Agile Tools: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Agile software development adoption spreads over the world. According to the latest surveys, about 70% of organizations adopt agile practices and stick with it.

During the last 10 years, agile methods jumped from nowhere to the peak. Such rapid revolution demands new tools. There are many developers-focused tools appearing including JUnit, Eclipse, Cruise Control, etc. However, the project management community is less self-sufficient and unable to create new tools for the new methodology in their spare time. As a result, most companies are still using old-fashioned project management tools like MS Project or generic tools like spreadsheets for project planning and tracking.

This White paper addresses a dilemma that faces many Agile teams that are trying to decide on the best tools to use in their daily practices.

By: Michael Dubakov and Peter Stevens