In short, don't use a tool if you can get everybody in a co-located space -- use the walls. Hard to ignore big flashing lights that say the build is broken or large burn-down charts that show the iteration is off the rails.
But if you can't get all co-located, or if you're forced to have a team that's too large, or if your Product Owner is actually a committee of seven, etc -- there are good reasons for using some kind of tool on occasion.
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I'd like to second these thoughts.
In short, don't use a tool if you can get everybody in a co-located space -- use the walls. Hard to ignore big flashing lights that say the build is broken or large burn-down charts that show the iteration is off the rails.
But if you can't get all co-located, or if you're forced to have a team that's too large, or if your Product Owner is actually a committee of seven, etc -- there are good reasons for using some kind of tool on occasion.