What kinds of things do people use Trello for?

Many teams use Trello for more than just project management. Let’s take a look.

Work-related use cases

Here are some examples of work-related use cases:

• Customer support teams use Trello to create an organized flow for responding to customer requests
• Sales teams use Trello to keep track of leads through a pipeline as they convert them into deals and revenue
• Marketers use Trello boards to plan content calendars and track the content creation process
• Event planners use Trello to ensure nothing falls through the cracks and to create a timeline of tasks
• Engineering teams use Trello to track bugs and features throughout the development cycle
• Product teams use Trello for roadmapping, and often publicly share what new features are coming out in apps via their boards
• Small businesses use Trello for managing operations and coordinating with stakeholders.
• Agencies use Trello for collaborating with clients and keeping track of deliverables.
• Law firms use Trello for managing pleadings for clients, while keeping track of billable hours
• Non-profit teams use Trello to organize internal operations and coordinate fundraising efforts
• Churches use Trello for organizing worker schedules and tasks to be completed for Sunday services

Now, let’s look at non-work-related use cases.

Non-work-related use cases

People also use Trello outside of work for a myriad of personal uses, some of which are as follows:

• Organizing books to read
• Meal planning
• Household chores and products
• Trip planning
• Storing addresses and contact records
• Workout planning and tracking
• Saving articles
• Online shopping cart with links to products

And more!

The possibilities are endless. So, now you see why it’s like LEGO!

It’s exciting but also intimidating. When I only see a bunch of bricks and a picture of Hogwarts Castle, I have no idea how I will get there. How do these little bricks combine to make something so cool?

That’s the purpose of this book. Imagine this as your instruction manual that comes with your LEGO. I’ll help you make your Hogwarts Castle. But before we can start building, you need to understand what the bricks are.

So, let’s examine the contents of this LEGO kit we’ve opened and see what we have to work with.