Agile Manager [EOL] vs Rally Software comparison

OpenText and Broadcom are both solutions in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category. Additionally, 86% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Agile Manager [EOL]

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91% willing to recommend

Agile Manager [EOL]

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Categories and Ranking

Agile Manager [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Rally Software

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (8th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (7th)

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it_user739560

Senior manager IT at a transportation company

Handles user stories well but the lack of a testing module is a problem

Right now I can't say because other stuff is being migrated to Octane. But basically, the testing module that we are used to, that wasn't there at all. If they would have added that into it then they wouldn't even need to build Octane. We did have a list of items we wanted to see added but now they are moving all those things to Octane, and we are also interested in Octane now, so we are not looking to request any more changes to AGM, understanding that this is the go-to tool.

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Rakhee Srivastava

Sr. Information Architect and Principal Consultant UX at Tech Mahindra Limited

Real-time dashboards provide clear insights into project progress and team velocity

Rally Software is easy to use for Agile project methodology because it follows Scrum and Kanban, helping with sprint planning and backlog management. Rally Software provides real-time dashboards for different kinds of stakeholders and governance, giving clear insights into project progress, team velocity, and potential risks. Backlog management is present in the product, allowing prioritization of tasks. The dashboards provide all types of insights through analytics. Capacity planning helps optimize resource allocation, ensuring balanced workload and realistic sprint commitments for our projects. The solution integrates with GitHub, and we can also integrate with Excel and CI/CD pipelines.

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Pros

"The transparency this product gives us has been very valuable."

"It is helping us organize and manage our agile development process to get solutions to market faster."

"Now we can do shorter cycles and have better traceability, and we have this integration between AGM and ALM, as I said."

"With all of the different features, it's really user-friendly and syncs with Quality Center ALM, which is our testing tool."

"Burn-up charts for visibility on progress and workload."

"It has a good sprint task board with the ability to export tasks to Excel and filter by team member, and all the graphs, burndown charts and reporting are user friendly and quick."

"How you write your user stories, and the requirements gathering, in Agile Manager is pretty good."

"This solution gives us flexibility in product testing and allows us to get our products with very quick time-to-market."

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"There is a ton of flexibility, I can use it for anything I can think of within the development lifecycle, it is user friendly, and it really helps us with tracking progress so we can see where we’re heading."

"The configurable Portfolio Management and parent-child relationships."

"CA Agile Central helps the entire organization run like one powerful team."

"The portfolio manager add-in is very valuable for our company, because it allows our business partners to create their road maps, and then link their road map to their user stories, that our engineering teams then work on."

"It helps with getting the alignment between strategy and execution for the product teams, all the way down to the delivery teams."

"The Portfolio is the most valuable feature that I found, because it allows us to drive our requirements along with planning at an enterprise level."

"When we went into Scaled Agile Framework, we could not have done it without the use of Agile Central. It allows us to scale our Scrum teams, and it also enables us when we do our remote big room plannings."

"It documents stories in a way where we do not have to be heavy on front-end requirements, front-end documentation, and front-end workflows."

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Cons

"I think the biggest issues that I've seen, and this is a personal view of mine, is that most of the HPE products have a common look and feel to them."

"The testing module that we are used to, that wasn't there at all."

"There is definitely a maturity curve that Agile Manager needs to go through with. It's still not there, and it definitely needs to grow."

"Resource allocation and management across multiple products. We have the same resources working on multiple products each with their own releases, and Agile Manager does not handle this well, so the overloading or underloading of resources is difficult to monitor."

"The major drawbacks were in defect management and session sheet creation."

"Most of the enhancement requests we have are minor, but the biggest challenge we have is around integrations."

"The tool is good enough to keep track of the information, but not mature enough to have a great Dashboard that tracks all levels of changes."

"In the world of Java, it currently supports Eclipse but not NetBeans."

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"It only went down a few times, which is very inconvenient when you run your entire team on it."

"The search feature may need some improvements."

"I've seen how it can be mishandled and not implemented strongly to where it becomes more of a hindrance than a value."

"Stability of the product is not good."

"When you copy a story, I would like the attachment to copy with it. This is a big one for us."

"Stability has been an issue at times. We have seen an unacceptable amount of system downtime."

"I would say use cases is an area with room for improvement."

"The reporting functionalities need improvement. Also, there's too much lag, but they're fixing that."

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"We are always looking for a discount, if the solution was less expensive it would be a benefit."

"Frankly, pricing is expensive and needs to be carefully planned for when budgeting."

"I understand it's a little more expensive. That is why many people prefer Jira."

"From a price point, it's a cost effective solution for our needs."

"I don't know the exact pricing, but I think the tool is priced high. They provide quality workmanship, good software, regular upgrades, and they're always attentive and listen to users. Everything comes with a price. I think it's an expensive solution compared to Jira or other competitors, but it's a complete package."

"It is expensive and may not be worthwhile for a small company."

"The license costs are fairly high as compared to some of the other solutions out there."

"Rally Software costs $50 a month, and for a base account, that price is acceptable."

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Small Business

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Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	12

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Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	110

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Rally Software is affordable because our customers also prefer it, and I have never heard concerns about pricing preventing us from using this tool.

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While I'm not heavily involved in project management tools, I am familiar with these tools. One area for improvement might be the rigidity in role and access configurations, which require many proc...

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Agile Manager, HPE Agile Manager

CA Agile Central, Rally Enterprise, CA Agile Training, CA Agile Coaching, CA Agile Academy, CA Agile Management , CA ALM

Overview

Agile project management solution to plan, execute and track Agile projects. Agile teams can improve Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Execution, and gain more Visibility and Insight into Agile projects using SaaS or on-premise deployment.

Key Features include: Release and User Story and Defect Management, Development Tools Integration, Team/Resource Management, Rest APIs, Micro Focus ALM/QC/PPM Synchronizer, Regular releases driven by user feedback, Modern, clean, intuitive UI and SAFe^TM Gold Certified.

OpenText

With Rally Software, you can plan, prioritize, manage, track, and continuously improve your work so that you can deliver the value that your customers need with speed, quality, and efficiency. Our enterprise-class Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) SaaS platform provides visibility into progress, roadblocks, and dependencies across multiple teams, projects, and programs. This allows you to align to your strategic goals and create better business results, and to do it all in a single system of record.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

Trizetto, Discount Tire and Siemens

Physicians Mutual, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare, Editora Abril, Tata Communications, Level 3 Communications, Seagate, TomTom, Philips, Hiscox, Physicians Mutual, MYOB

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