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Agile Manager [EOL] vs Rally Software comparison

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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
121
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (7th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (3rd)
 

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.
Amit Anand - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Technical Architect at HCLSoftware
Drilling into change lifecycles has given me clear end to end traceability for every item
Reporting is my main area of concern. Additionally, the migration activity and portability are important areas for improvement. If I needed to move from Jira to Rally Software, having built-in portability or migration utilities would be beneficial. At the time of my use, there was not an inbuilt capability to migrate applications from other third-party solutions to Rally Software. Currently, I am not using Rally Software.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool gave great visibility on the project work with real-time analytics and dashboards."
"The transparency this product gives us has been very valuable."
"Now we can do shorter cycles and have better traceability, and we have this integration between AGM and ALM, as I said."
"Integration with HPE ALM/QC, Jenkins and Subversion allows us to view the project’s health through one product."
"This solution gives us flexibility in product testing and allows us to get our products with very quick time-to-market."
"You can pretty much tie in from your requirements all the way through your entire application lifecycle management, and we are able to achieve that using this solution."
"How you write your user stories, and the requirements gathering, in Agile Manager is pretty good."
"It is helping us organize and manage our agile development process to get solutions to market faster."
"CA Agile Central provides visibility into how teams are meeting business objectives."
"Get the system customized because that's one of the strong aspects of CA Agile Central."
"The configurable Portfolio Management and parent-child relationships."
"I think it's a great tracking tool."
"Technical support is excellent."
"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 Kanban board is probably the most useful feature, as it is very customizable and is great for somebody who doesn’t need to run the project with a scrum approach."
"The UI/UX of the tool is good with friendly navigation."
 

Cons

"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."
"Downtime was frequent initially, but now it is much better."
"The major drawbacks were in defect management and session sheet creation."
"Understanding of story points and velocity, ease of using reporting/dashboard widgets, and templates for imports need improvement."
"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."
"It requires a lot of post-process testing of our products. It would be an improvement if those tests weren't necessary."
"Most of the enhancement requests we have are minor, but the biggest challenge we have is around integrations."
"However, we haven't found anything as compelling as Rally."
"Charts and dashboards should be more interactive."
"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."
"I would like them to give me back the fields I used to have. We lost the release field because they mentored our scaled agile framework trainer to actually use the release field as what I would call a program increment."
"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."
"I would like to see it more well connected with the PPM tool. We have Planview."
"As I've mentioned elsewhere, Kanban needs to mature a little more."
"Reporting is my main area of concern."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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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."
"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."
"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."
"Rally Software costs $50 a month, and for a base account, that price is acceptable."
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Outsourcing Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
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Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
8%
 

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Large Enterprise12
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Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise113
 

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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?
The setup cost is expensive. I was not responsible for the license part, but it was on a yearly basis.
What needs improvement with Rally Software?
Reporting is my main area of concern. Additionally, the migration activity and portability are important areas for improvement. If I needed to move from Jira to Rally Software, having built-in port...
 

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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