App of interest: Trello

[rcjordan]

Currently testing it on Win10, IOS, & Android. Keeper, I think.  Sorta like moving stickynotes around.

trello.com

[Adam C]

We use it a little.  Mostly for documenting and sharing tasks across teams.

[Brad]

I use Trello.   Very handy for group todo lists.  Roughly we have Planned, Initiated and Completed columns.  The ability to attach notes gives an update to everyone as to progress.

[Gurtie]

is great except frustratingly limited on catogorisation by colour - so for anything big you can end up with making extra lists just because you can't group in any other way!

But, its free, it works, and its incredibly easy to use.

[Mackin USA]

Is it resident on your computer 

[rcjordan]

>resident

No, as best I can tell it is mostly hosted. I'm guessing that the apps sync up with your account on their server.

[Rupert]

Use it, love it... 
have 4 constant boards.
One is with my developer, it was his idea, as we used to use an old forum.

this way we can move stuff about more easily when done, or when a tasked is passed back to another to work on,

Another with a designer for jobs for him.

dont use the app, its purely desk top based for me.

Evernote is for the phone... and I use that for notes.  different to work management.

[jetboy]

I was reading about this a couple of days ago. Always helps to know that some of you find it useful. IIRC Joel Spolsky (FogBugz, Stack Overflow)'s behind it.

[Mackin USA]

Funny how ya see something and then see it again

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2492592,00.asp

[rcjordan]

Well, I'd not read anything on project managing, I just decided I might be able to use one and went looking for one that was cross-platform. I think lifehacker was where I picked it up, one of those Top 5 type of articles.  I'm sorta shocked by how many here are using it.

[Rupert]

OOPs

sorry RC..   It was a tool that just kinda crept up on me.  In fact it was a band I know who I used it with first.

The organised their play list, rehersals and gigs with it.  The lead guitar is a web dev.


note to self... share useful tools 

[ergophobe]

I used to use it a lot. I found once things get complex, it is really hard to manage.

Also, at least as of six months ago, only titles were searchable, so if you have lot of info in comments, it's basically lost.

So the interface is less "fun" but I find Asana way more functional for complex projects. And then once you commit to a tool, it's easiest to use the same one for everything.

Personally, I like Asana better than Basecamp too.

[Gurtie]

replacing trello is on my to-do list, but as a diverse company every team has its own set of needs and I'd like us to all use the same one rather than different teams/projects being on different systems.

So if anyone has any other suggestions would love to hear them too - Trello doesn't scale (enough) but many that do are so finikity to use that people hate them and give up.

[Rupert]

Odoo.com
Personally I never got my head round it.  A supplier still uses it.

He moved from basecamp, which I agree will scale better than trello, and I prefer to Odoo, but these 2 I have only ever been a 3rd party user of the info. Not a project driver. 

[ergophobe]

>> Sorta like moving stickynotes around

Yes, it's actually an online Kanban board, used a lot in agile dev, but with much older roots.

The Kanban technique emerged in the late 1940s as Toyota's reimagined approach to manufacturing and engineering. Line-workers displayed colored kanbans — actual cards — to notify their downstream counterparts that demand existed for parts and assembly work. (Kanban is the Japanese word for "visual signal" or "card.") The system's highly visual nature allowed teams to communicate more easily on what work needed to be done and when. It also standardized cues and refined processes, which helped to reduce waste and maximize value.

http://leankit.com/kanban/kanban-board/