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Sr Engineering Manager - Design Engineering at Baker Hughes

Previously, I used Jira. However, I wouldn't compare the pros and cons of Jira and Rally Software since our corporate digital technology team made the decision to switch. The reasons for the switch may go beyond the perspective of just end-users and may be related to commercial or licensing factors. Therefore, I wouldn't weigh the benefits and drawbacks of the two software solutions against each other.

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Shawn Carlson - PeerSpot reviewer
Agile Delivery Transformation at Transparent Change

Instead of customizing reports to present data to executives, I could simply copy and paste the information from the dashboard, which was more appealing to them since they prefer PowerPoint presentations. In comparison, when I reported on all 35 teams in IT and other metrics using Jira, I had to rely on the teams to put their stats on SharePoint for me to query and generate reports. However, with Rally Software, I didn't have to do that.

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Luca La Via - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Manager at Biesse

I used Rally Software in the past, and I like it because I had a good experience with it. However, I moved to another company that uses Microsoft Azure DevOps.

Before using Rally Software, I used Redmine on-premises with a Jenkins pipeline with Git inside.

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Rally Software
March 2024
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it_user631632 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Digital Engagement Delivery at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Our enterprise was historically a Rally shop, so I did not switch from anything else.

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KS
Director Of Tool Chain Automation at American Express

This was the solution that we had in place when I joined American Express - I'm a year into Amex. Seeing how teams utilized the solution when I initially joined, it wasn't streamlined, it wasn't something that we put much thought into. Creating a process to rally behind was, I think, a key aspect.

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

I have used JIRA, Trello and IBM Rational, but none of them are close to Agile Central.

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Agile and DevOps Coach at Infosys

We also have experience in Jira.

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

We have used Jira and Microsoft Excel previously.

I found Jira and Rally Software similar in functionality.

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

I wasn't part of the discussion to buy initially. It was already here when I started. It seems that we have grown, though, and switched from other tools. It just seems like the granularity it provides and being able to really be good for development teams and really focus on their needs, and that is why we use it so much and it's growing.

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

This was the first Agile Central tool that we used on a grander scale. Again, we switched from a waterfall organization to an agile organization, and this tool doesn't support waterfall.

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

We used the JIRA method and changed as our business leadership directed me to change to Agile Central.

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

We switched because in my organization we have multiple teams. I'm just on one team, we probably have another 12 to 15 teams that are working on projects, and this is just one centralized repository across our organization.

We have multiple sites, so everybody could use the same thing to put their work efforts into rather than individual spreadsheets where nobody could get access to them.

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it_user629937 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner - Business Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We did not previously use a different solution.

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

Excel sheets were previously used, prior to moving to an agile-based delivery.

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SM
Director Of Enterprise Architecture at Best Western

We were doing everything Waterfall at the time.

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

In my current company, from the very beginning, they have been using the CA Agile Central solution.

At my previous company, I was using Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) for similar purposes. It was not too friendly. For example, if you are in their UI, there is a big chance that you are going to get lost somewhere and you won't know how to come back to the point where you started. This wasn't very good. Probably, they are not matured yet.

Since I started using CA Agile Central, I found it to be very good in those terms. We have feature descriptions, detailed user stories, attachments, discussions and we can even see the revisions. So, having those features in different tabs gives us a kind of flexibility to look at what is going on and who did what to change it. They could add a tag to see if the user story is of architectural significance or UX significance.

This tool is most productive in my day-to-day job.

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

Before CA Agile, we were using HPE Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and HPE Quality Center software.

HPE was mostly for waterfall and this CA solution was more for agile. That is the reason why we switched to the CA tool.

For the ALM tool, they are still implementing the agile part, so the full functionality was not available on ALM's side.

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it_user635481 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I am not aware of any other previous solutions.

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HeloisaClaro - PeerSpot reviewer
Process and Agility Consultant at V.tal

I'm at a different company now, and they use ServiceNow. 

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

We did not have a solution when I started. I picked it because I was familiar with it from a previous company. I actually used it for a couple years before that, as well. I just knew we needed something that we could hit the ground running with pretty quickly.

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

We previously used a different solution. We switched to be able to move more quickly to a resolution. Because the industry changes quickly, we can't still be in development stages on a product that needs to be out in the consumer's hands today. That's why we moved on to something like this where we can actually get things out there quicker.

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

This is our first solution for agile projects.

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it_user778848 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at DISH Network Corporation

We underwent a philosophical change, if you will. We consciously chose to move away from waterfall as a development mechanism to more of an agile framework. We are not a traditional agile approach, because of the nature of our business. I would really like to see more flexibility, flexibility in adopting hybrid approaches. 

