I think this is one of the biggest problems with the Agile manifesto. The actual line is: > Individuals and interactions over processes and tools This makes i

I think this is one of the biggest problems with the Agile manifesto. The actual line is: > Individuals and interactions over processes and tools This makes it seem like processes and tools are not important. But when you get beyond 5 or so people working on something, processes and tools are absolutely critical. There is no contradiction between processes and tools, and individuals and interactions. Better processes and tools will enable better interactions between individuals and will allow those individuals to influence the larger team. What this should have been is something like: Individuals and interactions <=> Processes and Tools Both feed into each other and should be improving each other.