A set of software development methods which promotes adaptive planning delivery and evolutionary development, are known as the Agile Tools. This software development method runs on iterative and incremental development. Several kinds of Agile tools are available now-a-days, which comes in different prices depending on the features. Even free tools are available for the new business model named ‘Freemium’. However, the free version will offer you only the distilled software.
For choosing the best suitable Agile Tools, you will have to have a good knowledge about your business model and its requirement. Some of the tools are Rally, Scrumworks, XPlanner, Mingle, xProcess, PlanB, Extreme Planner, TargetProcess, VersionOne, ProjectCards, Acunote, CardMeeting and SilverCatalyst. Eariler, the availability of the tools for Agile projects were limited but now everyone has realized its effectiveness so the demand has increased. The market has become more competitive and as a result tools are being produced on different budget limits.
According to an independent analyst report, Rally offers the best mix of product strategy and current offering. It has become integrated part of various business models because of its easy to use quality. It makes the development organization leaner, faster and more Agile.
Silver Catalyst is another Agile Tool that helps to organize work in a better way. It offers the collaboration that the agile team depends on as it provides a visual approach to agile management.
XPlanner is an Agile Tools that comes with more features than the others. Many companies use this tool beacuse of its solid nature. IceScrum tool is web based and is under active development. On March 19, 2012, the latest version of the tool appeared. It offers many useful filters presets and nice concepts.
XPWeb is comes with weird user interface and is only tool that was written on PHP. However, it provides several features but many of it do not work due to the broken demo. In large teams, this tool cannot be useful for agile project management.
Rommana software tool offers total flexibilty and agility to suit the constantly changing business needs. It provides collaboration between the project activities and all team members.
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