Project Management with Trello by Digitangle
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Trello is a project management tool that can be used to improve communication, increase efficiency, and provide oversight on projects. It allows users to create boards with cards for tasks, assign members, and add checklists and labels. Trello helps reduce email clutter, improve accountability, and standardize processes. The presentation provided many examples of how Trello has been used for various projects like weddings, agile development, editorial calendars, and more. It also covered best practices for setting up boards and teams on Trello to effectively manage resources, roles and responsibilities, and monitor project progress.
Project Management with Trello by Digitangle
- 1. Project Management With Trello Katrina Gallagher
- 2. Slides & Links available after the session by email. Sign up to the newsletter for more: Digitangle.co.uk Slides & Links
- 3. Why would you use Trello for project management?
- 4. Trello Project Management Benefits ● Reduce email clutter ● Improve accountability ● Improve communication ● Increase efficiency ● Have a high level overview of projects ● Improve your quality control and output ● Keep relevant people updated ● Increase flexibility ● Reduce risk ● Streamline processes ● Standardise process ● Works well with existing tools (e.g. file server)
- 5. What could you use Trello for?
- 22. Practical: Playing with Trello Features ● Set up an account ● Create an organisation ● Set up boards ● Add checklists ● Add people ● Add stickers ● Add labels ● Change the background ● Mention people ● Subscribe to the boards ● Install the mobile app
- 23. How do you manage your resources?
- 24. Brainstorm
- 25. ● How do you allocate resources? ● How do you check project requirements against goals? ● What are your time constraints? ● How much budget do you have for each stage? ● What human resources do you require to complete each stage? ● Do these humans need training? ● How will your humans communicate? ● What are your IT requirements? Project resources
- 27. ● Do you need experts from different areas of the business? ● Do you involve the client and other stakeholders? ● What is your approval process? ● Who identifies training needs? ● Who manages meeting schedules and how? ● When do you produce reports, how, and who to? Project roles & responsibilities
- 29. ● Update task status (to do, doing, requires review, done) ● Remind people & re-schedule uncompleted tasks ● Update project elements ● Request additional budget/resources/time How will you monitor & steer projects?
- 30. What is your structure & what are your rules? For my next project...
- 32. QUESTIONS ANYONE? For more tips sign up to the newsletter Digitangle.co.uk Thanks for listening!
- 33. Credits & Further Reading: • Inspiring Trello Boards: https://trello.com/inspiringboards • How to use Trello to organise your life: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-use-trello-to-organize-your-entire-life- 1683821040 • Interesting uses of Trello: http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-really-interesting-examples-of-public- Trello-boards • How to plan a wedding: https://tabithaneal.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/trello-the-way-to-plan-a-wedding/ • Manage staff CPD: http://www.prasadgupte.com/blog/effective-one-on-one-team-interaction-using-a- simple-trello-board/ • Trello Resources: https://trello.com/b/nPNSBZjB/trello-resources • Project management communication - https://fishphilosopher.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/edu-627- effective-communication-and-project-management/ • Trello - https://trello.com/