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

As I have mentioned eslewhere, we had an in-house solution and before that, it was all managed via Excel spreadsheets. Excel was the worst of it all. The in-house solution was only good enough maybe for the first couple of months, until one or two or more changes came along, that we couldn't afford to keep up with. That's definitely one of the main reasons as to why we switched, since we couldn't keep up with the updates. If we say that CA Agile has stability issues, that again are not poor, but it just takes a while to load, then, our in-house tool was significantly worse.

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

We actually offer both JIRA and Agile Central within the company. So we try to somewhat make it a user choice as well. What we typically recommend is that if it's a very small project and it's a quick turnaround, JIRA's probably your best bet. If you have something longer term, Agile Central is probably going to be an easier tool for you to use.

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

Spreadsheets and MS Project. CA Agile Central is designed around Agile methodology, so it was a perfect fit for the processes we wanted to put in place. We couldn't do the things we're doing now with the previous products.

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

Initially, I was using Microsoft Project. Since it was not compatible with the agile environment and we then started using the agile methodology in our project, we started using this solution. Also, NetApp is providing support for this tool.

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

It was already in place when I joined.

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

We were using Waterfall, which worked for decades, but it's definitely showing its age. I think they just wanted to switch to the Agile methodology and Rally was probably the best software to do that with.

It just came to us and all of a sudden, management said, "Hey we're going to use Agile and Rally, and good luck." So we've been trying to learn it for the last year. 

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it_user779166 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer Analyst at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

I know a lot of our teams are using JIRA. The switch is because it has more features.

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

I am not aware of any previous solutions.

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it_user558177 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

When we moved to Agile, we were just using standard scrambled writings on the wall. We knew with the scale of our organization, we needed something to suit our needs and so we decided to invest in this product. It did meet our needs, especially in terms of scalability as we knew that there were going to be so many licenses we would need. We needed a more robust organization.

In addition, we needed someone who was flexible to work with us. At that time, it was Rally and they were very flexible to work with us. The most important criteria for choosing this vendor was their willingness to work with us, features, scalability and cost; also it needed to fit our organization culture.

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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 don't believe there was a previous solution in place for Agile teams. Some teams were using Atlassian JIRA and then some are still using version one, but that was in parallel and not a replacement.

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Test Automation Architect at CenturyLink

We were using Quality Center, Application Lifecycle Management. The reason for the switch is a decision taken by our leadership team and I don't have any insights into it. Perhaps it was licensing cost.

If you compare Quality Center vs Agile Central, the latter is much better.

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it_user637821 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Developer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Initially, we were using an internal tool within our company.

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

We did have other tools before CA Agile Central and we currently still use other vendors for managing other types of work. The best tool for the job really depends on the type of work you do, the work management methodology the team uses to get work done, and who the team’s stakeholders are.

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

I have not used a different tool, because we did not have one.

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it_user558051 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise / Team Agile Coach at RBC

Our business has been using Agile Central for five years, but I have been using it for almost 10 years. I see the evolution of the features that have come along, as well as the product overall, making this an option that allows me to take it to the next level.

The most important criteria when selecting a vendor are the sustainability of the product, their reputation in the market, and pricing.

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

In my previous company, I used JIRA. In my current company, I am using CA Agile Central. I found CA Agile Central to be more user-friendly.

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

I did not use a previous solution. So far, I have only used this tool.

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

We were not using any other solution prior to this. Since our organization was moving to agile, we evaluated a few products and CA Agile Central seemed to be a good option that would fit all of our needs; so that's how we decided to go with it.

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

I have used JIRA in the past. This is not originally agile-based and requires more setting up to get it right for you.

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it_user602427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Global Tools at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are using Atlassian JIRA. We have not switched tools but currently we use both solutions in parallel, due to the FDA regulation issues.

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it_user591855 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior QA Analyst at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I was not given the option to use a different solution, as this is the solution my client utilizes.

TestRail is my hands-down favorite test case DB to work with. It has every feature a tester needs to easily create and design test suites, add defects, and retest with multiple configurations. CA could learn a LOT from TestRail about how to manage test cases properly.

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it_user779217 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Manager Build Automation at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We were looking for a tool to support our work, to support our process, especially in the Kanban area. Without that, we started to use Excel, we started to use SharePoint but, really, they were not giving us value, the visibility. Then we started to look for something which is specifically made for supporting this kind of process.

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

Previously, we were using VersionOne. CA Agile offers a more structured model of Portfolio Management.

VersionOne tends to offer a more open and free configuration setup, in terms of creating portfolio items. For example, in VersionOne, you can create child features, and then produce another set of child features for each parent feature. It is nearly impossible to restrict a portfolio model that allows for consistent reporting.

In Agile Central, you can configure and define your portfolio structure in the administrative console. Each child must roll-up to its assigned parent, i.e., Task > User story > Feature > Epic > Initiative (bottom-up).

