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    Comet Solutions
    Customer Snapshot posted 05/30/08 by Michelle Burrows, last edited 06/12/08 by Mike Alber
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    Customer Name:

    Comet Solutions

    Customer:
    Development Environment:

    • Development is primary focus of company and teams include software engineers, project managers, and product managers

    • 9 day iterations; day 10 is spent planning for the next iteration
    • 4 major releases per year, along with 4 point releases

    Challenges:

    • Traditional waterfall methods didn’t enable the organization to easily adapt to customer needs

    • Executive team had little visibility into the development process

    • Bug tracking and open source tools lacked functionality and weren’t designed as Agile tools

    Solution:

    • Implemented Rally’s Agilelifecycle management solutions, enabling the organization to better respond and adapt to customer requirements

    • Through Rally’s Web Services API, adding on Salesforce.com integration module to enable full product tracking throughout the organization from development through to support

    • Rally reinforces Agile practices and offers the functionality Comet Solutions needs

    Results:

    • 25% increase in software quality

    • 10-20% improvement in software development time

    • Complete end-to-end product lifecycle visibility for executive and development teams