Trello for Agile Teams

Course details

Trello is a popular, web-based list-making application. It uses a kanban-style taskboard to organize and prioritize your work. In this course, learn how to optimize Trello to work well with agile teams. Agile expert Doug Rose shares best practices and tips for leveraging the tool's features in your product delivery.

Doug begins with a quick overview of the pros and cons of working with Trello. He shows how to set up a Trello taskboard to deliver in sprints. This helps your team get better feedback and maintain a sustainable pace. He also demonstrates how to map out the big picture using portfolio boards and story cards. To wrap up, he shares how to connect a variety of helpful Power-Ups to Trello cards. He explains how to connect your story cards to GitHub, create lightweight visualizations with Screenful, use ZenDesk help desk tickets to create Trello cards for the product map, and more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Work collaboratively in agile teams with Trello

1. Get Started with Trello

02 - Get to know lists and cards
03 - Sign up for a free Trello account

2. Prioritize the Work

04 - Create a product backlog
05 - Write story cards to build out a product
06 - Assign your team to boards

3. Plan Out the Sprint

07 - Organize the team's task board
08 - Prioritize the user stories
09 - Create tasks for the team

4. Organize Tasks

10 - Prioritize the team's tasks
11 - Connect the tasks to user stories
12 - Have team members commit to each task

5. Deliver in Sprints

13 - Working off of Trello cards
14 - Close out the work
15 - Create a sprint review board
16 - See how to organize your feedback

6. Improve the Process

17 - Create a retrospective board
18 - Use more of and less of lists

7. Manage a Product Portfolio

19 - Create a product portfolio board
20 - Break ideas down into epic cards
21 - Turn epics into user story candidates
22 - Link story candidates to the product backlog

8. Upgrade to Business Class

23 - Clearing off the boards
24 - Upgrading to Business Class

9. Useful Power-Ups

25 - Voting over a cards priority
26 - How to integrate OneDrive
27 - Connect your story cards to GitHub
28 - Create lightweight visualizations with Screenful
29 - Get feedback with Zendesk

10. Mistakes to Avoid

30 - Embrace agility and stay lightweight