Rally Office Hours:
February 19, 2026

Summary

Product Announcements

• The MCP (Management and Control Plane) server for Rally is expected to be generally available (GA) next week for US customers, with a slight delay for AMIA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).

• MCP server allows AI coding agents to communicate with Rally via an API layer, enabling natural language translation of queries instead of requiring direct API interaction.

• A speaker demonstrated how an AI agent using the MCP server, within a development environment like Cursor, can refine a feature by identifying missing requirements, suggesting new user stories, and creating a refinement plan.

• Rally's built-in AI capabilities, such as work breakdown and summarization, are included with the Rally subscription at no extra cost, but a subscription administrator must opt-in and acknowledge the AI disclaimer by submitting a support case.

• MCP server requires the customer to provide their own Large Language Model (LLM) and does not use Rally's LLM, so customers do not need to submit a support ticket for the AI disclaimer to use MCP.

• Future plans include making the process for subscription administrators to opt in to AI functionality self-service.

Q&A

• Rally's Built-in AI Functionality vs. Connect All/MCP Server Costs: Rally's built-in AI functionality is included at no extra cost, but a subscription admin must opt-in and sign off on terms and conditions. The MCP server does not have an additional cost but requires customers to provide their own LLM and API key, which is why Connect All requires an API key for its use cases (e.g., passing data through a language model for analysis before importing).

• Need for Cumulative Scope Changes in Custom Views Widget: A user asked for a comprehensive list or export of all scope changes to date from the scope change widget in a custom view, noting that the current drill-down only shows changes for a specific date. A speaker said they would create a Request for Feature (RF) for this.

• Capacity Plans Indication of Added/Removed Items: A speaker mentioned that the feature list in capacity plans indicates items that have been added or removed after the start date with a plus or minus sign.

• Query Counter Widget Show-and-Tell: A speaker presented a custom-built widget to replicate the old query counter app, noting it does not yet support the math functionality of the old app but can import settings from old query counter apps. The widget's code is available on GitHub, and a speaker noted that Rally currently has no official plans to publish a similar widget.

Event News

• "Will AI replace the PMO?" is an on-demand BrightTalk session.

• "From Chaos to Control" is another on-demand session focusing on value stream governance, which is likely related to Connect All.

• The Rally Road Map session from February 18th is available.

• There is a webinar on "Agile Planning for Modern Work" scheduled for next Thursday, February 25th, for which registration is available via a link and a QR code.

• The next Big Room Planning and Workshop live event is scheduled for the week of May 5th through May 7th. This event offers a valuable experience for customers to observe the Rally team's planning process, including team breakout sessions and the opportunity to chat with the product team.

• QR codes are provided for Rally Office Hours, the monthly newsletter, and joining the community.

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