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Re: We use Trello.

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Post by rogerbinns »

spolsky wrote: post #30
rogerbinns wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One big problem with Trello at the moment is that it doesn't support multiple accounts (in the same way as Google do for example). I saw an interview somewhere claiming you use Trello for both personal and work stuff, and can't figure out how unless you use one account for both which is very bad practise. You could use different browsers but that is a pain. And even that solution wouldn't work on mobile where you wou…

Even with one account, you can put all your work-related boards in an organization and keep them separate from your personal boards that way. It's not exactly the same as the way Google does it. I assume Dropbox doesn't allow multiple accounts because it would become a trivial workaround to their storage limits and seriously cut into the number of people they can get to upgrade to the premium version.

> Even with one account, you can put all your work-related boards in an organization and keep them separate from your personal boards that way.

But that means the credentials, access logs etc of one account are being used for both work and personal data. If for example the account you use is a work one (using Trello's google account login) then should you leave/be terminated by the company then they will disable/delete that account and now you've lost access to your personal stuff too. The other way around where work grants your personal account access to the organisation boards severely increases the risk as you'll have your personal account tied to more devices and people than a work account. For example it wouldn't be unreasonable to let your spouse know your personal account details, or to have your account also set up on one of their devices, or on shared family computers.

> I assume Dropbox doesn't allow multiple accounts ...

You can actually use multiple accounts - they just don't make it convenient. You can definitely run multiple instances of the dropbox client providing they are setup to have different home directories. This is somewhat trivial on Linux and more difficult on the other platforms. When accessing the dropbox site they have a half hearted attempt at multiple account support, but it is better to login/out and use one account at a time.

What they should do is let you enter multiple accounts in the client software. It is fine if that is only allowed with paid accounts.

Re: We use Trello.

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Post by Vitaly »

akurilin wrote: post #56

I loved Pivotal Tracker's user story "weight" feature where you couldn't assign more than x points worth of work to your team in a certain iteration, based on past velocity, as it simply wouldn't fit and spill over to the backlog. Is anything like that available in Trello as well? From what I've seen, you have to count the amount of work by hand. Also, I'm not quite getting the recommended way of "completing" tasks.…

try creating a 'completed in interaction X' list for every iteration. archive the previous list once you create a new one. this way you will have it out of the way and still preserve the history

Re: We use Trello.

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Post by Davertron »

talmir wrote: post #52
Davertron wrote: post #46

I would love to try using Trello at work. I use it for my own personal projects just to keep track of stuff. We use Jira at work with a slew of plugins on top and our own custom processes, and it's AWFUL. It's complicated, there are different projects with different flows, ticket types, statuses, etc. The way we have it set up right now, you can't even move tickets into/out of a sprint once it's started! I'm not rail…

I use Trello at home and Jira at work. I like both, and rather think they are both pretty intuitive :)

I think normal Jira seems like it's just like every other bug tool I've ever used (trac, bugzilla, etc.), but where I work every single project has been customized differently.

Re: We use Trello.

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Post by rogerbinns »

rogerbinns wrote: post #61
spolsky wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even with one account, you can put all your work-related boards in an organization and keep them separate from your personal boards that way. It's not exactly the same as the way Google does it. I assume Dropbox doesn't allow multiple accounts because it would become a trivial workaround to their storage limits and seriously cut into the number of people they can get to upgrade to the premium version.

> Even with one account, you can put all your work-related boards in an organization and keep them separate from your personal boards that way. But that means the credentials, access logs etc of one account are being used for both work and personal data. If for example the account you use is a work one (using Trello's google account login) then should you leave/be terminated by the company then they will disable/dele…

I should also add that if you are using personal accounts for work boards then the work administrators have to keep a mapping somewhere (eg johnny45@hotmail.com is john.doe@company.com) and that the employee leaving means having to go through and find all the personal accounts and remove them from any company boards. This is a logistical nightmare!

Re: We use Trello.

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Post by akurilin »

Vitaly wrote: post #63
akurilin wrote: post #56

I loved Pivotal Tracker's user story "weight" feature where you couldn't assign more than x points worth of work to your team in a certain iteration, based on past velocity, as it simply wouldn't fit and spill over to the backlog. Is anything like that available in Trello as well? From what I've seen, you have to count the amount of work by hand. Also, I'm not quite getting the recommended way of "completing" tasks.…

try creating a 'completed in interaction X' list for every iteration. archive the previous list once you create a new one. this way you will have it out of the way and still preserve the history

Good idea, trying that out now!
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