EAST ASIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

Course Title: DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTANCY/ ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS

MANAGEMENT

Module Title: PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SYSTEM

MID-TERM ASSESSMENT 2
2016 Q1
Case Study

Lecturer: Mr. Chan Chee Seng

Submission Date: 11 March 2016

Name

Student ID

Lee Peizhen

1503012334

Huang Lichan

1310011333

Lin Jiaru

1410012166

Zhou Zhaoyi

1406011856

Liu Yao

1511012732

Chen Shaomin

1401011518

CONTENTS

Page
Acknowledgment

Introduction

Detailed analysis on how Trello supports in business

Guide of using Trello

Conclusion

Reference

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Acknowledgment
First of all, we really appreciate EASB for giving us a valuable chance to finish this
report.
To respectively begin with, our group would also like to take this special moment and
pay a fully respect to Mr. Chan Chee Seng has been a great source of knowledge
and inspiration, for giving us the opportunity to write this thesis in order to prove and
be responsible for this module, Principles of management.
Finally, our teammates who made concerted efforts so that we can finish this work
properly.

Introduction
On September 2011, Trello software was created by Joel Spolsky who also created
Fog Creek Software. Trello is a free project management tool that allows users to
organize project in the form of boards individually or with collaborators.
Trello uses a Japanese Kanban principle which was introduced by Toyota in 1980s.
(Kseniya Agosti, 2014) It is a kind of method that using boards and cards to help
people to accomplish their tasks by listing detailed goals.
As the number of Trello users increase rapidly, Trello become an essential
application in organization collaboration. Now it already has over ten million users.
(Trello, 2015)
The purpose of this report is to introduce and analyze about the Trello from different
aspects. For instance, the way that Trello support the business, the benefits and
drawbacks of using Trello and the way to use the Trello.

Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes projects into a board. Trello becomes an
essential tool for the teams and it is an application that helps the groups to focus on
the stuffs that they are planning. Trello also can help to form into groups to do
discussion and letting everybody in the group to know whats going on in the projects
that they are doing. A Trello board can have a variety of uses and mean different
things.

Detailed analysis on how Trello supports in business.

With Trello, you can connect your teams google apps accounts on the member page
and you are also able to see who owns an account. However, if he/she does not own
one, or they are not on the team yet, you would be able to add them with a single
click. As there is no members limit, you would never need to worry about paying for
each new member.
Trello gives administrators to have more controls over the team. There are a few
features that are included.
1. When choosing emails, choose those emails that can be invited to the team.
Example, if you want Trello users with a Hotmail.com email address to join
your team, you can configure that on your Team settings page.

2. If you want to restrict the board visibility, you can prohibit the creation of public
or private the boards on your teams.

3. If you are the team admin, you are able to see and edit all the team board.
Even you are not on the board, you are also able to see all the private boards
in your teams.
With just one click, Trello can help you to bundle all your team data together. You
can choose to include the attachments or you can just link to them. The data will
be in JSON format together with the attachments in their native format.
When there are observers, they can vote and comment but they cannot edit,
move or create cards. Having addition of observers lets you share private team
boards without sacrificing controls. It is good for freelancers or contractors that
dont need full control of the board.
With the new members page, you will get more insight into member activity. You
are able to see when a member was last activated in the team and which boards
are they on. You are also able to see what team cards they are assigned to.
You also have the ability to dismiss the member inside the team. This means that
they will lose access to boards in the team. But other members will still see the
members in a faded state on their boards and cards. This is useful for dealing up
tasks after a member leaves then team.

Guide of using Trello

Lets start to talk about the guide that uses the online application of Trello. Let me
show you how easy this can be by using Trello. They are divided in six parts:
1. Organizes
2. Board basics
3. Customize
4. Collaborate
5. Fully understanding about using Trello
6. Mobile

First of all, this is how you organize your project with Trello. Whether youre
preparing for your next big project, or planning for your next vacation, Trello will help
you in the ways you need. Millions of people around the world use Trello to organize
their work and personal lives, because it is fun and easy to use. Trello boards can
have as many members as you want. This application is for everyone to use. They
can be making a big presentation with your team at work, or you are planning a
dinner with friends.

The second is how to create a board. Once youve set up your Trello account its
time to create your first board, and get started on the journey to get things done.

1.

Click the + button at the top of the Trello homepage, then select New
Board from the menu options.

2. Name your board after your project & you can always rename your board in
the future.
3.

By default, boards are set to Private but you can also set boards to
Public or Team Visible.

4. Now its time to get your project started. Add a list to your board by clicking
the Add a list button on your board. Name your list something that will
represent the tasks that you are going to add to it.

After that, Trello is a colorful and flexible as you need it to be, so let your imagination
run wild. Trello works for you, no matter how you work. Its pretty straightforward:
drag and drop cards through lists to fit where they are in the process. This is a
simple way to keep everything organized and it feels great when you start piling up a
big Done list. Youve finish a lot! For example, if youve planning a party at your
home, your lists might look something like this:

The fourth point is to collaborate. Trello keeps everything in one place, for everyone
to access. In Trello, it is really easy to work with your friends or a co-worker,
coordinating is streamlined inside a Trello board. You can view all information on one
card.
In addition to adding members to a board, you can also add them to a specific card.
Now everyone knows what is going on. Click the Add Members button to add new
friends.
Fully understand about using Trello. Trello offers a whole suite of advanced tools that
allow you to get more fun with your goals. You can create a team that you can get
more ideas from your team member. Teams are all about making it easier for a team
of people to share and collaborate on multiple boards. Where there is no limit to the
number of teams that you can create with your Trello account.
Lastly you also can use Trello in your mobile. For example: IPhone, Android and
windows 8 mobile platform. It is very convenient that you can receive your
massages in time at anywhere.

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Conclusion
Task driver for the term are focusing on the task with the most reasonable and
practical. This too is based on task given around the task integration with calendar,
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discussion group chat, documents files, and other functions data analysis is done at
the same time is also very will task data from the briefing very inceptive see takes
and progress of the project.
In particular, can according to the priority of the task and how important the customer
task tags. Project management uses intuitive way organization project. Use the
chanson organza a test list and specific task, at the same time for the custom task,
can according to your requirements form a workflow.
Members of the management: divide people into different levels assign different work
and term. Show special personal to complete various task, not on duty personal also
can check on schedule.

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