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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

Placker

While I find Blue Cat Reports is plenty good enough for most use cases, sometimes you need a little bit more, or you need to get data from multiple places, such as Jira boards. To do this, you’ll want to try out a more robust tool, such as Placker. I say more robust because it offers features such as time tracking and more card data, including estimate-versus-actual fields for budget, effort, and time.

The other benefits of Placker include more project planning tools. You might want to use Placker if you’re looking for Gantt charts or more advanced timeline projects.

Placker is also useful if you can’t get everyone on your team to use Trello. The teammates who do like to use Trello can easily work inside the app, but others who don’t prefer it can easily operate in the Placker app, which reads everything that’s needed from Trello boards and offers more views for cards.

It’s also nice because if you have 50 people in your Trello...