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Supercharging Productivity with Trello

By : Brittany Joiner
Book Image

Supercharging Productivity with Trello

By: Brittany Joiner

Overview of this book

Managing large projects and teams can be an immense challenge, but having an efficient project management system can make all the difference. Trello is one of the leading project management systems, however, it’s crucial to understand its features to leverage its full potential Supercharging Productivity with Trello is the perfect guide for you to enhance efficiency and do more in less time. You’ll start by exploring Trello's structure, including cards, boards, and lists, before diving into Trello card basics. Next, you’ll learn to use Trello views and templates to aggregate tasks and organize projects. You’ll then explore automation, including triggers and actions, to create powerful workflows that will help you prioritize tasks and organize your data effectively. Later, you’ll discover Power-Ups, an add-on that extends Trello's functionality. Throughout the book, you’ll find practical tips and real-world examples to gain practical knowledge. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to use Trello effectively for task and project management helping you stay on top of your game and deliver quick wins in no time.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Trello Foundation
7
Part 2 – Automation in Trello
13
Part 3 – Power Up Your Boards
16
Chapter 13: Syncing Info Between Boards and Tools

Amazing Fields

Trello’s native custom fields are powerful and versatile, but for something called custom fields, you can only “customize” so much. There are only five types of fields and you can’t style anything about them, other than the colors of the drop-down options for the drop-down field type or the name of the field. While they’re useful for holding data, if you want to type longer notes (or anything more than about 20 characters), the text gets cut off and is hard to read. And hey—they work great for many use cases! But sometimes you just need a little bit more.

Amazing Fields takes custom fields a step further, allowing you to create additional fields on your Trello cards and customize where and how they appear. Amazing Fields is built by the Amazing PowerUps company and has been added to over 100,000 boards! Just as with other Power-Ups, there’s a free plan that has plenty of functionality and a Premium version that lets...