make - And How to Avoid Them

  The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources only to the most critical projects and execute flawlessly. This white paper describes typical reactions to falling budgets and common problems they cause. It then recommends an alternative for achieving cost-savings and improved prioritization using a more Agile framework for effective portfolio management.

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Product Management Webinars

Archived Webinars

• Keys to Successful Release Planning: A Guide for Agile Teams

  Ronica Roth

  By: Ronica Roth

  Join expert Agile coach, Ronica Roth, to learn the “Keys to Successful Release Planning.”

• Webinar: Proving the Financial Impact of Agile

  Join Rally Software for the first in this two-part webinar series on the proven ROI of Agile practices in these turbulent economic times. Learn how to quantify the benefits of Agile practices including faster time to market, increased productivity and higher quality. Find out where to expect significant cost savings and revenue increases, and get a toolkit for making the economic case for Agile adoption. If you’re worried about your company’s viability, your team’s success or your own job security, you won’t want to miss this webinar series.

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Development Management

Development Management White Papers

• Principles of Agile Architecture

  Ryan Martens

  Dean Leffingwell

  By: Ryan Martens & Dean Leffingwell

  While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly. This white paper discusses the role of “Intentional Architecture” in the development of enterprise-class systems built using Agile methods and techniques.

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Development Management Webinars

Archived Webinars

• Realizing the Promise of Agile: Creating Leaner, Meaner and Faster Product Development

  Jean Tabaka

  Johnny Scarborough

  By: Jean Tabaka & Johnny Scarborough

  Part 1 in the Rally Webinar Series: Using Agile to Cut Development Costs. Join leading Agile experts Jean Tabaka and Johnny Scarborough for a discussion on how to drive velocity and productivity across your distributed teams, including how to get more out of every development dollar you spend, how to ensure consistency of project deliverables, and how to maximize innovation.

• Webinar: Proving the Financial Impact of Agile

  Join Rally Software for the first in this two-part webinar series on the proven ROI of Agile practices in these turbulent economic times. Learn how to quantify the benefits of Agile practices including faster time to market, increased productivity and higher quality. Find out where to expect significant cost savings and revenue increases, and get a toolkit for making the economic case for Agile adoption. If you’re worried about your company’s viability, your team’s success or your own job security, you won’t want to miss this webinar series.

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