Managing developers for your software project is never easy, and it becomes even harder when they are remote (and many time zones away).
One tool I love for managing Devs is Trello (Free!). It’s a simple card based task system, that is deceptively powerful.
Trello is primarily a web based application, but there are also mobile apps available for iOS ( iPhone, iPad) and Android.
The general way Trello works is that you create a “Card” for each task you want to get done, and then you drag and drop it from state to state – By Default this is ToDo, Doing, Done!
But Trello is super flexible and will let you name your states (lists in Trello parlance) anything you want, and you can add new Lists as needed.
Getting Started
So once you get your Trello account created, you’ll want to add a new “Board” (plenty of tutorials on the Trello site for the basic setup mechanics like this)
Then you will want to create seven lists so it looks like the following:
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