Rally Software Reviews

“Outdated UI with subpar features

Pros

I find that linking themes, features, and other deliverables is easy. I can customize categories effortlessly and appreciate the robust security controls.

Cons

The UI feels outdated, the search functionality is slow and unreliable, and the controls are not easy to use.

“Rally Reivews

Pros

The best part of this software for me is project management. It helps our organization track projects effectively. I can divide a project into multiple sub-projects using EPICs and L2s, making it easier for the team to achieve project deliverables by completing various EPICs. It supports agile methodology, enabling continuous deliveries.

Cons

I do not have anything that I do not like about this software.

“Excellent Project Management Platform - Rally

Pros

The most important feature I use daily is project management. I create features, split up user stories for better management, track time, and manage tasks for user stories to monitor feature completion.

Cons

The support could be more effective for any queries or cases I create. There could be more UI features that the Rally product team could introduce for a better user experience. The pricing could be better when purchasing bundles and packages with heavy user licenses.

“An ok software, but there are better

Pros

I enjoy the dragging option and the fact that it is not 100% customizable, which makes it easy to use once you learn it. It simplifies tracking tasks and bugs, making the process clear and straightforward.

Cons

I am missing better integration with other services, like GitHub. I wish the UI would get a facelift so it would look better, cleaner, and more modern. Adding user stories and defects takes a learning curve.

“Rally for Agile development and management

Pros

I found it easy to learn. It allows me to keep track from Epic to task level efficiently, helps with quick standup meeting updates, and provides good reports on project and sprint progress.

Cons

There are too many options to achieve the same result, which often leads to confusion for new users like me.

“Widely Used

Pros

This product is widely used in my organization for digital agile program management.

Cons

I think there could be better tools available to accurately estimate project costs.

“Good software for Agile project management

Pros

For me, it is easy to use and set up. It efficiently tracks user stories and defects and allows me to move items from one state to another effortlessly.

Cons

It is not as customizable as Jira. I can't link one defect to two or more user stories.

“Rally Is not yet mature

Pros

I find the project tracking with features, user stories, and tasks to be excellent.

Cons

I sometimes get lost when navigating through things.

“Rally - Best Agile project management Software

Pros

I think Rally's GUI is very easy to use and seamless. It is the best software I have used to track user stories and update comments on them.

Cons

There is nothing I do not like about this software. Everything about it is good.

“very clean/simple but powerful interface

Pros

I use Rally to manage our agile projects. The tool's options allow me to easily manage user stories and track changes up to production. After switching from another product, I found Rally offers more options and flexibility. The user interface is clean, intuitive, and customizable to meet our specific needs.

Cons

I have not found any cons yet, and I am satisfied with the product.

“Great for Agile Environment

Pros

It is critical for our Agile work environment. I just started using it, but it's fairly user-friendly and has several features for professional users.

Cons

As a new user, it is a tad difficult for me to get up and running. I wish it was a little simpler.

“Rally - Premier Project Management Software for Distributed Agile Teams

Pros

This software enables me to execute distributed agile and scaled agile frameworks efficiently. It removes clutter and streamlines the entire process. I can access data and dashboards quickly.

Cons

I think the training and online documentation could use some improvements.

“Rally - Best Collaboration

Pros

It helps me plan work with sub-tasks and offers unique features. I find the test automation feature particularly useful.

Cons

It needs to be more user-friendly and enable quick access. The dashboards, like the roadmap, need improvement.

“Powerful Agile Tool

Pros

Rally allows me to customize views, such as Kanban, to suit any needed software development methodology.

Cons

This software is very expensive, and utilizing all of its features is definitely a challenge for management.

“Rally for Bugs

Pros

I found it easy to use. I got access and was able to use it without any training. It seems very intuitive once the access is set up correctly.

Cons

When I create projects/products/programs but do not populate them, no information is presented. Others have to authorize access as well.

“Good project management tool

Pros

Rally allows my team to create user stories, each with several tasks that can be tracked and updated. It helps estimate timelines and provides visibility into each team member's progress.

Cons

The user interface can be confusing, especially when I am first getting acquainted with the software. I would appreciate a more streamlined, intuitive interface.

“Needs improvement

Pros

It is a ticket management software, and it performs this function well, but that is about all it excels at. It has many issues.

Cons

My biggest complaint is that it is overly complicated and buggy. It constantly times me out and returns me to the home page rather than where I left off.

“User Stories/ Tasks Review

Pros

I find it to be a good tool for tracking day-to-day work and the team's workload.

Cons

Tasks do not reflect under individual workflows if the main user story is assigned to a different user's name. Teamboard is an example of this issue.

