Rally Office Hours:
April 16, 2026

Summary

Product announcements

• AI Control Migration: Sub-administrators now have direct control over AI capabilities for their organizations, moving away from centralized control (06:25).
• AI Capability Settings: Sub-admins must verify their settings on the AI capabilities page, choosing between no AI, documentation-only based AI, or full database capabilities (06:35).
• AI Attachments: A new feature was released allowing AI to use various file formats attached to artifacts as context, though it must be manually enabled (07:56),
• Monte Carlo Simulation for Milestones: A new functionality is coming soon that uses Monte Carlo simulations to predict the probability of a milestone being completed by its deadline (26:33).

Q&A

• Team Status Board Visibility: For new teams, members typically show up automatically, but an issue was discussed where members only appeared after task hours were loaded; the speaker recommended opening a support ticket (10:24).
• Portfolio Item Burnup Widget: There is currently no direct alternative for the legacy portfolio item burnup app, but it is on the backlog as a candidate for next quarter (13:32).
• Bulk Editing Test Results: Users cannot currently bulk edit test results (last verdicts) from a list; however, if a result set is opened, individual results can be updated more rapidly within that view (14:53).
• KPI Alignment Tracking: Discussion centered on how to align low-level features to high-level KPIs without using OKRs; suggestions included using tags, milestones, or custom fields to provide defensible context during prioritization (16:40).
• Custom Widget Settings: A known issue where custom widgets lose settings when configurations are changed is currently being addressed by the development team (28:21).
• Defect Association: To track a single defect affecting multiple test cases, a recommended workaround is to create a test set for those cases and associate the defect with one case within that set for regression testing (32:14).

Event news

• SPM Virtual Summit: A virtual Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) summit co-sponsored by Google Cloud is scheduled for the end of April (38:31).
• BrightTALK Roadmap Webinar: Following internal planning in May, a webinar will be held to review the updated product roadmap (40:02).
• On-Demand Content: Several recent sessions are available for replay, including Lance and Matt's talk on the AI developer paradox and Chris Sloan's session on SPM blind spots (41:01).
• Rally Community: Users are encouraged to join the Rally community forum to access the newsletter, calendar invites for office hours, and peer exchanges (44:04).

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