As a follow-up to our October Rally Office Hours session, we'd like to share some highlights in addition to the questions that were asked, along with their respective answers.
Thank you to all who joined us live. We appreciate your feedback and participation in the last session and are looking forward to our next one. If you were not able to attend, there is always an opportunity to ask questions here on the Rally Community discussion board, and we'll do our best to answer.
Join us on Thursday, November 19, at 12PM ET for our October Session (add to calendar or view upcoming sessions). We look forward to connecting with you!
October Session Recap
Discussion topic: Rally Product Management Announcements and Updates
Discussion lead by Michele Kubicek, Rally Product Manager
We wanted to share some updates about what the Rally team has been working on and what you can expect to see in the product soon. Note that not all of these items have a specific timeline so we cannot commit to release dates at this time.
Questions and Answers:
Responses from Chris Pola, Noel Rodriguez, Michele Kubicek, Nancy Failla and Pam Wilder
- When is the new UI Available?
- The UI enhancements related to data density and recent and pinned items discussed during the product update are available now.
- Is there a best practice to show a roadmap in Rally?
- We recommend using the Portfolio Timeline functionality in Rally to create and show roadmaps.
- When will the next version of Rally OnPrem be released?
- We are currently targeting a mid to late November release of Rally OnPrem version 2.1.
- Can I create a work view that can be used with a custom app to create a dashboard widget?
- There is currently not work planned to support this, but we will keep it as a consideration as we continue to evolve the work views functionality and incorporate it into other areas of the application.
- Does Rally support Kanban?
- Does Rally integrate with Clarity?
- Yes, Rally integrates with Clarity. Please see this article for additional information.
- Reports were broken into a custom reports page. Will the custom reports have PI eventually, and will existing reports have an option for custom fields in the future?
- This is not something under consideration at the moment, but is something we can take into consideration for future enhancements.
- Does Rally integrate with Excel?
- Yes there is a Microsoft Excel add-in for Rally. Find out more here.
- The Release Tracking view shows great information. Is there a way to export this information to excel?
- At this time that functionality is not supported.
Suggest a Topic!
We want to hear from you! Are there any topics you would like to discuss during our opening discussion? If so, comment on this post, and we will take it into consideration for our future sessions.
On Feedback and Feature Requests
We know that there is always a desire to submit Feedback and Feature Requests during these sessions. The best way for our product team to receive feedback and feature requests is through the Feedback button in Rally (via the upper right hand corner of any Rally page).
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