CA Agile Central QuickStart App
Intro
CA Agile Center (formerly Rally Software) is designed to increase business agility so your company can produce quality products more quickly and efficiently. The CA Agile Center QuickStart provides summary views on your teams' iterations, velocities and their corresponding status. Also, this QuickStart will track your teams' assignments and tasks so you can stay on top of your development efforts.
Usage
Business questions that can be answered:
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What iterations are causing the most defects?
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How many stories are we completing?
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What tasks are taking the longest to complete?
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How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?
Metrics included in the app:
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All Stories
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Blocked vs. Completed Tasks
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Completed Stories
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Iteration Status
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Iterations
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Open Defect Priority
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Open Defects
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Open Defects Severity
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Perfect vs. Defective
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Planned Velocity
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Remaining vs. Estimated
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Story Plan Estimation
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Story Status
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Story Velocity Points
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Task Status
Authentication
CA Agile Center API Key and CA Agile Center URL are required.
To obtain a CA Agile Center API Key, do the following:
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Log into CA Agile Center Application Manager with your CA Agile Center username and password at the following URL: https://CA Agile Center1.CA Agile Centerdev.com/login
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Click on the API KEYS tab at the top of the page.
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Click the Create New API Key link.
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Enter a name or description for the key in the Description field (e.g. "Domo API Connection").
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Select the Full Access option from the Grants section.
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Click the Create button.
To obtain a CA Agile Center URL, enter the URL for your CA Agile Center account (e.g. https://CA Agile Center1.CA Agile Centerdev.com).
QuickStart Reports
For report descriptions, see CA Agile Center Connector.
Report Configuration / Report Details
The selectable reports will need to be configured as follows:
Report |
Scheduling (Change update settings) |
Parameter(s) |
Selection |
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Blocker |
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None |
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Build |
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None |
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Custom Object |
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Custom Object Name |
Enter the name of the object you want to retrieve as it appears in the API documentation. For example, the Hierarchical Requirement object shows the URL as /webservice/v2.0/hierarchicalrequirement/. You would enter 'hierarchicalrequirement' into the text input box.
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Defect |
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None |
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Hierarchical Requirement |
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None |
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Iteration |
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None |
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Iteration Cumulative Flow Data |
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None |
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Preference |
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None |
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Project |
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None |
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Release Cumulative Flow Data |
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None |
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SCM Repository |
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None |
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Subscription |
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None |
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Task |
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None |
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User |
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None |
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User Iteration Capacity |
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None |
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Workspace Configuration |
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None |
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QuickStart Data
The CA Agile CenterSoftware QuickStart will provide the following data collections and cards:
Collection
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Card |
Card Description |
Data Name |
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Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily. |
Completed Stories |
COMPLETED STORIES |
Hierarchical Requirement |
Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily. |
Planned Velocity |
PLANNED VELOCITY |
Iteration |
Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily. |
Story Status |
STORY STATUS |
Hierarchical Requirement |
Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily. |
Task Status |
TASK STATUS |
Task |
Collection
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Card |
Card Description |
Data Name |
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Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects? |
Open Defect Priority |
OPEN DEFECT PRIORITY |
Defect |
Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects? |
Open Defects |
OPEN DEFECTS |
Defect |
Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects? |
Open Defects Severity |
OPEN DEFECTS SEVERITY |
Defect |
Collection
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Card |
Card Description |
Data Name |
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Stories: How many stories are we completing? |
All Stories |
ALL STORIES |
Hierarchical Requirement |
Stories: How many stories are we completing? |
Perfect vs. Defective |
PERFECT VS. DEFECTIVE |
Hierarchical Requirement |
Stories: How many stories are we completing? |
Story Plan Estimation |
STORY PLAN ESTIMATION |
Hierarchical Requirement |
Collection
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Card |
Card Description |
Data Name |
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Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete? |
Blocked vs. Completed Tasks |
BLOCKED VS. COMPLETED TASKS |
Task |
Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete? |
Remaining vs. Estimated |
REMAINING VS. ESTIMATED |
Task |
Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete? |
Task Status |
TASK STATUS |
Task |
Collection
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Card |
Card Description |
Data Name |
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Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments? |
Iteration Status |
ITERATION STATUS |
Iteration |
Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments? |
Iterations |
ITERATIONS |
Iteration |
Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments? |
Story Velocity Points |
STORY VELOCITY POINTS |
Hierarchical Requirement |