Rally Software

Rally features numerous out-of-the-box chart types to visualize data. Rally metric charts include flow velocity/throughput, flow load, flow time, flow efficiency, and flow Predictability. Custom chart types can also be created.

The software allows planning capacities per user or team and tracking time spent on projects. The capacity forecast metrics give teams the data they need to balance risk and predictability for planning future quarters.

Users can define objectives and key results (OKRs) with specific targets and due dates to structure strategic goals. They can associate each objective level with a different level of work by associating each level with a portfolio item type. Aligning the actual work to be done or user stories to an objective helps team members have better visibility into the business outcomes that the organization aims to achieve.

Rally helps map value streams by providing tools to visualize and analyze workflow processes through cumulative flow diagrams (CFDs). Performance can be optimized by identifying bottlenecks, work-in-progress limits and lead time metrics uncovered by the CFD view.

Users can create fully customized dashboards by dragging and dropping Rally's wide array of real-time portlets displaying metrics like velocity, burn-up trends, and top issues. Dashboards can be tailored specifically for any stakeholder's monitoring needs.

Rally offers end-to-end visibility of work across the entire value stream, from strategic ideation to customer delivery. Value streams make complex processes more transparent so the business can quickly change direction based on data-driven decisions.