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Asana is key to our business
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is a key part of our business. Specifically for the Creative and Marketing teams, Asana is a vital part of how we are able to keep track of our day-to-day tasks. As a project management tool its essential to give full viability to the entire team, maintain accountability through the use of due dates and ensure all corners of a project are covered.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing I strongly dislike about Asana.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana allows us to project manager complex tasks like email marketing and paid social flights.
Project management must
What do you like best about the product?
all tasks assigned to me live in one area
What do you dislike about the product?
Calendar view could work better, for us.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management, administrative work is done more thoroughly because less slips through the cracks
One of my favorite project management platforms
What do you like best about the product?
The interface and overall user-experience. They recently updated their application to allow for toggling between List and Board view. Before, you had to choose and commit to the type of view you wish to go with. I personally like the Board and Timeline view best. You can also create subtasks so it is not cluttered. There's also an inbox that contains all updates that are relevant to you (whether you're assigned a task or are following it), which is great for people who don't like receiving email notifications
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like Asana's philosophy around why they don't offer certain functionality. I have 2 examples.
If you have static assignees for tasks and want to keep those assignees on a template, the tasks will show up in their task list, which is extremely annoying. Asana offered a workaround that virtually did not resolve the problem and despite complaints coming from literally dozens of users, they have shown no indication that they will simply fill the feature gap and prevent templates to show up on task lists. Manually assigning assignees to tasks and subtasks, and then adding each due date manually is honestly so time consuming when your projects have a lot of moving parts.
Asana also doesn't allow multiple assignees to 1 task. I can think of many use cases where this would be a good functionality to offer. Again, the community thread requests they include that ability and Asana responded by saying that they intentionally designed it this way so there's no confusion over responsibility. A user summed up my response perfectly: "shouldn't that be left up to the teams to decide?"
Additionally, the notifications settings are not divided up enough. For example, I want to receive notifications for task updates, task completion, comments. I do not want to receive updates when someone likes a task, comment, etc. because I do not care. There are almost 20 things that fall under "Status Updates" and it's a take it or leave it option. To be able to fine-tune what status updates I can receive over email would enable me to turn on my notifications. At this point, I don't bother.
If you have static assignees for tasks and want to keep those assignees on a template, the tasks will show up in their task list, which is extremely annoying. Asana offered a workaround that virtually did not resolve the problem and despite complaints coming from literally dozens of users, they have shown no indication that they will simply fill the feature gap and prevent templates to show up on task lists. Manually assigning assignees to tasks and subtasks, and then adding each due date manually is honestly so time consuming when your projects have a lot of moving parts.
Asana also doesn't allow multiple assignees to 1 task. I can think of many use cases where this would be a good functionality to offer. Again, the community thread requests they include that ability and Asana responded by saying that they intentionally designed it this way so there's no confusion over responsibility. A user summed up my response perfectly: "shouldn't that be left up to the teams to decide?"
Additionally, the notifications settings are not divided up enough. For example, I want to receive notifications for task updates, task completion, comments. I do not want to receive updates when someone likes a task, comment, etc. because I do not care. There are almost 20 things that fall under "Status Updates" and it's a take it or leave it option. To be able to fine-tune what status updates I can receive over email would enable me to turn on my notifications. At this point, I don't bother.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping track of all moving parts in a project. I have visibility over what needs to be done, and I can keep track of all conversations in the app.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try. There's a lot you can do. And there's also the option to do very little. It has a lot of breadth and improvements are being made on a consistent basis. They have enough funding to continue running, and I know it'll only get better with time.
Great project management software
What do you like best about the product?
super easy to use, share, and comment on projects. Great way to keep the team informed.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there were a few more templates that we could pull from.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
scheduling projects, the volume of work, tracking projects, versioning, remote employee project sharing
Recommendations to others considering the product:
great software!
Great task management tool for all areas of the company
What do you like best about the product?
It is very easy to learn and use. It is elegantly simple and easily meshes into our existing business processes. It makes communication more effective and creates a reference library of activity which we often use to recall current project status, previous projects, client requests, supporting documents and decisions made.
What do you dislike about the product?
It lakes a desktop application and instead is an anchor tenant (tab) in my browser.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project organization. Historical reference. Document repository within the context of the the document's creation.
Faster and more nimble approach to tasks and projects.
Faster and more nimble approach to tasks and projects.
Simple, collaborative project management
What do you like best about the product?
Asana makes it easy to build and update project plans using tasks, subtasks, labels/tags, assignees, and due dates. It is easy to use, integrates with many other platforms, and allows you to easily switch views across list, board, and other types of views.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish that it were easier to link Google Drive documents, as it requires several clicks and is a bit time consuming. Additionally, I wish you could easily view or preview PDFs and docs, rather than downloading them or opening in a new window, as this also takes more time. I also wish there were options to allow several people to be assigned to the same task.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are managing projects across many collaborators. We use this to define the project, list elements and tasks, assign responsible parties and due dates, and communicate progress/updates.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is easier to use than many other project management products, and it works seamlessly to switch across multiple views. Plus, it is free for small teams to use the core features.
Great management tool for the data driven
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to organize how best meets your needs. Can customize your projects the way you want. I am a heavy checklist person and like ASANA a bit more than Trello because I am not as visual heavy. There are always updates made which is fun and helpful!
What do you dislike about the product?
Because of how many ways there are to customize your projects, it can get a bit overwhelming if not done correctly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were able to keep on top of deadlines and streamline communication. With the slack integration it makes showing where everyone is at with projects visible and accessible. Great for our small team to manage themselves when we don't have a lot of clear processes currently.
Very good open source tool to track your project activities
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to understand and open source. It is the best project management tool. Team will focused on goals, projects and tasks. It will helps the organisation to grow business.
What do you dislike about the product?
Taking time to load project on slow internet connection
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have using for the project management. It helps to mange project with the team. The team members not at the same place but everyone know the progress of the tasks and project.
Good Tool for Teams
What do you like best about the product?
The best part is the seamless collaboration across the team. We've built a great master calendar.
What do you dislike about the product?
The tasks can sometimes become lost. It's good for big picture tasks, but it can sometimes be difficult to use for nitty gritty detail heavy projects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to assign tasks to others and attached files is wonderful for the marketing team for quick review. It's very helpful in building meeting agendas.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Even just a few months ago, I would have recommended a different tool for detailed projects. However, many of the new templates are much better than other apps I've used.
Perfect for Project Management Across the Team
What do you like best about the product?
Tracking goals and their progress, while also being able to see actions others have taken to reach a particular goal.
What do you dislike about the product?
Wish there was a crash course when you first signup, took some time getting to know the tools so it didn't feel like it seamlessly integrated into my current stack,
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tracking progress for projects across my team
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