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Agile Manager [EOL] vs Rally Software comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Agile Manager [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
16
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 (7th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user739560 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Rakhee Srivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Dashboard with release level graphs; it is so easy to gather the progress made at the release with these graphs rather going through each team’s backlogs."
"We use the hierarchy Theme/Feature/Stories for a top-down approach, and the widgets/dashboards are essential to easily setup the reporting and by putting an image on the data, it helps people to understand the issues or to see the potential impacts of their actions."
"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."
"The product is really easy to use and manage single discrete projects with dedicated teams."
"The transparency this product gives us has been very valuable."
"With all of the different features, it's really user-friendly and syncs with Quality Center ALM, which is our testing tool."
"The tool gave great visibility on the project work with real-time analytics and dashboards."
"Integration with HPE ALM/QC, Jenkins and Subversion allows us to view the project’s health through one product."
"We use it at the enterprise level, from the leadership to managers to teams, and everyone can use the same software easily."
"We have been able to deliver our integration between CA and HPE ALM in a period of time that is about half of where we were before."
"I have to say, since CA bought it, support has actually improved; which I'm very surprised about."
"Parts of our business use Agile Central to deliver in an agile and features-based method, and it is a much more user-friendly product compared to other products in market."
"When it comes to the valuable features of Rally Software, it excels at burn-down charts, burn-up charts, and road mapping once it's set up. I particularly appreciated the new feature for releases and road mapping, which worked exceptionally well."
"This product has helped to organize team effort and keep the team on track by providing a burndown chart and team status breakdown at the task level."
"It has helped a great deal in the fact that we are able to take small chunks of data and get them actually moved forward end to end."
"Rally Software provides real-time dashboards for different kinds of stakeholders and governance, giving clear insights into project progress, team velocity, and potential risks."
 

Cons

"The user interface could be modernized to be more intuitive and to support more drag/drop functionality."
"We've not used it yet, and we're just kind of muddling through."
"The testing module that we are used to, that wasn't there at all."
"It requires a lot of post-process testing of our products. It would be an improvement if those tests weren't necessary."
"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."
"Most of the enhancement requests we have are minor, but the biggest challenge we have is around integrations."
"Customer Service: Commercially speaking, the customer service was a total nightmare at the very beginning."
"Downtime was frequent initially, but now it is much better."
"More customization capabilities would be helpful. Providing a little bit more structure around how the system should be set up in terms of the hierarchy structure might be helpful as well."
"One feature that can be improved is the extraction and importing of reports."
"We'd like better dashboards to make visibility better. They are a bit complex right now."
"It only went down a few times, which is very inconvenient when you run your entire team on it."
"I have yet to see a section of CA Agile Central that could not benefit from improvement."
"We are trying to look at things across all of the teams, trying to do reporting across the whole tool, so it's a little less good there, but overall it’s pretty nice."
"More importantly, we are seeing internal challenges from Atlassian because of their highly integrated suite that enables further automation and centralization of activities that are also highly necessary – messaging notifications cued off builds, collaboration on Solution Architecture Documentation, etc."
"I think that the product use of the user-story-split feature that creates child user stories can be abused by users for being so easy to do."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Rally Software costs $50 a month, and for a base account, that price is acceptable."
"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."
"We are always looking for a discount, if the solution was less expensive it would be a benefit."
"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."
"Frankly, pricing is expensive and needs to be carefully planned for when budgeting."
"The license costs are fairly high as compared to some of the other solutions out there."
"It is expensive and may not be worthwhile for a small company."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
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Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise110
 

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What do you like most about Rally Software?
Rally offers many features that help the management of activities, coordination, alignment and reports, which applies agility across the organization. If I were to highlight a particular feature, i...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rally Software?
Rally Software is affordable because our customers also prefer it, and I have never heard concerns about pricing preventing us from using this tool.
What needs improvement with Rally Software?
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...
 

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
 

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