Placker

Placker is a Dutch project and portfolio management solution designed to extend and enhance the functionality of Trello while providing more robust planning capabilities for teams and organizations. Developed in Amsterdam, the platform serves as a powerful overlay that transforms Trello's simplistic card-based system into a comprehensive project management environment without sacrificing the underlying simplicity that makes Trello popular.\n\nThe core innovation of Placker lies in its ability to connect and visualize data across multiple Trello boards, creating unified views that provide insights impossible to achieve within Trello alone. This cross-board functionality allows project managers to track resources, timelines, and dependencies across teams and departments, addressing one of the primary limitations of using Trello for complex or larger-scale projects.\n\nPlacker extends Trello's capabilities with advanced features including Gantt charts for timeline visualization, workload management tools to prevent team overallocation, time tracking functionality, and comprehensive reporting dashboards. The platform also adds enhanced filtering and grouping options, allowing managers to slice and analyze project data in ways that reveal patterns and potential issues.\n\nWhat distinguishes Placker is its commitment to maintaining Trello's ease of use while layering in sophisticated project management capabilities. The platform achieves this balance by preserving the familiar Trello interface for team members doing day-to-day work, while providing managers with the additional views and tools they need for effective oversight and planning.\n\nBy focusing specifically on extending Trello rather than creating yet another standalone project management system, Placker has carved out a specialized niche serving organizations that have already invested in Trello but need additional capabilities for scaling their project management approach as they grow. The platform continues to evolve with regular updates that respond to changing project management practices while maintaining seamless integration with Trello's ecosystem.