First principle of the Agile Manifesto

If you are reading this blog, you probably already know about the "Agile Manifesto". Just in case, let me remind you that, this "Agile Manifesto"is a very short text that gather the main thinkers of IT agile methodologies like Kent Beck, Ron Jeffries, Ward Cunningham (eXtreme Programming), Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland (SCRUM), Alistair Cockburn (Crystal methologies) etc. This text emphasize that some common really important IT milestones are finally less important than others when we follow agile principles.

The Manifesto values more Individuals and interactions than processes and tools. This may seem obvious that people are the main key success factor of any project. Nonetheless are you not astonished to realize that when something get wrong it is more than often seen as an 'organizational' problem ? There are always some guys who will argue that we need more processes, more roles, a heavier workflow to make things work. Too often, these guys are just not able to discuss with their peers and feel more comfortable when there is a clear hierarchical link.
Finally what is a team ? Is it a group of people who share a common set of tools and are linked through a collection of processes or is it a group of people who share a same vision, the same objectives ? As always, both is better !