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News & EventsRally Software Announces Agile Lifecycle Management For Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
Joint webinar demonstrates improved development visibility, collaboration and productivity in Agile teams
Boulder, CO - June 23, 2008 - Rally Software Development Corp.® today announced support for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to drive improved development visibility, collaboration and productivity in Agile teams. Rally will demonstrate this functionality during a webinar on Wednesday June 25, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
As teams adopt Agile practices, the faster pace of iterative development requires enhanced project visibility and team collaboration. To meet this need, Rally and Microsoft Corp. have each developed sets of tools for project planning and development that support the increased velocity of Agile teams. By leveraging connectors between Rally's Agile project management solution and Visual Studio Team System 2005 and 2008, all team members gain real-time visibility across source code assets and build results through a connection into Rally's collaborative Agile planning dashboards.
"This connection between Rally's lightweight Agile lifecycle management solution and Visual Studio Team System brings new value to the specific needs of Agile teams by providing real-time visibility to the entire team with every new code check-in or build failure," said Ajoy Krishnamoorthy, senior product manager for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft's and Rally's solutions will help Agile teams further accelerate the delivery of quality software releases."
The Rally Connector for Visual Studio Team System provides:
- Instant access to view and update Rally stories and tasks without leaving the context of the Visual Studio IDE.
- Easy traceability between Microsoft Team Foundation Server source code check-ins and tasks and defects in Rally so teams can gauge progress against work products.
- A seamless linkage between the results of the latest Microsoft Team Build results and the Rally project dashboard to deliver a key indicator of code health and quality.
"Our support for traditional application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions like Microsoft's help drive incremental and successful Agile adoption for organizations of all sizes," said Ryan Martens, Rally's founder and CTO. "This addition is yet another step toward our vision of offering an 'integration hub' where large enterprises can quickly and easily blend legacy tools with their incremental adoption of Agile practices to minimize risk and ensure their organizations implement agility in a pragmatic and successful manner."
Attend the Webinar
Rally will host a free webinar on Wednesday June 25, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EDT to explore how these connectors can bring improved visibility, collaboration and productivity to Agile teams. This webinar is ideal for all development team members who are using or considering using Visual Studio Team System and Rally for fully integrated Agile lifecycle management. To register, visit http://www.rallydev.com/downloads/development_management.html.
Pricing and Availability
Rally Community Edition is free for up to 10 users, and pricing for Rally Enterprise Edition starts at $35/user/month. The Rally Connector for Visual Studio Team System is available with Rally's optional Integration Hub, priced at $10/user/month. Rally's enterprise-ready integrations are backed by installation and maintenance, premium customer support and, when possible, vendor certification.
About Rally
Rally is the #1 partner for Agile success through its family of products, coaching and community support. With a dedicated focus on Agile practices, Rally helps organizations of all sizes shorten their development cycles, increase quality, and collaborate across teams and departments. Rally's on-demand Agile lifecycle management products were honored with three consecutive Jolt Product Excellence Awards (the industry's Oscars) in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and currently support over 900 corporate customers, 20,000 projects and 35,000 users in 50 countries. Rally's end-to-end solutions for Agile development also include Agile University, the largest source for Agile training, and Agile Commons, the largest collaborative Web 2.0 community dedicated to advancing software agility. For more information, visit www.rallydev.com.
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Press Contact: Anne Greenhaw
303-565-2832
anne@rallydev.com