Rally Office Hours:
March 26, 2026

Summary

Product Announcements

• Shared Custom View Pinning: Users can now opt to pin shared custom views directly to the navigation menu for all users, with distinct icons to differentiate between globally shared and personal pages. (03:51)

• Legacy Custom Page Management: Access to the legacy custom page management interface has been opened to all users, allowing project admins and individuals to manage or clean up their own pages. (04:59)

• New Scope Navigation: A new icon in the shared pages list allows users to open a page directly in its original project scope, automatically updating the user's current project scope. (05:41)

• Bulk Unsharing: To manage transitions, administrators can now bulk unshare legacy pages that have had zero traffic in the last 90 days, removing them from menus without deleting the underlying data. (07:47)

• Conversion and Transition Tools: Upcoming tools will offer in-place conversion for many standard apps and widgets, providing a banner for deprecated pages and the ability to automatically replace legacy menu items with new custom views. (09:23)

• Subscription-Level Toggle: A new toggle is available at the subscription level to prevent the creation of new legacy custom pages while still allowing existing ones to be edited and viewed. (12:06)

• Customizable Portfolio Flow States: Currently in early access, this feature allows for hierarchical inheritance of flow states, enabling users to scope up and down to see bottlenecks across different levels of the organization. (13:17)

Q&A

• Team Tagging: There is currently no native way to "@" mention an entire team in a story to trigger notifications; users must tag individuals or use an email alias that occupies a Rally license. (17:56)

• Release Planning Rollups: The "child project release roll-up" on the planning board aggregates the planned velocity of all projects within the current hierarchy, provided the release names and dates match exactly. (19:56)

• App Retirement and Replacements: While many apps like the Kanban board don't have direct 1:1 replacements scheduled, the functionality is being integrated into core features like team boards and customizable flow states. (29:05)

• Flow State Availability: Customizable flow states for portfolio items are targeted for a beta release in May, with GA timing dependent on early access feedback. (35:27)

• Chart Label Ordering: A known issue where custom field labels on chart widgets appear in a random or non-sequential order is being addressed, with some fixes for flow state ordering already released. (41:15)

• Support Site AI Chat: A new AI-powered chatbot on the Broadcom support portal can provide detailed summaries, best practices, and direct links to documentation or specific KB articles based on user queries. (49:38)

Event News

• Age of AI Webcast: An upcoming webcast scheduled for April 29th will explore the impact and integration of AI in the industry. (53:25)

• Q1 Roadmap On-Demand: The Rally Q1 roadmap session, which covers upcoming features and the logic driving product development, is now available for on-demand viewing. (53:45)

• Strategic Portfolio Management: A session discussing gaps in strategic portfolio management and how to address them is available on-demand. (54:04)

• PI Planning Workshop: Rally is hosting a combined PI planning experience and workshop in May, with another session scheduled for August; users can nominate themselves via QR code. (54:25)

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