Trello: A simple board-based tool for organising tasks with cards and lists.

Example

A small startup tracks its weekly tasks on a Trello board.

Why Trello matters for IT interns

Smaller teams often use simpler tools. The idea is the same: keep the status of your work visible.

Where you will hear it

You will hear this term in the tools and meetings teams use to plan, track, and discuss their work. If someone uses it and you are not sure what they mean in your project, it is completely fine to ask; every team uses terms a little differently.

Related terms

  • Knowledge Transfer (KT): Sessions where someone explains a project, system or process to the people who will work on it next.
  • Meeting: A scheduled discussion, in person or online, to share updates, make decisions or solve a problem.
  • Microsoft Teams: A workplace chat, calling and meeting tool used by many companies.
  • Milestone: An important checkpoint in a project, such as finishing a phase or a major release.
  • Slack: A workplace chat tool organised into channels, used by many tech companies for team communication.
  • Stakeholder: Anyone with an interest in a project’s outcome — users, clients, managers or other teams.

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What is Trello?

A simple board-based tool for organising tasks with cards and lists.

What is an example of Trello?

A small startup tracks its weekly tasks on a Trello board.

Why does Trello matter for IT interns?

Smaller teams often use simpler tools. The idea is the same: keep the status of your work visible.

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Dhaivat Ajwaliya

Dhaivat has 16+ years of experience in the IT industry, working on AI and cloud technologies, project delivery, and engineering leadership. He has interviewed and mentored many interns, wrote The Lost Intern, and runs the non-commercial Career Impact Initiative, mentoring students for free.