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

We did previously use HPE ALM. HPE ALM didn’t produce much of good reporting, yet neither does CA Agile Central. Plus, the agile process was all wrapped up in CA Agile Central, so we decided in our department not to maintain two tools. Other departments and UHG do use both tools, and some HPE ALM still.

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it_user558585 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Syntel

Originally we were using JIRA and a couple of other products but scalability and technical support were a big challenge. These were issues that kept us from upgrading as fast as we wanted to deliver. Agile Central is more stable and a proven product. CA technical support is much better and they help us progress with more integrations, helping with more with manual interventions.

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

We did not have a solution in place. We were looking at Mode 2 and agile teams and we knew we needed something. Putting post-its on the board was not going to work anymore for a company of our size. While we still do some post-it exercises, it all ends up in Agile Central and we knew we needed something to manage this. We still have PM's who want to see portfolio management, so we knew it had to be digital. It could not be paper anymore.

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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

I had the chance to work with Atlassian JIRA in a prior project. When I arrived at my current project, it was the first time I worked with Agile Central and I am still using it.

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

We were previously using a different solution, and it was not suiting our needs. We had teams circumventing the process and using spreadsheets, or wall-based paper models, which is good; but we wanted a way to report and review all the work that was being done. So we went with CA Agile Central when we converted. It's been much better and there has been a lot more adaption of this tool than the previous one.

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

I can't remember what we were using previously. It wasn't JIRA. There were some teams using another user story repository before they started using Rally, now Agile Central.

We decided to move to the Agile development framework. Based on that it was clear that to do so you need a platform for your user stories. And I think it was just one of those next steps in the evolution of moving to the Agile development framework.

We switched because we wanted everybody in the same platform. I'm sure money was somewhat involved, as well.

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it_user779259 - PeerSpot reviewer
SCRUM Master at Transunion

We were using Team Foundation Server (TFS). But some people were using JIRA, so there really wasn't a consistency there. We switched because it was really determined that it was probably the best tool out there to use.

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

I didn't use any other solutions. I came to know about this program management solution from working at my company.

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

Team Foundation Server (TFS) was quite suitable for us when we started to use agile as a delivery methodology, but as our maturity increased, the need arose for a more sophisticated tool to give us better visibility and control and CA Agile Central has certainly given us that.

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

It was a corporate direction to switch. The tool that we were using before was very poor at accomplishing what it needed to accomplish, so anything would have been better.

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it_user558609 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Release Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

My company has been using CA Agile Central for as long as I’ve been there.

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

We've used Physical, we've used Trello, we've used Gyro, we've used LeanKit, and we landed on Rally.

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it_user778650 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

What we used to do in, say, HPE Quality Center, is now getting done Agile Central.

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

This tool was already present before I started working here.

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

I have used multiple tools before CA Agile Central. I switched because in CA, everything was in the same platform and it is a pretty intuitive tool. I didn’t need any tutorial, as I did for the other tools.

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

The solution we had just didn't work and required too much time from the engineering team, which I was highly against.

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

We previously used a home-grown solution and wanted to switch to a more scalable solution.

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

I have used JIRA in the past. This is not originally agile-based and requires more setting up to get it right for you.

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

We used Microsoft Project. At that time, it was very weak with agile projects. Prior to purchasing this solution, we created a vendor grading scorecard with the features that were important to my company. We started evaluating six products. We then eliminated three, re-compared them, and settled on this solution.

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FF
Scrum Master for a Big International Bank in Belgium at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have experience with JIRA. I find Agile has an easier UI. Furthermore, JIRA was more of an IT tool, and Agile has both IT and business capabilities.

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

I don’t know of any previous solutions, as this tool was here well before me.

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

We previously used manual methods. Switching to this IT-based solution was a welcome change.

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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

We have previously used Team Foundation Server and we have evaluated JIRA. This product was chosen because it was a good fit for Scaled Agile Framework.

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

Our VP was given a presentation on project management, defect management, and release tracking all in one tool, which excited him. Then we were given a demonstration, and the fact that our existing tool didn’t do those things made Agile Management an easy choice.

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

It is the first agile tool that I have used.

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

I have not previously used another solution, but I have to use JIRA now and I would rate JIRA a 3/10 compared to Agile Central at a 10/10.

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

We were not using a previous solution.

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

I haven’t used anything but Agile Central.

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it_user636105 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I have not used a previous solution.

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

I used to use JIRA.

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

We used a Bamboo Solutions product that interfaced with SharePoint.

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

It was time to get a product like this in house, previously we were using a local software and it was time to upgrade. For us it is all about the support of the company, and we really like this from CA, they have been very helpful.

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

We were not previously using a common solution.

We decided to invest in a new solution because of the Agile transformation in our company. We needed a tool for that.

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it_user607434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst-Property & Casualty Insurance at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

No solution was used before.

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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.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.