Micro Focus Rhythm Software development organizations embrace Agile processes to improve software delivery through greater levels of collaboration and flexibility. Integrating Agile practices and teams with existing, traditional processes can be challenging for both developers and managers. Visibility is often fragmented throughout the project lifecycle and across the enterprise. Distributed development increases the challenge, reducing confidence in release readiness. Rhythm provides delivery teams a complete solution to plan and track Agile projects, seamlessly integrating with other issue tracking, version control and requirements management tools. Product Overview The Micro Focus ® Rhythm Agile planning and tracking solution brings enterprise-class agil- ity to development teams, offering easy-to-use tooling for all Agile team members: Developers effortlessly gather, prioritize and manage the stories in the backlog Product Owners and Product Managers quickly plan and run their sprints Stakeholders easily track their release changes and progress over time Agile teams can manage delivery work in an efficient and intuitive environment. From the straight forward user experience to the seam- less integration with your existing development environment, Rhythm is loaded with features to improve the way you deliver great software. An easy to use team dashboard provides a straightforward interface to quickly access cur- rent sprint activity. Bridge the Communication and Visibility Gap Rhythm provides tight integration with the tools that feed an Agile backlog, such as source code management, defect management, test management, and requirements management. Stakeholders can easily stream information into the backlog, while maintaining visibility and ownership of original assets. Need to create a story for a change request? Push it into Rhythm and easily track the status. Multiple touchpoints provide Agile teams a holistic context in which to define, status and track their work. Two-way communication and visibility among business and delivery teams improves product quality and increases process efficiency to reduce schedule risk. Stay in Control with Unmatched Visibility The Rhythm reporting engine makes a wide range of data available for insight into the Agile development process. Visibility of indi- vidual, team, sprint and release level progress provides complete understanding of work in process and issues identified. Analyze previous activities across multiple sprints and stories to provision future workloads. Track and report on all assets such as user stories and tasks that are fully version controlled and traceable. Data Sheet Micro Focus Rhythm Key Benefits • Organize, prioritize and manage agile backlogs with ease • Capture defects and requirements into the backlog from within the ALM landscape • Plan sprints and task out work for automatic delivery through the developer’s IDE • See agile assets alongside traditional delivery artifacts for a complete view of the release • Intuitive team board with team and individual burn-down and sprint discussion panel for daily stand-up and distributed agile support • Track high-level release progress, with drill-down capability for immediate insight • Unified and seamless visibility across all existing delivery assets • Use defined capacities to fill the team and individual workloads each sprint