Application Lifecycle Management and Project/Program Portfolio Management Forrester Reports
As the world demands more software, development teams from startups to enterprise are meeting the challenge by turning to Agile. Without Agile and Lean practices, value delivery can't keep pace. The entire business risks falling behind on customer commitments, the competition and the company's strategic roadmap. “Rally's leadership rests with its breadth and depth of capabilities for Agile teams, combined with a strong and focused corporate strategy.” “Rally’s new project portfolio management solution is the most classically Agile project management tool in the evaluation.” Traditional approaches to managing projects and portfolios focus too much on maximizing utilization and too little on the highest value work. Leaders in the most successful, market-satisfying organizations empower development to deliver the most important features first, and protect them from wasteful context switching. “Rally's tools are optimized for Agile planning, project management, status reporting, and other actions that happen within and outside sprints.” “Rally emphasizes project health but is strong on Lean portfolio management.” To outpace the competition, organizations have to see information as it develops: bringing agility to the whole software product lifecycle from planning to release. Business leaders must be able to respond when business conditions change frequently in this highly disruptable climate. “Rally’s focus on Agile and Lean...has led the company to build top-notch planning capabilities into its tools.” “Rally’s quick, adaptable implementation strategy and its active education and user community help teams get up and running quickly.” The Forrester ALM Wave evaluated 9 vendors on 116 criteria, and gave Rally a 5 out of 5 for administration, integration and customization, corporate strategy, commitment, support services, channel partnerships, and global presence. The Forrester PPM Wave evaluated 10 vendors on 68 criteria and gave Rally a 4 or better on project management, application lifecycle management, support for implementations, installed base, and financial strength (Below-The-Line Project/Portfolio Management). Both Forrester Waves discuss Agile and Lean support as a critical element for evaluating vendor strategy and current offering. “Rally Software continues its leadership in Agile/Lean.” “...it is telling that Rally, a new vendor to the Forrester PPM Wave, is vying with established vendors.”
2 Independent Analyst Reports
Application Life-Cycle Management
Forrester Research, Inc. The Forrester Wave™:
Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012
Below-The-Line Project/Program Portfolio Management
Forrester Research, Inc. The Forrester Wave™:
Project/Program Portfolio Management, Q4 2012
Value delivery can’t keep pace without Agile.
Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012
Project/Program Portfolio Management, Q4 2012
Organizational leaders are breaking down the walls between development and the business.
Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012
Project/Program Portfolio Management, Q4 2012
Business agility demands fast feedback.
Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012
Project/Program Portfolio Management, Q4 2012
“Rally shines for managing Agile projects” said the report
Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012
Project/Program Portfolio Management, Q4 2012
