Trello

Puntos a favor: Trello has been a godsend and one of the reasons why I stay productive. Now granted its not for everyone, and some features have now been copied by other producivity suites, there are still a lot of reasons to like Trello. Here are my reasons to consider it: The card based system is just genius, being able to move cards from one list to another list is a visually satisfying experience to say the least. But its not just that, the cards act like tasks you have to complete, so you can use cards to say The PowerUps - Now granted Trello still lags behind in integration with other tools but its PowerUps make up for that. PowerUps like Card Aging allow you to make cards disappear if nothing is done about them. Freemium - Trello is free to start using and you only have to pay when you want unlimited PowerUps. The truth is most people will get away with using the free version, the paid version is mostly for teams. The fact that using Trello starts at the price of free is really something. Definitely “worth” the money.

Puntos en contra: Cons 1) Small number of PowerUps - Power Ups were meant to bring third party integration to Trello and yes there are a lot of great ones like Slack, Google drive but I feel they are somewhat still lacking. If there could be more integrations, it would be the main reason to switch to Trello 2) Value proposition to switch to the Paid version is not so strong. In my opinion the paid version of Trello is not worth your money, sure you get unlimited Power Ups and higher upload limits but it just feels like it would be better to pay a one time fee to access Power Ups then pay a monthly fee. Overall Trello is a good productivity tool, it has helped me stay on top of smaller projects and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who likes to use visual aids to remind them

Puntos a favor: Trello is an outstanding web based project management app. Its feature rich design makes it easy to adapt to a variety of workflows and project management techniques. While Trello provides excellent documentation (which I recommend power users to read through at some point, I highly recommend that users initially go and explore on their own (yes, like the not reading the IKEA instructions exploring) to check out the features. Users will likely find many of the functions to be rather intuitive. The reason I recommend that users skip the docs at first is so that they do not form the idea that there is a “right way” to use Trello. Trello is a powerful app with an enormous amount of features; however, perhaps its greatest feature is flexibility. Users can configure a workflow that works for them to help streamline processes and complete tasks efficiently while collaborating with others and tracking progress. Trello also offers up a ton of integrations (called Power-Ups) that are available to supercharge its functionality. For example, a Google Drive Power-Up is available allowing users to take advantage of cloud storage to work with files and documents in a collaborative environment instead of relying on an endless list of email threads to move their projects along. Overall, Trello offers a powerhouse of features for all things project and task management, assignment, and tracking. It also has a worthwhile mobile app to keep you in reach of updates at all times.

Puntos en contra: Trello is an excellent app. It’s primary and possibly only drawback maybe getting users to stick with it and not give up on it prematurely as it can be overwhelming when they first set out to configure their work space and workflows.