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    Acorn Systems
    Customer Snapshot posted 5/30/08 by Michelle Burrows, last edited 6/12/08 by Mike Alber
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    Customer Name:

    Acorn Systems

    Customer:
    Development Environment:

    • Distributed development team in Houston, Austin and the Ukraine

    • Fast-growing customer-base and highly competitive market

    • Cross-platform development J2EE and .NET

    Challenges:

    • Testing taking 2-3 months per release

    • Conflicting product priorities and requirements

    • Complex and lengthy stabilization process

    • Disparate requirements, test case, defect tracking and program management tools

    Solution:

    • Adopted Rally’s on-demand software lifecycle management platform

    • Trained and equipped 25 developers across 3 locations in 2 months

    • Eliminated the need for 4 out of 5 existing software lifecycle management tools

    Results:

    • Testing & packaging time reduced from 50% to 20% of program duration

    • Increased development capacity by 30% or $35,000 per month

    • Effectively increased capacity by 3 full-time developers

    • Reduced release planning effort from days to hours

    Learn more:
    Read the Acorn Systems case study