Rally Software Initial Setup

LH
Dev Ops Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
SD
Sr Engineering Manager - Design Engineering at Baker Hughes

The solution's initial setup process was straightforward. I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten. The deployment of the solution can be done in a few minutes.

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Shawn Carlson - PeerSpot reviewer
Agile Delivery Transformation at Transparent Change

When it comes to the initial setup of Rally Software, it can be quite complex. Unlike Jira, there is no "light" version that allows for a quick and easy setup. However, I have also criticized Jira for the opposite reason. It can be too simplistic, allowing anyone to create a Kanban board and instantly become a team, which can negatively impact the metrics of other teams. With Rally Software, there is a steep learning curve involved in the initial setup process, but it is crucial to take the time to do it correctly. In contrast to Rally Software, Microsoft Azure DevOps is built-in and part of the Microsoft Azure cloud ecosystem, including Azure Wiki. It is not a third-party tool, such as Rally Software.

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Luca La Via - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Manager at Biesse

Another team configured Rally Software. I wasn't involved in the installation process for the solution.

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it_user631632 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Digital Engagement Delivery at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The setup was straightforward, as long as you have some grounding in agile processes and philosophies.

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KS
Director Of Tool Chain Automation at American Express

I wasn't involved in the initial setup, but the upgrade, yes. I think the upgrade itself was straightforward. The rolling out across the organization was the complex part. Communicating the new benefits of the upgrade, and that kind of stuff, has proved to be difficult.

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it_user778977 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We started using the product, so we were more of the consumer than the actual installing team. That was done by a different team.

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it_user628020 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dealing Technology at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Initial setup was very straightforward and guided by CA consultants.

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VK
Agile and DevOps Coach at Infosys

I am not involved with the initial setup. Once we have been given access it is easy to navigate.

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TheJ Srinivasan - PeerSpot reviewer
President/CEO at FACTRSYSTEMS, LLC.

The initial setup of Rally Software is straightforward. In the beginning, there was more hands-on attention needed but after that, we were in operation.

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it_user663606 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I wasn't involved in the setup with my current company; my previous company, yes, I was. I think it depends on who you're working with. With the person I was working with in my old company, it was straightforward.

We had that one on one relationship with CA, and they were on site to help us out. If we had to be on a call for anything they were there.

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it_user635454 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Technical Analyst at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees

Setup seems relatively straightforward. It was easy to learn. Most teams teach themselves how to use the tool and new teams generally hire somebody who understands the concepts, so just a cursory show them the fields and the setup, and they're good to go. There's nice three- to five-minute videos that CA provides from their website that helps teams understand the concepts and the usage.

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it_user637815 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I wasn't involved in the setup process.

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it_user636102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Tech Ops Support System Analyst at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The initial install was complex. But this was due to the lack of training. As with most changes, I was thrown into it first and then had classes. But this is a business practice, not that of Agile Central.

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it_user272523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

I'm a proud user of Rally and Agile Central for the last six years and the ease of use - I don't even know when a new release is coming and I don't need to because it's so easy to use what's new.

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it_user647424 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Business Systems Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

When we originally got the product, I basically had to take my workload and transfer it into CA Agile Central at the beginning and that took me a few days to get done, but after that, we just built everything right from there.

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it_user627030 - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Pipeline Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Setup was easy in conjunction with technical/local support to discuss the method of working in our company.

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it_user638709 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The setup is not very complex. As soon as you log in, the dashboard we see is really cool. One would really like to see the graphs and charts. So, that is very nice.

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it_user635460 - PeerSpot reviewer
Process Transformation Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The setup was complex. We have a very big connection, extremely big. Everything is complex.

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it_user778653 - PeerSpot reviewer
PMO Manager at Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

I was involved in the initial setup and subsequent upgrades. 

I am not really sure how it is now to set up. If you are putting into a GreenField brand new product, I do not know how that would work now. Previously, it was just figuring it out on your own.

Upgrading was pretty straightforward, especially if you are used to using any of the agile tools in the agile practices. Once you get used to some of the unique namings for Agile Central, or formerly Rally, it is pretty straightforward. It is a like-for-like, in terms of what you have learned, in terms of being agile in what you learned on what you are doing on a day-to-day basis. 

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it_user631626 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reservations Supervisor at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The setup is very straightforward.

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it_user627045 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Setup was somehow difficult until all folders had been created and the rules on how to use them were set up. This has nothing to do with the product itself.

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it_user778848 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at DISH Network Corporation

I did not find it to be complex. I find the methodology to be more complex than the tool.

One of my development teams was one of the first teams to use and embrace it. It was a new team, so it was an easier transition for that team to begin using this product over the other tools that we use.

