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get it done with trello, part ii

Everyone likes to think that the meeting they're sitting in is productive and staying on track. One of the best things about using a Kanban system is that it provides a highly visual representation of your team's progress. I've found that Trello works great for conducting meetings, work sessions, and other group activities. After all, what is a meeting but a short-duration collaborative project? If you go into every meeting with an agenda — as you should — then you have a predefined set of items for the To Do column. Then it is a matter of simply moving them through the steps required to bring them to conclusion. Furthermore, you can use Trello features such as commenting and voting to capture all sorts of information during the session. Here are a couple of the meetings and work sessions we handle using Trello: Agile Iteration Planning The main part of our Iteration Planning is done by the entire team. Once that is completed, the Scrum Master takes care of a