Silver Catalyst
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Silver Stripe Software Pvt Ltd | |
| January 13, 2009 | ||
| Commercial, Free | ||
| Hosted/Installable | ||
| Linux, Mac, Other, Windows | ||
| Browser |
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Net Promoter Score (NPS) is an attempt to distill into a single value, what users of a company’s products think of it. Users are asked a single question along the lines of “How likely are you to recommend this product to a friend or coworker?”, which is the question used by the UserStories.com website. A product’s NPS is determined by subtracting the percentage of people unlikely to recommend the product (0-6) from those likely to do so (9-10). A more detailed description including examples is also available.
Silver Catalyst
Supports All Agile Processes
Silver Catalyst is the only tool that has strong support for both classic iterative agile like XP, Scrum, FDD and newer variants like Lean/Kanban.
For classic Agile: Create and prioritize your backlog, create sprint plans, virtual taskboards, burndown and velocity metrics. Support for capacity scheduling, iceberg lists and more.
For Lean/Kanban: Customize the value stream, set work in progress limits, enable pull workflows, per-user WIP limits, advanced Kanban board and more.
See the complete "Agile and Lean/Kanban" feature list
Transform Data Into Decisions
Most tools simply allow you to put data into the system and then fetch it back later. They give you a sea of data and leave it to you to connect the dots. Silver Catalyst presents data in a way that enables smart decision making.
An example is the iceberg list. The iceberg list shows you the backlog cutoff for the next iteration. If you move another feature above the cutoff priority, the cutoff is dynamically recalculated to show which features have moved below the cutoff. The product owner can now make smart priority decisions.
Another example: Items in the backlog are color coded by priority and work item type (Bug, Feature, Enhancement, Support, Spike, Chore) Stakeholders can take multiple dimensions into account when making prioritization decisions. Other tools give you a list of features and leave you on your own to figure things out. Silver Catalyst makes it easy to make smart decisions.
See the complete "Smart Decisions" feature list
Make Your Process Visible
Silver Catalyst implements a visual management paradigm that makes the flow through the process visible.
Visual Kanban Board: The kanban board allows you to visualize items flowing through the workflow and identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the process. Blockers are highlighted prominently so that they can be quickly identified and resolved.
Smart Reports: There are tools that allow you to slice, dice, tabulate and chart every bit of data in the system, but how many of them tell you anything useful? Smart reports in Silver Catalyst give you critical information about your project and process. Like the cumulative flow chart that shows you scope creep, work in progress, burn-up, cycle time, lead time, flow and bottlenecks all in just one chart.
See the complete "Visible Process" feature list
An Integrated Agile Platform
What good is a project management tool if it only enables you to shuffle a few features and tasks around? A good tool should give you an end-to-end cross-functional and cross-department overview of the entire value stream, from start to end.
Open to integration: Silver Catalyst can be integrated with other tools that you use to provide a comprehensive overview of the entire project. Customer requests from the support tool can be automatically added into the Silver Catalyst backlog. Source code commits can be tagged against a task. Build failures can be integrated into the Silver Catalyst notification framework. The possibilities are endless.
A platform for project management: Imagine a central notification system that keeps you updated on build failures, system errors, customer complaints, task blockers and other critical project events no matter which tool it came from. It's possible with Silver Catalyst. This is true project management.
See the complete "Silver Catalyst Integrations" feature list
A Pricing Model That Makes Sense
Most agile project management tools are priced per-user. This causes teams to think carefully about who exactly they want included in the system because they pay extra for every user added. Should the testers be included? Should the stakeholders? You need to think twice before adding them into the tool. The result is reduced visibility, reduced transparency and reduced collaboration.
Why go to all the trouble of setting up an agile project management system and then only go halfway to solving your problems?
Silver Catalyst is priced per-project. That means you no longer need to think before adding testers, stakeholders and anyone else into the system. Finally, you can get full visibility, transparency and collaboration without any worries.
Get started. View the pricing page and sign up today!
Pricing Info:
Choose a model that suits you
Silver Catalyst is available as an On-site server edition as well as a hosted SaaS edition. You can either choose a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time perpetual license model.
For more pricing information, please visit the pricing page on www.toolsforagile.com