“Best Agile Tracking Tool

Pros

Rally is the best tool I have used for agile development tracking. The UI is the clearest, and the layout is the most intuitive I've seen on the market. It's easy to display all defects, stories, tasks, etc. I love the export functions and how simply I can customize my own reports.

Cons

It is really expensive and hard to customize fields for sub-projects that are different from the parent projects.

“Agile Management Tool

Pros

This tool is easy to access and responds quickly. The GUI is very simple, and anyone can understand the functionalities easily.

Cons

The application is often down and needs a lot of maintenance windows since it is down at least once every two weeks.

“Heavyweight Agile tool

Pros

It can do nearly anything an agile team needs to manage the process and organization of work.

Cons

The UI is very bland and could really use some UX improvements.

“Agile methodology in the cloud

Pros

It is a great way for me to communicate company-wide. It is easy to create user stories and break them down into tasks. The latest UI upgrade was a significant improvement.

Cons

It gets laggy sometimes, and I can't see attached images properly when there is more than one image. These are mostly small quirks, but all in all, it's a good product.

“Nice tool but still missing key items

Pros

It helps me break all the user stories into many items and assign them to the relevant team, including effort estimation. Then I can easily extract reports.

Cons

The main issue is that it does not show plan vs. actual, so it does not indicate anything if I am at 70%, compared to what? Reports should be easy to change from private to public.

“Ca Agile Central - Central for Agile methodologies

Pros

The software is built around agile methodologies and is best suited for projects using agile. It is easy to use, assign work to the respective team and resources, and tailor-made for projects involving multiple teams. Monitoring and status of work can be easily determined. Dashboards and reports are inbuilt and customizable. Separate tabs for sprint planning and different workflow stages like Backlog, analysis, development, test readiness, and test execution are helpful. It integrates well with CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins and SonarQube.

Cons

There are very few field options available. We were using ALM before moving to Agile Central, and all the fields in ALM were not mapped to CA Agile. It was difficult to map the fields since there are very few field options. Customization and report creation during the initial phase were very difficult. I need to depend on the Scrum Master to make process changes. The initial setup of the process was difficult, and the transition of people from Waterfall to Agile using CA Agile was challenging.

“Best Agile Management Tool

Pros

The best features for me are user story management, burn down/burn up chart, velocity calculation, easy reporting, agile lifecycle management, and distributed team management using Kanban methodology.

Cons

I feel this is the best tool, which really can't be debated.

“Great agile tool!

Pros

Rally helps me manage user stories and plan for iterations. Managing backlogs is helpful, ensuring that items are not missed or ignored.

Cons

Learning the tool took a while for me; training could be better.

“A useful tool for Agile Project Management

Pros

I find the web-based interface intuitive. It supports Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and other agile frameworks. It is scalable enough to support multiple teams and portfolios. I can create backlogs, plan iterations and releases, create stories and milestones, and capture many useful fields to reduce documentation requirements. Story dependencies are easy to track. The discussion tab allows capturing useful discussions and data for collaboration on stories, features, or initiatives. Parent-child relationships can be established between stories. Multiple reports can be generated to measure performance and productivity. The iteration and Kanban boards provide a real-time view of team progress.

Cons

It does not work well with the Internet Explorer browser. The license cost is high compared to other tools like JIRA.

“Rally works, but they need to stop constantly updating the UI, which is overly complex

Pros

I can link tasks to stories, and stories to features, providing ways to track everything. It allows me to provide detailed information within the stories and acceptance criteria.

Cons

It takes too much effort to link stories to features, and it is too hard to see the details on the features if they are similarly named. Task creation and advancing are easy, but the page layout of stories is now convoluted and confusing.

“Rally for Agile Project Management and Portfolio Management

Pros

Integration and customization support allow me to interface with our internal applications.

Cons

I would like to see continued expansion of the portfolio and program management roll-up and reporting features.

“Agile in the cloud

Pros

It is intuitive for me to create stories, break them down into tasks, and assign them to the team. The reporting features are useful for executive summaries in my monthly reports. It helps me track progress and truly embodies agile aspects for a software development environment. The customizable dashboard allows me to track multiple projects and display the most important graphics on one screen.

Cons

The QA process is a little difficult to use. Since we are using a separate bug reporting system, it does not really integrate with it. The process of creating test cases and reporting defects is way too complicated for our environment.

“Rally Review

Pros

I find it easy to use for managing the agile development process. I can easily manage user stories and track task progress.

Cons

We manage bugs/issues in a separate software tool. We tried managing bugs through this software but did not like how bugs were converted to a User Story rather than a task under a Story.

“Rally review

Pros

I can show progress charts, define projects and tasks, and track total team progress.

Cons

It is easy to update status, but it does not update automatically to-do time.