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it_user635421 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst, Business Process Design at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I thought that the setup was very straightforward, but we also had people on the side of our organization, i.e., a dedicated team, to help get everything set up smoothly. My team intended to change a few things about how you would traditionally use the product. I set it up for two different teams. When I used everything in the straightforward way, it was very easy. When we were modifying and customizing some things for my team, then it got a bit more complicated; just to get my head around the rules and then, having to manipulate them. So, the setup is very easy when the product is being used as it's meant to. When we were manipulating things, it got a little more complex. However, we were able to work through it relatively easily, because of the support that we had.

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it_user558174 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I was not involved in the initial setup.

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it_user558279 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Program Management at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I wasn’t involved in the initial setup.

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it_user558066 - PeerSpot reviewer
Safe Agilist Scrum Master at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was complex. We have a lot of different internal and external integrations.

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RK
Senior Manager - Business Intelligence at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

I, unfortunately, did not handle the initial setup of the product. Therefore, it would be hard for me to comment on if it was complex or straightforward. I don't have any direct knowledge.

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it_user558372 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Curriculum Development at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

I wasn't involved in setting up the product itself. I jumped in after it was already in use.

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it_user638703 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The setup was simple but I also remember that the one thing that is missing in CA Agile Central is the integration of data, as when you compare it with Atlassian JIRA or similar tools.

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it_user345534 - PeerSpot reviewer
Agile Coach at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

I've performed installations in other organizations, and it was very intuitive.

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it_user778923 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst Developer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I wasn't involved in the initial setup. but they put it out pretty fast, and I have seen changes in it being made fairly quickly. So I would say it's pretty straightforward.

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it_user631638 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical System Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The setup was done for us already.

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it_user558441 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lean Agile Coach with SPC4 at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I was not part of the initial set up, but I have been a subscription administrator and I'm aware of what goes into it. It's not overly difficult. I think working with the CA setup team, makes it very easy.

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it_user629046 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Portfolio Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Setup was easy for team-level usage. It gets more complex as you try to scale up your agile practice. Scaling up only happens when teams agree to portfolio standards such as your work hierarchy and planning cadence.

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it_user591864 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems Analysis Consultant at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Setup was done on my behalf, so I cannot comment.

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it_user558051 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise / Team Agile Coach at RBC

I have been part of Agile Central since the get go. Initial setup is straightforward. It is software as a service, so it is very easy for us to set it up; the project and initiative.

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it_user639684 - PeerSpot reviewer
Front End Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The setup was quite straightforward.

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it_user627060 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was quiet straightforward and user friendly. The UI interface is not too complex and allows inline editing.

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it_user558417 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Not me personally but there was somebody in my team that was involved in the initial setup. We did not encounter a lot of issues or challenges.

Of course, we had to pull some experts from CA as well just to get their ideas on how we're supposed to set it up, how things work and what are the best practices to follow and so on.

Other than that, the first couple of iterations/sprints we had to learn and tweak a little bit as part of retrospectives. Otherwise, it has been okay.

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it_user352929 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer II with 1,001-5,000 employees

It was straightforward. We didn't have to do a lot. We just went to Rally 101 training, and there was some agile coach for us on site. She trained us on how to use the Rally tool to update our social studies tasks.

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it_user592689 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Manager at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was simple as it only does agile.

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it_user637812 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Business Mgmt. at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup of Agile Central was straightforward and very repeatable. If you get it right once, the process to scale your subscription is consistent and efficient.

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it_user629055 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Analyst, Business Unit at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The setup was very simple; it was probably easier than HPE ALM.

One major problem when obtaining CA Agile Central is ensuring the framework is exactly what you want. Many don’t look at this aspect and later realize that they have lost traceability and that they should have created a dropdown menu instead of free text (i.e., there is a defect found in the free text field – this should be a code drop version, adaptable by iteration). Yet, I’m still not sure at the moment what is and what isn’t adjustable since I’m not an admin. However, from what I did hear is, when something changes, it may change the enterprise and not just the project; not sure about that yet though.

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it_user558495 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Applications and Development at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Initial setup was straightforward. It was easy.

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it_user558585 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Syntel

I was not involved in the initial setup. I was in a separate team that does not configure Agile Central. We are the end users.

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it_user353874 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Portfolio Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I wasn't involved in the setup.

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it_user797955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Delivery at Physicians Mutual Insurance

The upgrades are very simple and straightforward. They generally get pushed out, and you choose whether or not you want to accept that upgrade early, or whether you are going to wait for the general release. 

As far as the initial setup, it can be challenging. There are a lot of options. There is a lot of configuration. There are a lot of decisions that you have to make on how you want Agile Central to work for your company. Those decisions can impact your flexibility in the future. With the initial setup, there is some thought that really needs to go into how you want to do it.

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it_user778893 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

We took our instance and revamped it from the beginning, which was very straightforward.

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it_user603810 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Engineer / Qc Analyst Ssr Advanced at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The rampup was very straightforward.

