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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

Calendar

While due dates are valuable for reminders, notifications, and filtering your boards, they’re also useful for visualizing your cards in a calendar format. This is most helpful for anyone working with dates to check bandwidth and quickly redistribute or change deadlines as needed.

Although used by a variety of teams, the ones that will find this most valuable are those with content calendars, shift schedules, or event planners:

Figure 4.10 – Cards organized in the Calendar view

Figure 4.10 – Cards organized in the Calendar view

Cards and checklist items appear over the day(s) from their dates, including the start date if one is provided. This helps you analyze how long projects might take and create your own Gantt charts.

From this view, you can see the card names, labels, and members. To view other details about the card, simply click on it from the calendar – the back of the card will appear, just like from the Board view.

Changing the cadence

If you’d...