Shopzilla

• Multiple development teams, business owners and locations

• Rapid, frequent delivery of new features and updates to a hosted Linux platform, C/C++/Java/Perl, Sybase/Oracle

• Implicit processes and homegrown spreadsheets and wikis began to tax the system in the face of rapid growth

• New employee ramp-up was taking too long to keep pace with growth

• Management losing visibility into service delivery
• Company need to release faster to meet competitive demands of business

• Implemented a pilot program with Rally Program application

• Rapidly rolled out to additional teams within two months

• Engaged Rally Coaches to educate new teams on Agile practices

• Productivity savings of 20%

• Release cycle time decreased 50%

• Business people able to work on customer issues and roadmap

• Engineers have clear alignment with company goals

• Improved project and program visibility

• New personnel productive by their second day of employment