Trello

Trello is a SCRUM like free online application.

Features

• Free
• Create your own list of actions, as many as you like
• Receive email notifications: Instantly, Periodically, Never - https://trello.com/my/account
• Subscribe to card changes
• Activies/Notifications can be visualized, by visualizing the public JSON - e.g. https://trello.com/board/4f46dfd8251057f904f99550/ose-video.json
• Add Deadlines
• Add People
• Add Colors
• Add Comments
• Upload files
• Vote for an action
• Active Developers
• Has shortcuts: https://trello.com/shortcuts
• You can move cards between Boards!
• REST API - Card, API
• Android and iOS applications.

Features to come soon

• Card Time Tracking as a plugin: https://trello.com/card/time-tracking/4d5ea62fd76aa1136000000c/1054

Disadvantages

• No Burndown Charts

Examples

• Trello Board: https://trello.com/board/trello-development/4d5ea62fd76aa1136000000c
• OSEG NetDev: https://trello.com/board/oseg-netdev/50865bd85840407959004c10

Collaboration Usage

These are guidelines how to use Trello collaboratively:

• Create needed Lists, e.g.: TODO, Doing, Verification, Done.
• Create new cards:
  • Press "N" to create a new card. It will be created below the current selected card. Type the name of the card and press "Enter" to save it.
• Assign yourself/another to a card
  • Assign yourself to a card - select the card and press "SPACE"
  • Assign another to a card - select the card and press "a" and choose the person.
  • Unassigning works with the same shortcuts.
• Verification
  • Add card for Verification
    • Add the card in the "Verification" list and assign the person, if not already assigned, to verify it (press "A" and choose the person).
    • Send email to the person with subject "Verify <card name>" and in the body link to the card (e.g. https://trello.com/card/animating-low-cost-explanation-sasha/4f46dfd8251057f904f99550/94)
  • Verify a card
    • If all okay, move it to the list "Done"
    • If more work is to be done:
      • Create a checklist and the points that has to be done
      • Move the card back to "TODO" or "Doing"
      • Send email to the person responsible with subject "TODO <card name>" or "Doing <card name>" and in the body link to the card. He should read your checklist points and fix them.
• View more cards by decreasing the font size from your browser.

Tips

• Use spacebar to assign yourself to a card, then use "q" to show only your cards. (Use "x" to clear the filter.)
• on a board, press "f" then start typing a card name to filter for that card. Press "x" to clear a filter.

Layout Optimization

• 1) Install Greasemonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/
• 2) Install this CSS script: http://userstyles.org/styles/78240/trello-layout-optmization?r=1352671144
• Tools -> Greasemonkeny -> Manage User Scripts -> select Preferences for "Trello Layout Optmization"
  • Under "User Settings", "Include Pages" add:
    • http://trello.com/*
    • https://trello.com/*
    • http://*.trello.com/*
    • https://*.trello.com/*

SCRUM and Trello

• http://civicactions.com/blog/2012/oct/10/five_tips_for_using_trello_for_scrum

Open Source Alternatives to Trello

• JimFlow - physical board integrated wtih Trac and Jira (github.com/Jimdo).
• Kanbanik - Scala web application with a rich GWT frontend. UI looks ugly.