Pivotal Labs
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| Division of Pivotal Software | |
| Industry | Software development |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people | Drew McManus, CEO |
| Products | Pivotal Tracker |
| Website |
www |
Pivotal Labs is an agile software development consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is a division of Pivotal Software, and has offices around the world including Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Denver, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington, DC.[1]
Pivotal Labs promotes Lean and XP software develpment, which includes pair programming, test-driven development and behavior driven development. Traditionally Ruby on Rails focused, Pivotal Labs now covers a wide range of technologies, languages and frameworks. Clients include Groupon, Best Buy,[2]Mavenlink, Netflix, Southwest Airlines, Twitter, and Zendesk. [3]
The company was founded in 1989 by Rob Mee and Sherry Erskine.[4] In 2008 Pivotal Labs released Pivotal Tracker, which is used as their internal project management and collaboration software. That year, Pivotal Tracker won the Jolt Product Excellence Award in the Project Management category.[5] In March 2012, Pivotal Labs was acquired by EMC.[6]
Pivotal Labs also has a strong focus on enablement. During an engagement the client will work from the Pivotal Labs' offices and alongside Pivotal employees, called Pivots, in an effort to pass along processes, culture and learnings sot hat clients can continue innovating after the engagement is finished.[7]
In October 2013, Pivotal Labs acquired Toronto-based Xtreme Labs, a mobile app development company.[8]
Pivotal Tracker
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Pivotal Tracker Project Screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | Pivotal Labs |
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| Operating system | Web-based |
| Type | Project management |
| Website |
www |
Pivotal Tracker is Pivotal Labs' software as a service product for agile project management and collaboration. In July 2011, Pivotal Tracker had over 250,000 registered users.[9]
The tool includes file sharing and task management, velocity tracking and iteration planning; release markers; and progress charts. There is an API[10] for extensions and third party tools.[11]
References
- ↑ "Office Locations - Pivotal Labs". Pivotal Labs. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ "Inside Pivotal Labs, the Agile Force Behind Twitter and Groupon". GigaOM. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ↑ "Pivotal Labs Customers".
- ↑ "Pivotal Labs Team". Pivotal Labs.
- ↑ "Pivotal Labs Wins Prestigious 2008 Jolt Award". newsblaze.com. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ↑ "EMC Acquires Pivotal Labs". EMC. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ↑ "Pivotal Labs Process". Pivotal Labs.
- ↑ Swisher, Kara. "In a Big Mobile Move, Pivotal Buys Xtreme Labs for $65 Million in Cash". AllThingsD.com. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
- ↑ "Pivotal Tracker: The iPod of project management software". venturehacks.com. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ "Pivotal Tracker API". Pivotal Labs.
- ↑ "Pivotal Tracker Third Party Tools". Pivotal Labs.
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