5 Tools Primed For Agile Software Development Success

By Author: Rochelle Andrew
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Agile methodologies are widely discussed among software development teams. However, many of its practices and principles can be connected to different parts of a business.

Powering Agile in software development is a rich array of tools for supporting Agile procedures, from behind-the-firewall establishments to SaaS-based offerings.

Other than those from well-known organisations like Rally, Atlassian and Microsoft tools, organizations like Active Collab, Agilo Software, LiquidPlanner, and others round out an increasingly wider choice of Agile based alternatives. The tools mentioned below are currently being used by organizations wanting to adopt a dexterous approach when executing software development methodologies;

• Tool 1- Active Collab
The flagship product of Active Collab provides time-tracking, and project management along with features aimed at team collaboration and task management. This tool enables organisations to check the status, track project progress and adhere to a deadline for the project.

• Tool 2- Agilo for Scrum
This tool helps in managing the workflow ...
... of Agile projects as it provides a way to visualize processes in real time, throughout the project life cycle. This SaaS tool is available online and, as such, can be used from anywhere, allowing it to support teams spread throughout different offices. The workflow of this tool can be divided into various roles, such as scrum master, stakeholder, team member, and product owner.

• Tool 3- Dapulse
This project management tool enables teams to check the progress of their goals, granting them granular management abilities, thereby making project collaboration even quicker.

• Tool 4- Liquid planner
This SaaS-based management tool can create schedules which focus around the priorities of the project, forecasting the most probable project deadline dates, while ensuring that workloads are spread evenly amongst the team to ensure individual team members are not allocated more tasks than others.

• Tool 5- Pivotal Tracker
The Pivotal Tracker Software enables greater team collaboration by helping to focus on priorities. Projects are broken down into a project page, (which includes stories, charts and notifications) which in turn are arranged into Epics, which build a bigger road map.

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Author Bio :- Rochelle Andrew, a software developer has written many articles and blogs on software app development. She has developed software foe many organizations successfully.