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

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Rally Software

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (9th), 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

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

"The product has excellent customizable reports."

"We can work better and at a higher quality, than we were able to before."

"Having that view into features and roadmap from product to delivery teams, and where they are going, then execute on."

"We use the roadmap features, and we're getting better at using dates to use the roadmap so that we can see if we're on target for work."

"Gives me a dashboard where I can see what things are not being worked on, what things are blocked."

"The transparency it allows us to provide, both from the team level all the way through the executive level within the company and the work that we are doing."

"CA Agile Central provides visibility into how teams are meeting business objectives."

"It's a good platform to keep track of all the user stories across all projects. So rather than having one off Excel spreadsheets with all of the requirements, it is a good place to have all of that."

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Cons

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

"I think there is a missing link with the development activity. Some developers are pushing in new versions of the code, but you cannot make the link from the user story to a specific application version."

"In terms of improvement, perhaps some more metrics. If they could add some additional, that would be cool."

"It's a bit cumbersome to manage the Project Picker. As we sunset teams or projects close out - but we still have test cases tied to those teams or projects that are being used in other spaces - we have this monstrous list in the Project Picker that becomes really difficult to manage and find, and we can't clean that up ourselves. It would be nice if it was easier to do that and not lose your history."

"I'd like the ability to customize reports without having to incur Professional Services, or having to write my own code GitHub and then implement that as a custom report. That's untenable. It's not sustainable."

"From a test management perspective, it should have the capability to give you both automation and manual integration in one place."

"I think the interface could be a little bit more visual and less wordy. Right now, it seems like it's just a lot of text on the page. In other ticketing systems where it's more visual, you can see more of a flow. But in this one it's more just a list of tasks. I would like to see that a little bit better, especially considering it has so many great organizational features, like child tasks, different artifacts. It would be great to see it presented more appropriately."

"There's a lot of support for Scrum and Agile, but it needs something for the Kanban side."

"It could improve by being self-organizing: user stories, different hierarchies, and different perspectives. Not just as a single hierarchical structure, but something that can be multidimensional."

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"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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Manufacturing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Insurance Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	12

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Company Size	Count
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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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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