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CA Technologies Delivers New Agile Management Solutions to Redefine How Work is Planned, Executed and Serviced in the Application EconomyCA (News - Alert) Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today announced new capabilities in its Agile Management portfolio that allow organizations to deliver value faster, from upfront planning to execution to customer support. "In today's application economy, the most successful companies differentiate themselves by sensing market opportunities and responding more quickly and confidently than the competition. Organizational agility of this order requires architecting the whole business system for speed, steering and opportunity - a 21st century operating system for getting things done," said Angela Tucci, general manager, Agile (News - Alert) Management at CA Technologies. "We're seeing a strong shift in the cultural and organizational behaviors of companies as they strive to become more nimble and responsive to competitive market demands," said Melinda Ballou, program director, Application Life-Cycle Management and Executive Strategies, IDC (News - Alert). "Adaptive, agile solutions - from business portfolio planning to application creation, deployment and service management - can deliver dynamic technology differentiators and the opportunity for customers to speed and optimize delivery for development and business operations." Expanded capabilities include integrations between CA Project & Portfolio Management (CA PPM (News - Alert)) and CA Agile Central (formerly Rally), new persona-based approaches to PPM and IT Service Management (ITSM) with CA PPM and CA Service Management, and new features in CA Agile Central. The benefits of this expanded Agile Management portfolio include: Unique Combination of Agile Development and Enterprise Portfolio Management Capabilities Drives Business Agility The integrated solution of CA PPM and CA Agile Central helps companies to effectively balance agility and governance by connecting the work of agile teams to the enterprise portfolio. New integrations between CA Agile Central and CA PPM allow the work development teams are undertaking in CA Agile Central to be visible to project managers in CA PPM, so resource allocations, funding, and progress of business deliverables are more transparent. Supporting an evolutionary approach to adopting agile, the integrated solution allows companies to continue using traditional methods, while growing agile adoption to deliver on portfolio investments faster-with higher quality and predictable business results. CA's Persona-based Approach to PPM Delivers Improved Project Performance The new CA PPM solution gives modern project managers a better way to connect with their teams through an intuitive user experience, designed to simplify work and accelerate velocity. Intuitive time entry and real-time support provide insights into how teams are executing against strategy, and enable project managers to keep team members motivated and drive better project performance. A recognized PPM solutions provider, CA PPM was named a leader for the fourth consecutive year in the 2016 Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications, Worldwide. "Keeping pace with business change in a highly dynamic environment while maintaining a level of governance for financial compliance has been a challenge and priority for our PPM team," said Becky Wilson, Senior Manager, Tech Portfolio, Corporate Finance at Expedia, Inc. "We're excited about CA PPM's new capabilities, which will help simplify the way we manage portfolio data and increase user engagement." New CA Agile Central Capabilities Align Development Teams with Business Value Many agile teams face the same challenges -- they have too much work in process, and not enough visibility into which work is the most important work. Allowing teams to better connect strategy to execution, CA Agile Central now offers enhanced capacity planning, team planning and release tracking. Key features include:
CA Service Management empowers service desk analysts to react and respond to high-priority work more quickly by providing them a way to prioritize work, and the context to make decisions -- allowing analysts to substantially increase their first-call resolution rates. Updates to CA Service Management help address productivity demands, giving analysts a contextual understanding of the work that needs to get done and why, including:
*Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications, Worldwide," Daniel B. Stang, Robert A. Handler, Teresa Jones, May 24, 2016. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Resources
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) creates software that fuels transformation for companies and enables them to seize the opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart of every business in every industry. From planning, to development, to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide to change the way we live, transact, and communicate - across mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe environments. Learn more at www.ca.com. Follow CA Technologies
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