What is the division between workspaces, boards, lists, and checklists supposed to be?

[Taylor Gonzales]

Hello,

I have used Trello in a commercial, workplace setting and in my personal life. The way we used it in the commercial environment seems counter to how the program what designed, so I wanted to see how the community thinks work should be divided between the organizational tiers.

Here is how it was set up in the workplace I work at:

Workspace: Business

Boards: Master

Lists: Task A, B, C, D, E, F, G, (The tasks need to be done in sequential order)

Checklist: Specialized for the step

So each step of the company's process has one list and all are localized within one board. Any sub-steps that each of those tasks has are listed as checklists. Certain people would be responsible for specific lists, but there is not an official handoff list between each of the steps. There seems to be a pretty established template of "To-do" "Doing" and "Done" within Trello. Is Trello built so that the workflow should in stead be:

Workspace: Business

Boards: Task A, B, C, D, E, F, G, (The tasks need to be done in sequential order)

Lists: To-do, Doing, Done

Checklist: Specialized for the step.

Any tips for when a something should be a workspace, a board, a list, or a checklist would be much appreciated.

[Alex W]

Hey @Taylor Gonzales - welcome to the Community!

While I understand you were asking the Community this question, as you haven't received a response, and you're a Premium customer (on a free trial, but still counts!), I'd love for you to chat with our Trello Support team about this one. 

I've raised a ticket on your behalf - you can view it at https://support.atlassian.com/requests/TRELLO-213482/

You'll also receive email updates. 

You're welcome to also let us know on the ticket if you still need help with this one or not - just thought I'd jump in and help out as much as I can!