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Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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I've used https://trello.com/ for most of my projects even when I am working with a team. We love it. Here are some basics on how to manage a project with Trello: https://trello.com/inspiration/project-management .

Has the web interface for Trello got better (more fluid, less laggy) in the past year? What about the native app (or is it another electron crap?)?

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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I wholeheartedly recommend WorkFlowy - https://workflowy.com For me, its focus on text and deep hierarchical breakdown, in combination with tagging is potent. You may need to figure out your own way to adapt to your PM style though. For example, some common tags I use are "#next", "#someday", "#2018-02-08" and such.

the landing page is horrible though. Literally no informations apart from "these guys use it"

To be fair, there's an embedded demo + tutorial that gives you a pretty good idea what it is and how it works:

https://workflowy.com/demo/embed/

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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post #2

I've used https://trello.com/ for most of my projects even when I am working with a team. We love it. Here are some basics on how to manage a project with Trello: https://trello.com/inspiration/project-management .

Also check out https://helloepics.com which adds parent child relationships across boards to Trello. I worked on it, but I wouldn’t (and didn’t) want to use Trello without it.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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VivifyScrum - https://www.vivifyscrum.com. It's free for smaller projects (and very feature-complete) but robust enough for the largest of projects (and very affordable @ $8/user/mo.). They also have a native app for both desktop and mobile. I'm not affiliated with them in any way. I'm just a very satisfied user.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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If you want a card-based planner, take a look at our Hyper Plan software: http://www.hyperplan.com

Where it differs from most other card-based planners is:

-any number of custom properties per card

-powerful visualization (layout and color your cards automatically by their properties or connectivity)

-powerful filtering

-supports dependencies between cards (including support for PERT type project scheduling)

-store different combinations of layout, coloring and filtering as 'views' you can swap between with a mouse click

-highly customizable appearance

-runs locally on Windows and Mac (which makes it very responsive) but plays nicely with DropBox

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