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:

What iterations are causing the most defects?
How many stories are we completing?
What tasks are taking the longest to complete?
How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?

Metrics included in the app:

All Stories
Blocked vs. Completed Tasks
Completed Stories
Iteration Status
Iterations
Open Defect Priority
Open Defects
Open Defects Severity
Perfect vs. Defective
Planned Velocity
Remaining vs. Estimated
Story Plan Estimation
Story Status
Story Velocity Points
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:

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
Click on the API KEYS tab at the top of the page.
Click the Create New API Key link.
Enter a name or description for the key in the Description field (e.g. "Domo API Connection").
Select the Full Access option from the Grants section.
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	Parameter(s)	Selection
Blocker	None
Build	None
Custom Object	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.
Defect	None
Hierarchical Requirement	None
Iteration	None
Iteration Cumulative Flow Data	None
Preference	None
Project	None
Release Cumulative Flow Data	None
SCM Repository	None
Subscription	None
Task	None
User	None
User Iteration Capacity	None
Workspace Configuration	None

QuickStart Data

The CA Agile CenterSoftware QuickStart will provide the following data collections and cards:

Collection	Card	Card Description	Data Name
Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily.	Completed Stories	COMPLETED STORIES Tracks how many stories each team member has completed in the period. Identify completed stories that are pending acceptance.	Hierarchical Requirement
Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily.	Planned Velocity	PLANNED VELOCITY Tracks the amount of velocity points that have been allocated to different project iterations. Monitor velocity points in order to distribute resources effectively.	Iteration
Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily.	Story Status	STORY STATUS Breaks down your projects' stories by their current status. Review statuses to determine where work hours should be focused.	Hierarchical Requirement
Executive Pulse: 4 metrics you should track daily.	Task Status	TASK STATUS Tracks the status of perfect and defective tasks during the period. Convert defective tasks to perfect tasks to increase your story acceptance rate.	Task

Collection	Card	Card Description	Data Name
Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects?	Open Defect Priority	OPEN DEFECT PRIORITY Tracks the total number of "Open" defects along with their respective priority. Focus on the top priority open defects.	Defect
Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects?	Open Defects	OPEN DEFECTS Shows all open defects during a given period. Use this table as a quick reference to take action on open defects.	Defect
Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects?	Open Defects Severity	OPEN DEFECTS SEVERITY Tracks the number of "Open" defects along with their respective severity during the period. Analyze the number of open defects in each area to determine where to best prioritize resources.	Defect

Collection

Card

Card Description

Data Name

Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects?

Open Defect Priority

OPEN DEFECT PRIORITY
Tracks the total number of "Open" defects along with their respective priority. Focus on the top priority open defects.

Defect

Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects?

Open Defects

OPEN DEFECTS
Shows all open defects during a given period. Use this table as a quick reference to take action on open defects.

Defect

Defects: What iterations are causing the most defects?

Open Defects Severity

OPEN DEFECTS SEVERITY
Tracks the number of "Open" defects along with their respective severity during the period. Analyze the number of open defects in each area to determine where to best prioritize resources.

Defect

Collection	Card	Card Description	Data Name
Stories: How many stories are we completing?	All Stories	ALL STORIES Shows the status of all stories during the selected time period (by creation date). Use this table as a quick reference to check the stories you are focused on.	Hierarchical Requirement
Stories: How many stories are we completing?	Perfect vs. Defective	PERFECT VS. DEFECTIVE Tracks how many of the projects' stories are completed perfectly verses those with defects during the period. Convert defective stories to perfect stories to increase the acceptance rate.	Hierarchical Requirement
Stories: How many stories are we completing?	Story Plan Estimation	STORY PLAN ESTIMATION Shows the estimated amount of time needed to complete a given story within the backlog (Top 25 shown). Identify top stories and plan resource allocation accordingly.	Hierarchical Requirement

Collection

Card

Card Description

Data Name

Stories: How many stories are we completing?

All Stories

ALL STORIES
Shows the status of all stories during the selected time period (by creation date). Use this table as a quick reference to check the stories you are focused on.

Hierarchical Requirement

Stories: How many stories are we completing?

Perfect vs. Defective

PERFECT VS. DEFECTIVE
Tracks how many of the projects' stories are completed perfectly verses those with defects during the period. Convert defective stories to perfect stories to increase the acceptance rate.

Hierarchical Requirement

Stories: How many stories are we completing?

Story Plan Estimation

STORY PLAN ESTIMATION
Shows the estimated amount of time needed to complete a given story within the backlog (Top 25 shown). Identify top stories and plan resource allocation accordingly.

Hierarchical Requirement

Collection	Card	Card Description	Data Name
Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete?	Blocked vs. Completed Tasks	BLOCKED VS. COMPLETED TASKS Measures how many tasks have been blocked versus those that have been completed. Blocked tasks are those that cannot be completed during the given iteration due to unforeseen complications.	Task
Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete?	Remaining vs. Estimated	REMAINING VS. ESTIMATED Shows the remaining time needed to complete a task versus how much time was estimated to complete the task. View estimates to determine how accurate projections are and try to improve future estimates.	Task
Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete?	Task Status	TASK STATUS Tracks the status of all tasks for a given iteration, providing insight into how complete the overall iteration is. Pay close attention to those tasks that are in progress to track to completion.	Task

Collection

Card

Card Description

Data Name

Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete?

Blocked vs. Completed Tasks

BLOCKED VS. COMPLETED TASKS
Measures how many tasks have been blocked versus those that have been completed. Blocked tasks are those that cannot be completed during the given iteration due to unforeseen complications.

Task

Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete?

Remaining vs. Estimated

REMAINING VS. ESTIMATED
Shows the remaining time needed to complete a task versus how much time was estimated to complete the task. View estimates to determine how accurate projections are and try to improve future estimates.

Task

Tasks: What tasks are taking the longest to complete?

Task Status

TASK STATUS
Tracks the status of all tasks for a given iteration, providing insight into how complete the overall iteration is. Pay close attention to those tasks that are in progress to track to completion.

Task

Collection	Card	Card Description	Data Name
Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?	Iteration Status	ITERATION STATUS Tracks the status of each project's iterations during the period. Identify the stages of each iteration to allocate resources accordingly.	Iteration
Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?	Iterations	ITERATIONS Shows the duration of the planned iterations. Know the deadlines for each iteration in order to formulate a project plan.	Iteration
Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?	Story Velocity Points	STORY VELOCITY POINTS Shows the Top 15 stories in the backlog that will require the most resources to complete, based on estimated hours. Allocate appropriate resources to complete the top stories on time.	Hierarchical Requirement

Collection

Card

Card Description

Data Name

Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?

Iteration Status

ITERATION STATUS
Tracks the status of each project's iterations during the period. Identify the stages of each iteration to allocate resources accordingly.

Iteration

Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?

Iterations

ITERATIONS
Shows the duration of the planned iterations. Know the deadlines for each iteration in order to formulate a project plan.

Iteration

Velocity: How quickly is your team delivering on assignments?

Story Velocity Points

STORY VELOCITY POINTS
Shows the Top 15 stories in the backlog that will require the most resources to complete, based on estimated hours. Allocate appropriate resources to complete the top stories on time.

Hierarchical Requirement