BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally (NYSE: RALY) is named a Leader in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Application Development Life Cycle Management"¹ (read the report at https://www.rallydev.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-2014-application-development-lifecycle-management). The November 2013 report evaluates 16 solution providers against 15 key criteria that focus on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

"Our leadership position in Gartner's ADLM MQ closes out a banner year for Rally. For over 10 years, we've honed our Lean development approach to introducing new functionality and evolving our products to achieve true business agility for Rally and our customers," said Rally's CEO Tim Miller. "Rally enables businesses around the world to reduce time-to-market, continually innovate, and stay competitive in today's complex marketplace."

Rally Pioneered Agile
Rally was founded with a vision to provide a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription that uses Agile practices to eliminate waste from the process of developing software. Today, companies around the globe rely on Rally's Agile ALM SaaS platform, Agile Portfolio Management solutions, and transformation consulting services to align everyone across organizations with short, efficient delivery cycles that drive innovation and customer satisfaction. Rally's SaaS infrastructure provides secure access to data spanning the complete lifecycle - from development to portfolio management - from anywhere in the world.

Rally Is A Leader in Both Ability to Execute & Completeness of Vision
 Gartner Magic Quadrants provide a wide-angle view of the relative position of the market's competitors by rigorously analyzing vendors in two categories: Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

Gartner explains its criteria for Ability to Execute:


    --  "Product execution is critical in this market, and Leaders are able to
        deliver new functionality at a consistent pace with consistent user
        interfaces."
    --  "Therefore, leading execution means delivering intuitive tools with a
        consistent delivery cadence with strong integration capabilities, and
        using innovative pricing models."
    --  "Responsive companies are able to pivot effectively as the market
        shifts."
    --  "Operations are key because they tie in to responsive companies and the
        ability to actually deliver software. For SaaS companies, it is the
        ability to scale, to be stable and to deliver cost/price advantages."

Gartner explains its criteria for Completeness of Vision:


    --  "Because of the strong relevance of agile, we placed the most emphasis
        on how vendors are driving agile vision in the areas of collaboration,
        scale (both in size and roles supported), and connection to portfolio
        management and application release. These elements feed the scoring for
        a vendor's innovation abilities."
    --  "Vendors without an understanding of market trends in practices and the
        evolution of delivery platforms will slowly find themselves pushed into
        a corner. Once a vendor has a solid understanding, the ability to
        innovate (which creates differentiation) in technology, as well as the
        offer strategy, are critical."

Read the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Development Life Cycle Management on Rally's website.

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About Rally
 Rally Software is a leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for managing Agile software development. The Rally® Agile application lifecycle management (ALM) platform transforms the way organizations manage the software development lifecycle by closely aligning software development and strategic business objectives, facilitating collaboration, increasing transparency and automating manual processes. Companies use Rally to accelerate the pace of innovation, improve productivity and more effectively adapt to rapidly changing customer needs and competitive dynamics.

About the Magic Quadrant
 Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

¹Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Development Life Cycle Management, 19 November 2013

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