Manifesto and the role of tools within the world of Agile Software Development? Part 1 of the manifesto: “ Individuals and interactions over processes and tools ” Are the tools we use to support our Agile Software Development ruining the actual agility on day-to-day basis? Are these tools affecting the chemistry of the team? Are the companies that sell these tools feeling the pressure to innovate and to keep owners and stockholders happy? Then the innovation turns out to be tipping the manifesto statements to the right side (contradicting the manifesto) because the decision makers in companies who buy these tools may want the tools that are all about tracking, measurements, and reporting without thinking how useable these tools are for teams on daily basis. I am putting a lot of questions in this post and I am not going to necessarily give you answers to these questions. This post is more about having you think about these things and realizing whether ...