Two Minute Drill – Using Trello for Project Management

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Adam Griffin

Author: Adam Griffin

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This week’s 2-Minute Drill focuses on Trello – a slick, free project management app for teams and individuals.

At first glance, Trello’s minimalist interface is deceiving – but don’t be fooled by the simple layout. Underneath the pretty face is a powerful project management tool to keep your team on-track.

Trello offers team functions, tagging, categorization, scheduling, and more – all in a Kanban-style column interface that makes tasks easy to see. If you’re running a lean startup or an agile organization, it may be the perfect app for you.

We use Trello daily at FullContact to manage our content production schedule and other projects. Go check it out!

Want more info? Head over to Trello and sign up for a free account.

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  • Valentino Volcov

    I currently use Asana, but I think I’m going to try Trello, because of the vertical and horizontal aspect. and the GUI seems to be a little more rich, i think symbolically speaking its a little easier to differentiate ‘this’ from ‘that’ with the help of color guidance.

    • http://www.fullcontact.com/ Kipp Chambers

      I see where you’re coming from. For me, interface can be a *huge* game changer when I’m managing a project.

      If Trello’s style appeals to you, you might also google “Kanban” – it’s the same columns & cards GUI style that Trello uses (originally made popular by Toyota’s “Just-in-Time production” practices. There are a few other apps out there that use a similar style.

    • http://twitter.com/0noggin Bruce Watson

      I switched my team to Trello. Asana and Do both do a decent job of managing tasks, but aside from the constant stream of email notifications, neither provides a real structure for – never mind a sense of – work flow. Trello does that through its visual interface. I also like that I can use the organizations and boards to manage multiple work lives and my personal life, too. It’s a keeper.