I like the idea of getting everyone together and talking about the tasks at hand and having some way to track that work that is simple and tactile.
The problem is the paraphernalia... You can't move the board easily if you wan't to relocate, its not easy to attach documents to the wall and a lot of people's handwriting is illegible.
I'd spotted Tello on hacker-news some time back and thought it looked like an amazing tool but attempts to push it at work had met with: "But then we have to track tasks in two places"
(That wall was going nowhere; it was the only remaining artefact of a, very expensive, agile adoption attempt).
So we went with Trello and it has been nothing short of a joy to work with.
The bulk of that joy comes from the fact that rather than standing round a bunch of cards in a stuffy office we can sit in a coffee shop, scoffing croissants and flicking tasks around on Charlies iPad (trying not to get jam all over it).
We also have access to it anywhere... If all of a sudden we remember something that was missed or have a question we can just bring up trello on our phones, tablet or laptops and throw stuff in there.
We've also given the client access to our board so, at any time, they can log-on and see how things are going, follow the links to our showcase environment, watch videos of walkthroughs, etc.
What are you waiting for? Get you some Trello!: https://trello.com/
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