43. Manual Test Management*See notes section for details 11 Planning & Tracking Story Definition Development Integration Quality Assurance Infrastructure Operations
85. The team feels confident in the decision result that identifies Rally as the strongest candidate. Rally demonstrated strength in all targeted areas of Agile functionality and proved to be the quickest tool to both learn and use.20
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Agile Project ManagementTracking release and sprint statusRelease planningAssigning tasks to resourcesLinking defects, stories, tasks, acc criteriaAgile ReportsAre the reports adaquate to get the information needed?Are the reports easy to read and generate?Can a SRS-style report be generated? If so, is it readable?Hierarchical Stories/Projects/Roll-UpCan multiple levels of stories be created?Can multiple levels of projects be created?Can reporting be done for any level of project in the roll-up?Can the tool display a tree structure that can be easily expanded and contracted?Multi-Team Program ManagementAbility to track multiple teams on the same project.Flexibility for moving folks from one team to another.Story, Task, and Kanban BoardsAbility to see a story board, a task board, and a kanban board.
Story CaptureSearch abilitiesRanking?rich textLink to test plan tied to this storyCustom fieldsTagsAdd a new branch?LongevityArchivingAcceptance Criteriacreate, edit, etc versioning?ownership?linking?pass/fail tracking?tie to automation?Attachmentsattachments internal?attachments linking to external files (hyperlink)?embedded photos/images?search attachments?change history/versioning?Tasks/Sub Taskscreate, edit, etchoursestimatedremainingtotaltie to storyassigned tostate trackingUI SpecAttachment only vs integrated Demand 1 - mock upDemand 2 - wireframe/low fidelity
IDE IntegrationsHow many IDE's does the tool integrate with, and what is the quality of the integration?Open APIDoes the tool provide a method to read and write data to it so that custom integrations can be written if needed?Source ControlWhat are the capabilities for tie/link to source code controlIntegration Across Functional SubsystemsIntegration between major componentsMajor components being:- issues/defects- source control- continuous integration (& automated test)- manual tests (& manual test management)- IDEEase of workflow between the tools
Defect & Defect Suite ManagementHow effectively are defects tracked in the system?Can they be tied to stories?Can they be tied to a Screen?Automated Test ManagementAutomation of testsDevelopment side of QAFunctional testsIntegration with Quality CenterCan the tool integrate with QC if we decide to continue to use it for defects and test plansManual Test ManagementCan test cases be created in the tool?Can they be tied to stories?Can the results of the test be recorded and tracked?
Cost Tool costHosting costLicense structure/countsAvailabilityUptime metrics acceptable?Hosting OptionsInternal and externalUpgradabilityConfigurationsUser access/setupTailor projects/custom fieldsAdmin optionsIntangiblesCoaches vs ToolsOverall look and feelLearning curveHelp