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it_user558213 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Project Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It was very straightforward. We didn't have any trouble rolling it out into our organization. The issues we had were internal in adaption.

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it_user778581 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Delivery at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

I wasn't involved in the inital setup from a technical perspective. That happened on our technology side. But I was one of the first ones to use it, five or six years ago.

In terms of it being complex or straightforward to learn, the team that I worked with had training on it. So once we had training on it, it was very easy to understand. I don't know I if you could just come in and use the tool without any training on it.

I think in order to use the tool you have to understand what the Agile development platform is. You have to understand what a user story is. You have to understand how that connects to the test cases. You have to understand the background of why you'd be using the tool before you can use the tool. You couldn't just sit someone down and say, "Go." There has to be a little bit of training on why use the tool before you use the tool.

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it_user779259 - PeerSpot reviewer
SCRUM Master at Transunion

It was actually pretty straightforward, and it did seem more intuitive than what we were using, which was TFS from Microsoft.

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it_user637830 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

In terms of the setup, there was one thing that was a little difficult. I got to change it very quickly, and the team was helpful.

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it_user639675 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Lead at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Setup was very simple actually. There is some work required upfront to define standards, best practices and governance on how to use the tool but CA Agile Central itself was very straightforward to set up. Everything is web-based and very intuitive. We had a CA Agile Central coach here for a few days and that was enough for us to get started.

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it_user631623 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I wasn't involved in the setup; I was a consumer.

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it_user354006 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I think I was very involved in LeanKit and less so involved on the Rally side.

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it_user642177 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The setup was easy.

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it_user629931 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate consultant at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The setup was pretty intuitive.

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it_user499434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software QA Automation Analyst at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I was not involved in the initial setup.

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it_user553188 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

I think initial setup was straightforward. The documentation was very clear.

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it_user558555 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff Program Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Initial setup was pretty straight forward.

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it_user558642 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I was not involved with the initial setup.

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it_user603816 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Agile Coach at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is fairly straightforward but there are certain best practices as to how to configure Agile Central. Typically, the CA Agile Central account manager will provide guidance as to how to best configure Agile Central and will be available to answer ongoing questions as they arise.

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it_user597618 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Member Of Technical Staff at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

The setup was simple as it only does agile.

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it_user592353 - PeerSpot reviewer
Strategic Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Since we bought the cloud option, there was no specific setup. There was, however, lots of customization that we have done since 2012. It is straightforward once you are familiar with the product.

We also purchased five days of CA Agile Central on-site training. It broke down like this: one day for developers, two days for project managers/scrum managers, a half day for product owners, and a half day for administrators.

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it_user631641 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Project Management at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

I built out the most recent workspace and it was pretty easy after a week or so of trial and error, but that was mostly getting our portfolio hierarchy structure right.

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it_user779133 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Application Developer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Although I wasn't involved in the initial setup, I do know that there was some complexity to it. But not terribly complex. It was not hard to do, because it is a SaaS solution. It was basically: Give us the URL and point us to the training, and that was it.

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it_user635475 - PeerSpot reviewer
DCDP in Indian dept at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

The setup was easy.

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it_user636111 - PeerSpot reviewer
Validation Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

It was a simple setup! Thanks.

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it_user613554 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAFe Release Train Engineer (Program Manager) at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is relatively straightforward compared to other products.

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it_user351489 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Set up of the software is easy but the integration is complex. If you are only using it as a tool, it is good, but the integration is not so straightforward.

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it_user638706 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Validation Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was easy to carry out.

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it_user627027 - PeerSpot reviewer
Scrum Master at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I was not an admin of the tool, so I’m not sure how complex the application setup was.

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it_user779079 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I was not involved in the initial setup.

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it_user636108 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Analyst at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

It’s been so long, that I honestly don’t recall the initial setup. It must not have been difficult, since it’s not something that sticks out in my mind.

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it_user628026 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Setup was easy.

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it_user635472 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Scrum Master, Coach at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Initial setup was straightforward.

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it_user597591 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager And Disaster Recovery Coordinator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Initial setup was relatively simple. In order to match our department organization, there were significant discussions. But the Rally representative helped set it up with us at no cost. It was Rally when we purchased. We had to develop a custom report from the information.

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it_user558012 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sea System En at Hauwei

Initial setup was easy for me. A consultant came to our company to sit with our people.

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it_user356046 - PeerSpot reviewer
Commercial Manager at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

It has been a straightforward partnership so far. We are in the initial stages, but all looks good.

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it_user558303 - PeerSpot reviewer
Agile Coach at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I was involved in the roll-out and it was straightforward.

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it_user778926 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at ZAPTEST

The initial setup was fairly streamlined.

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it_user637806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engeneer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Sometimes, the UI is not intuitively understandable.

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Buyer's Guide
Rally Software
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Rally Software. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.