Rally Office Hours:
May 21, 2026

Summary

Product announcements

• Rally MCP server authentication: OAuth is now available as an additional method alongside API key authentication (5:00).
• OAuth benefits: This method utilizes a modern, time-limited access flow and better supports organizations using centralized identity provider authentication (5:24).
• AI agent configuration: To use this, users must create an OAuth client for their AI agent under "my settings" in Rally (6:00).
• User access limits: While currently available to all users, Rally plans to implement future limits so sub-admins can control who can create new AI clients (7:18).

Q&A

• Portfolio-level Kanban boards: These are expected to enter open beta in mid-June, though they are currently available in a limited beta for interested subscribers (09:03).
• Bulk user widget: The functionality previously found in this app has been incorporated directly into the core users administration page (11:18).
• Subgroups in work views: Rally does not currently support multi-grouping or subgroups in work views; however, users can achieve similar results using custom lists with specific queries (15:37).
• Reserving capacity for unplanned work: Coaches suggested using "bucket" portfolio items, such as features or epics, to represent maintenance or production support to visualize that capacity during planning (17:16).
• Investment categories: These configurable fields allow users to distinguish types of work, such as tech debt versus maintenance, and evaluate capacity allocation via the alignment tab (23:30).
• Pie chart legends: Rally plans to augment custom view pie charts with an optional configuration to display legends and percentages within approximately one month (33:21).

Event news

• Q2 roadmap: The head of Rally product presented the Q2 roadmap on May 19th, and the recording is available via a shared link (37:56).
• Insights Community Exchange: This virtual session is designed for users to learn from peers about advanced analytics and use cases for Insights (38:42).
• ConnectALL Community Exchange: Scheduled for June 3rd, this virtual event focuses on success stories and streamlining workflows for organizations using or interested in ConnectALL (40:21).
• Broadcom Software Academy courses: New integration courses are available, including "Rally and Jira for Frictionless Cost Accounting," which covers the conceptual value and configuration of these tools (41:28).
• ValueOps blog: A recent blog post features a customer testimonial regarding the benefits of adopting frictionless cost accounting to eliminate manual timesheet work (43:21).

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