I began using Trello for Project management and productivity tool this January. Trello is a visual project management and collaboration app that is used by many. As I discussed in What I Spend the Most Time on as a Freelancer, Trello has been an amazing tool for organizing my projects and blog schedule.Below is a Sample of a Trello Boards:
Company Background
Founded by Joel Spolsky and Michael Pryor under their company Fog Creek Software, Trello began in 2010 as a collaboration tool. Trello would eventually spinoff from Fog Creek and become Trello, Inc in 2014. Towards the beginning of 2017, Trello was acquired by the software company Atlassian.
Cost
Trello has several plans available for individuals and companies but most noteworthy is the Free Plan. With the free plan you get:
- Unlimited boards, lists, cards, members, checklists, and attachments.
- One Power-Up per Board
- Attach files up to 10MB from your computer, or link any file from your Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or OneDrive
Additional Costs
In addition to Trello's Free plan, other plans available are the Business Class and Enterprise.Business Plan highlights:
- Unlimited Power-Ups including integrations with Jira, Bitbucket, Evernote, Google Hangouts, Mailchimp, Salesforce, Slack, Google Drive, Dropbox, and more
- Attach files up to 250MB
- Group and organize all of your team's boards with Collections
- And More
Enterprise Plan Highlights
- All of the robust features of Trello Business Class
- Single Sign-On available for all SAML IdPs
- Enable 2-Factor Authentication to keep all work data secure
- And More
What You Get
The below screenshot is an example from the Trello blog in how to use a board as a editiorial calendar:
Competitors:
Some noteworthy competitors to Trello include:
- Asana
- Basecamp
- Airtable
At this time, one disadvantage that Trello has in comparison to its competitors is a time tracking feature. However, there are a number of third-party extensions that are available to enable time tracking in Trello. Many of the apps above have a native time tracking as part of their software.
Summary: Using Trello for Project Management
In conclusion, using Trello for Project Management is a great tool. I think that Trello can work for anyone whether you use it to keep track of your side projects or your companies workflow. I think Trello's main strength is the app's ease of use and visual design. The interface is simple and easy to look at. People have used Trello for job searches, goal tracking, and even holiday planning. Overall, I find Trello to be a great tool to organize and track your projects.