Trello

What Is Trello Used For?

Many organizations are using Trello to manage both large and minor group projects due to the app’s easy-to-understand visual interface that displays the different stages that tasks are at and who’s working on them. Trello can also be used by individuals for managing personal and professional schedules, organizing events, and for tracking progress. Trello is also a popular organizational tool for students. From your classes to assignments and more, your can use this student planner app that will keep you organized.

Although, it is great for helping the user see things at a glance, it can become overwhelming very quickly if using with teams who use the app more like a chat app, which it is not intended for.

The users who trialled this app were a team of teachers who were working on a professional development unit during the school year. The users commented that it was helpful to have a collaboration tool, which they could use on the go (on mobile devices) and that they felt it helped them stay accountable and up to date on next steps and to be aware of task priorities.

Trello is also a good tool for students, especially when working on group projects, to help them with timelines and organization of tasks. For students who need and thrive on structure and knowing timelines, Trello is a great tool to add to your organization resource library.

Using Trello for project management in your personal life can be really effective as the apps can show you how much progress you’ve made, what needs to be done, and also what tasks may need changing.

The most-common way to use Trello for personal task management is via the popular progress column method which begins with a To-Do column full of tasks on the left side of the Trello board and additional columns for each phase of completion.

All projects within Trello are represented by “boards,” which contain lists and cards that allow you to drag and drop and progress from one task to the next, mirroring the flow of a feature from idea to execution.

Users can then be assigned cards that contain their tasks or projects, and these cards can be moved, updated, and even be used for communication about a specific task. Cards hold comments, attachments, checklists, and even due dates that sync automatically with the calendar.

It’s pretty simple methodology, but it sure has gotten a lot of companies to switch over to Trello.

Key Features of Trello 

• Visual Progress: The easy-to-navigate boards make it feel like you always have everything you need sitting right in front of you.
• Simple Access: Invite outside members, create closed boards, or add public boards.
• Horizontal: This “horizontal” tool is multi-purposed, meaning you can handle everything with it;
• Task Calendar: All of your tasks can be set with a due date, and once set all tasks sync with your calendar for each board.
• Seamless Integration: Paying users can integrate with Slack, GitHub and Salesforce.

Cons of Trello 

• Crowded: While items can be organized into specific tasks and cards, once a board collects a large number of cards the board can easily get crowded and cluttered.
• No Time Tracking & Estimate Functionality: Unfortunately Trello does not have time tracking capabilities either. 
• No Overview: There’s no way to add a project overview or any sub-task functionality.

Trello is one of the best to-do and life planning app to organize everything from meal planning to your daily routines.

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You can download Trello on your iOS or Android devices from the app stores. Download the Trello app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.