This industry is obsessed with tools. Planning or tracking, the first impulse for any business is to reach for a software tool to handle their new agile project. While I can understand their reasoning, I think it's wrong to believe that a software tool is going to help achieve any agile goals.
I sometimes get asked to assess the software tools market and make recommendations on an agile tools mix for the best way forward. This implies that software tools are required for successful agile transformation. That is not true.
If your team is using Scrum, Kanban or XP correctly ("by the book"), you don't need to use any software tools. It's rather the opposite: Start out as simple as possible using nothing but pen, paper and some whiteboards.
This may sound a bit odd to some of you, so let me explain the reasoning below.
