Trello

In Trello it’s really easy to organize anything in your life, from wedding planning, to family budgeting, to project management to research organization. For power users, you get the advantage of a plethora of tools and shortcuts that make project management a breeze. One of the things that can be difficult when getting people to collaborate is keeping conversations distinct from each other. Someone will write an email with a few questions or different updates included, and everyone starts replying – some in reference to some of the points, and others to other ones.

The benefit of using Trello is that you can keep conversations focused due to the board and card based approach. It’s easy to follow the thread of what has been discussed and your reply is always in context and won’t be confused with any other subject. Numerous tutorials and articles in Trello’s knowledgebase help explain the software’s basic concepts and allow users to troubleshoot specific problems. Screenshots with step-by-step instructions accompany many of the tutorials. I found all of the articles to be well-written, thorough, and helpful. You can also see FAQs and support documentation in Trello’s iOS App board.

You can drag and drop cards across lists to show progress, and move cards up and down a list to prioritize. Add due dates to cards to stay on deadline, and mark the due date done when it’s complete. Assign tasks by adding members to cards so that everyone can easily see who is doing what. By checklists, break down tasks into their key components and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

Power-ups:

The base features of Trello are both flexible and powerful, but if you need some additional functions, you can enable the power-ups. Power-ups add features to your boards, from a calendar view and options to vote on tasks to integrations with 3rd party apps and automations. You can use them to add custom fields and buttons to cards, link cards to related issues in GitHub or Bitbucket, import files from Google Drive and videos from Wistia into cards, and much more. The core Trello features are enough to get you started with kanban—and then power-ups let you take it to the next level, building a customized productivity system to fit your needs inside Trello.

Trello’s simple, visually-appealing UI makes it incredibly easy to use.  Most of Trello’s features involve drag-and-drop, and you can access all of a task’s information just by double-clicking the card. Trello has numerous user-friendly features, including the ability to label your cards for better organization and the ability to add more advanced features through power-ups. Ease of use is one of Trello’s major selling points.