Free Agile Resource Center

Welcome to Rally’s Agile resource center, where you can access free white papers, presentations, webinars and articles about Agile project management, product management, requirements management, test and defect management, and development management.

Check out these featured Agile resources:

Project Management

Five Levels of Agile Planning: From Enterprise Product Vision to Team Stand-up

Hubert Smits
By: Hubert Smits

Existing Agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects and overlook the broader impact of large, multi-team and multi-year projects. This paper outlines a distinct planning framework that has been used successfully in large-scale Agile projects and relies on five levels: product vision, product roadmap, release plan, sprint plan and daily commitment.
Leaning IT: Applying the Principle of Pull to Scale Agile Teams

Ryan Martens
Jean Tabaka
By: Ryan Martens & Jean Tabaka

Reaping the benefits of Agile software development beyond the team level is an enticing proposition. In fact, in today’s competitive climate and brutal economy, perhaps it is even more than that — it is a necessity. Based on documented successes, organizations are recognizing the business imperative to “go big” with Agile and as a result, they are confronting the confusion and churn of when and how to scale their Agile adoption.

Getting Started with Agile and Rally Webinar

This one-hour webinar describes and demonstrates Rally's leading solutions for managing all aspects of Agile software development.

The Agile Impact Report: Proven Performance Metrics from the Agile Enterprise

In this report, third-party research firm QSM Associates assesses the performance of 29 Agile development projects against a database of 7,500 primarily traditional development projects in three key areas: productivity, time-to-market and quality. The results were that teams using Agile and Rally were 50% faster to market and 25% more productive with one quarter the number of defects.

Continuous Quality Management

Zach Nies
By: Zach Nies & Johnny Scarborough

This webinar discusses the latest processes, automation approaches and Lean principles that drive continuous quality in development teams.
Test, Validate & Virtualize for Agile SOA

Zach Nies
John Michelsen
By: Zach Nies & John Michelsen

SOA is a method for aligning technology around the needs of the business that is Agile by nature. However, this decentralized, service-based model will change how we design, develop and deploy enterprise software. What does Agile mean in today’s Service-Oriented world? This webinar is a unique educational session on SOA testing, validation and virtualization for the Agile practitioner.

Agile Imperative for SaaS Operations

Ryan Martens
By: Ryan Martens

The Agile Imperative for SaaS focuses on the changes required of engineering organizations to support the cultural shift associated with the SaaS model.

Kill Your Inventory Manager

Ryan Martens
By: Ryan Martens

We've all seen the "Kill Your Television" bumper stickers that encourage us to fix all of our family dysfunction by moving away from that giant time-suck called prime time. If Ryan could create a similar bumper sticker to address the professional lives of software teams, it would be: "Kill Your Inventory Manager."

Principles of Agile Architecture

Ryan Martens
Dean Leffingwell
By: Ryan Martens & Dean Leffingwell

While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly. This white paper discusses the role of “Intentional Architecture” in the development of enterprise-class systems built using Agile methods and techniques.

Test, Validate & Virtualize for Agile SOA

Zach Nies
John Michelsen
By: Zach Nies & John Michelsen

SOA is a method for aligning technology around the needs of the business that is Agile by nature. However, this decentralized, service-based model will change how we design, develop and deploy enterprise software. What does Agile mean in today’s Service-Oriented world? This webinar is a unique educational session on SOA testing, validation and virtualization for the Agile practitioner.
Agile Imperative for SaaS Operations

Ryan Martens
By: Ryan Martens

The Agile Imperative for SaaS focuses on the changes required of engineering organizations to support the cultural shift associated with the SaaS model.