Agile SCRUM for Trello boards Super-charge Trello with Agile Scrum Project Management: Story Points, Progress bars, Header titles, labels and many more with this free Chrome extension.

Agile SCRUM for Trello boards is a Chrome extension that gives your Trello boards Agile SCRUM features.

It’s been a while that I’ve been using Trello as my project management tool, being a Freelancer I found most tools to be overcomplicated and with too many features. Trello is at the sweet spot, provides simplicity and ease of use but with the features that most freelancers and small teams and startups need on a day-to-day basis. With this extension I’ve made it possible to add those extra features needed to run an Agile Scrum methodology with a simple design and avoiding unnecessary features or complicated setups. You can find the extension here for Chrome and Firefox. If you don’t have Trello, sign up for free here.

Feature list

• Story Points: Set Story Points for Trello Cards
• Effort completed: Set time spent on tasks and remaining to check if your team is still on track.
• Tags/Categories/Labels: Group Cards into tags, User Stories or projects, these are colored automagically to save you time.
• Progress Bars: Visualize your Sprint progress instantly with unobstrusive background progress bars on both cards and lists.
• Header Separators: Use header separators to group cards inside lists.
• Variable font size: Cards with more Story Points have a slightly increased font size so you can distinguish bigger from smaller tasks at a glance.

Instructions

Add Story Points to a card by typing the number in parenthesis:
(3) Design new homepage header

Track time spent on each card:
(1/3) Design new homepage header

Add a Tag to a card by writing it in square brackets:
[dev] Implement Ads in footer

Create a Header Separator by creating a new card with three asterisks at the start and end:
*** Sprint 3 ***

You can add as many tags as needed. Tags will be colored automatically in a random color.

Both Story Points and Tags can be defined anywhere in the card’s text, it’s usually best to add them at the start so it’s easier to read.

At the top right of the Lists and Cards you can see how many story points have been completed and how many there are in total.

Installation and Setup

To start using Agile Scrum in Trello install the extension from the Google Store (or Firefox) and open any Trello board (reload the page if you are already in it).

Install Agile SCRUM for Trello

There’s nothing to set up and it’s one of the main reasons I developed this extension. I want it to work straight away. When you create a tag in a card the extension will pick a color and automatically colorize the tag.

Compatibility

If a team member doesn’t have the ‘Agile SCRUM for Trello boards’ extension installed he will still see be able to see Story Points and Projects as well as modify them (he won’t see colors or progress bars). You can install/uninstall the extension at any time without loosing any data too.

It’s the fastest and with the best performance of all similar extensions and at simply 2KB of code, a seamless extension to have installed, even for slow computers or for those users who want Chrome to work fast and are concerned on having too many extensions, this extension has such a tiny footprint that goes unnoticeable.

In my opinion, using Trello as a solo freelancer, in a startup environment or in an up to 8 people team makes a lot of sense, the ease of use is amazing. The only scenario I wouldn’t use it is when you’ve got quite a complex business structure. For example, you’ve got several people in the team working in many teams and stakeholders somewhere wanting to get nice weekly reports. For everything else, it is absolutely great.

Contributing

Agile SCRUM for Trello is Open Source, want to contribute and make it better? Here’s the GitHub repository.

 

Google’s reason for removal letter

Hello,

We regret to inform you that the most recent submission of your item was rejected. Please find the details below.
Item name: Agile SCRUM for Trello boards

Violation:

Violating the Chrome Web Store's 'Spam and placement in the Store' policy

How you can fix this

Remove excessive keywords from your item's Chrome Web Store listing.
Do not manipulate the placement of your item by any means.
Do not post an item whose single purpose is to launch another app, extension, theme or webpage.
Relevant section in the Programme policies:

Spam and placement in the Store

Repetitive content: We don't allow any developer or their affiliates to submit multiple extensions that provide duplicate experiences or functionality on the Chrome Web Store.

Keyword spam: We don't allow extensions with misleading, improperly formatted, non-descriptive, irrelevant, excessive or inappropriate metadata, including but not limited to the extension's description, developer name, title, icon, screenshots and promotional images. Developers must provide a clear and well-written description. We also don't allow unattributed or anonymous user testimonials in the product's description.

User ratings, reviews and installs: Developers must not attempt to manipulate the placement of any extensions in the Chrome Web Store. This includes, but is not limited to, inflating product ratings, reviews or install counts by illegitimate means, such as fraudulent or incentivised downloads, reviews and ratings.

Functionality: Do not post an extension with a single purpose of installing or launching another app, theme, webpage or extension. Extensions with broken functionality – such as dead sites or non-functioning features – are not allowed.

Notification abuse: We do not allow extensions that abuse, or are associated with abuse of, notifications by sending spam, ads, promotions, phishing attempts or unwanted messages that harm the user's browsing experience.

Message spam: We don't allow extensions that send messages on behalf of the user without giving the user the ability to confirm the content and intended recipients.

In addition to these requirements, all extensions must comply with Google's web developer quality guidelines.




Do you believe that this was a mistake?

You can use this support page to find out more about this violation and get in touch with us.


Important Note:

Repeated or egregious policy violations in the Chrome Web Store may result in your developer account being suspended or could lead to a ban from using the Chrome Web Store platform.

This may also result in the suspension of related Google services associated with your Google account.


We value developer contributions to the Chrome Web Store, and look forward to helping you bring your item into compliance with our policies.

Thanks,

Chrome Web Store Developer support