Agile has established itself as one of the premier approaches to developing software — justifiably so, for many good reasons. It provides a flexible framework for helping teams maintain a focus on the rapid delivery of software projects.
Through a process of continuous planning and feedback, the agile methodology can ensure that value is maximized throughout the development process. Still, Agile is only as good as the tools built to leverage its depth and flexibility. One of the best tools for years has been VersionOne’s Enterprise offering. But that, too, had its shortcomings, notably its lack of built-in analytics, test management, and ideas management. Recently, VersionOne filled the above holes via VersionOne Ultimate Edition, a new product which the vendor touts as a comprehensive agile lifecycle management platform for scaling agile organizations. VersionOne claims the Ultimate Edition provides the only integrated, out-of-the-box agile platform that allows all stakeholders — customers, managers, product owners, executives, developers, testers and analysts — to work together in a single, centralized environment.The Ultimate Edition provides teams and stakeholders unparalleled visibility into their agile development initiatives across the organization, says Robert Holler, VersionOne president and CEO.“An organization’s success depends on its willingness to align with the team-centered nature of agile development, across functions,” he says. “Understanding that agile impacts multiple departments across a company is crucial to the long-term success of agile organizations.”

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