With the move toward delivery of real-time business services, the dynamics of how winning companies perform software development and management has changed - gone are the days when requirements are detailed in advance and long "big bang" development cycles are the norm. Today's leaders must adopt agile techniques that execute multiple development activities in parallel in order to deliver high-impact software in smaller batches on quarterly or monthly cycles. Now, more than ever, the agility, speed and quality of your development organization directly powers the velocity and profit of the business.

Rally Software Development Corp. provides the software-driven enterprise with the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to succeed with Agile development practices. Rally's new software development management solution allows software organizations to dramatically lower the cost of change in their development efforts so they speed value delivery to the customer. This on-demand, hosted environment helps outsourced, in-house and distributed teams concurrently define, plan, and test software releases that propel the business.

Rally's solution for managing the software development lifecycle integrates business and technical teams in a collaborative environment that coordinates their efforts, whether they work on different floors or in different time zones. Companies gain unprecedented visibility into their development projects with low bureaucratic overhead. With Rally, teams respond faster to new opportunities and so gain a competitive advantage over their rivals. Rally is a comprehensive solution for managing the entire agile software development lifecycle and includes capabilities for:

• Release and iteration planning, scheduling and tracking
• Real-time dashboards of project status and team velocity
• Customer-centric requirements management
• Early testing and test management
• Defect and issue management
• Collaboration and communication

Rally knows that people are the most important ingredient in success. That's why we've assembled an all-star team with decades of combined experience coaching software organizations and creating award-winning applications. Rally understands that as your ability to coordinate efforts and embrace change improves, so does your ability to quickly deliver value to customers. So whether you're starting to explore Agile methods, entering your first pilot project, or rolling out Agile to the entire organization, you can count on Rally to provide your teams with the knowledge, expert coaching and tooling needed to succeed.