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Trello, Monday, Airtable, etc.

05/03/2018 12:29 PM

Does anybody have any experience with or recommendations for software collaboration tools such as Trello, Monday, Airtable, etc.?

I have tried the free versions of the three I mentioned above to track and manage the status of items for a team I am on. Ideally, I would like to find a free tool that does what I need as it's just easier than trying to get the company to purchase licenses. The other reason is that I would like to try it out and make sure it does what I want before investing in it.

Right now, I am using Airtable, and like it the best so far. I really like the grid, calendar and Trello-like Kanban views you can get with Airtable without having to add any third-party extensions. I also like that I can create a form for easy entry of new records.

I am mainly using this to manage a list of active projects. I want to be able to assign them to one or more person, view them on a calendar, easily see and update their status and group or filter them as needed. So far Airtable seems to do what I want. Does anybody have any other recommendations? I know there are a lot of similar programs out there.

A couple of things I would really like to do, but don't know if Airtable will allow it is to:

  • sync or update the Airtable status with the records in a database
  • integrate with Confluence

Any suggestions, tips or experiences would be appreciated.
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Re: Trello, Monday, Airtable etc.

05/03/2018 1:53 PM

We use Trello where I work. It works pretty well.

The success depends on how diligent people are in using it. It's not something I'm really used to using, but it can be handy at times. Other people use it a lot and seem to get more use from it.

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05/07/2018 12:16 PM

We also use Trello where I work, and it's actually what I started out using. My problem was that it seemed very limited without upgrading to the Pro license. So far Airtable seems to do everything Trello did for me (and more in the free version), but I don't think it can compete with the Trello Power-ups.

If I could get Airtable to sync up a field with a SQL database it would do everything I could possibly want. I'm just not sure that's possible.
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05/04/2018 11:13 AM

I've been using TortoiseSVN for years as a central repository for code backup, sharing and reversion

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05/07/2018 12:13 PM

This looks interesting but might be overkill for what I am looking for. I'll read up on it a little more. Iam not a programmer (nor am I able to get programming resources). What's the learning curve on this software?
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Re: Trello, Monday, Airtable etc.

05/04/2018 3:00 PM

Would the Excel(R) database work well enough for your purposes? It may not be exactly what you need for (project-management-type) purposes, but it is relatively easy to adapt to on-going changes...

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05/07/2018 12:10 PM

When you say Excel(R) database, is this what you are referring to - https://www.r-project.org/?
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05/07/2018 12:22 PM

It depends on the specific details of your particular usage.

If it is relevant, then yes, and if not, then the standard Excel(R) Database...

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