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Does Not Scale Well - Major API limitations for High Growth Company - Very high switching cost
What do you like best about the product?
For anyone who wants to be a power user, this is a powerful tool.
Easy to "plus" tasks into multiple places so they can be viewed in different places / projects across teams which I love.
Extremely powerful for a small team and can create LOTS of accountability.
Easy to "plus" tasks into multiple places so they can be viewed in different places / projects across teams which I love.
Extremely powerful for a small team and can create LOTS of accountability.
What do you dislike about the product?
Search in asana is AWFUL. You can only search the text of topline objects (e.g Projects, Tasks, etc.) If you keep information in comments of a task, descriptions of a project, descriptions of a task, custom fields, it is tough to seek out that info from within asana unless you know exactly where it lives.
It is extremely hard to keep assignees accountable at scale. Anyone can just unassign themselves work and it is very hard to track down that information without manual audits. Also it is hard to enforce workflows dynamically. They have a dynamic dating system for premium (which we use) but it only works upon creation of a project, not if deadlines are extended or tasks delayed. It also cannot dynamically assign PEOPLE to work based on roles or any automation tool like zapier or tray without a LOT of lift outside of asana.
I am not sure if there is a way administratively to prevent users in an org from deleting data from asana, and the archive function is not very clear in the UI so users LOVE to delete things if they no longer need them.
When using project templates with dependencies we had major issues with dependencies being related to mulitple endpoint NEW projects created from the template project. VERY confusing for users and killed the native automation that we had set up to dynamically assign the next task's due date.
Generally, we are having a very tough time with scaling our sales process which is tracked across 4 sales related teams within asana. The API is limiting in what we can do to support automation efforts and the lack of safeguards / validation rules is crippling our ability to stay with asana.
We are looking for a replacement or to move at least half of the process within SFDC.
It is extremely hard to keep assignees accountable at scale. Anyone can just unassign themselves work and it is very hard to track down that information without manual audits. Also it is hard to enforce workflows dynamically. They have a dynamic dating system for premium (which we use) but it only works upon creation of a project, not if deadlines are extended or tasks delayed. It also cannot dynamically assign PEOPLE to work based on roles or any automation tool like zapier or tray without a LOT of lift outside of asana.
I am not sure if there is a way administratively to prevent users in an org from deleting data from asana, and the archive function is not very clear in the UI so users LOVE to delete things if they no longer need them.
When using project templates with dependencies we had major issues with dependencies being related to mulitple endpoint NEW projects created from the template project. VERY confusing for users and killed the native automation that we had set up to dynamically assign the next task's due date.
Generally, we are having a very tough time with scaling our sales process which is tracked across 4 sales related teams within asana. The API is limiting in what we can do to support automation efforts and the lack of safeguards / validation rules is crippling our ability to stay with asana.
We are looking for a replacement or to move at least half of the process within SFDC.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are trying to systematize our sales process across four teams and create accountability across those stakeholders. We want the process to be so clear and automatic that someone untrained could execute the whole thing just by taking it one task at a time and having the next steps clearly direct the timing and owner of each next step. This is far to complex for asana.
We do realize savings financially and ease of communication across the whole organization because asana is one of the only tool every single user on the company has an account (besides gsuite and slack).
We do realize savings financially and ease of communication across the whole organization because asana is one of the only tool every single user on the company has an account (besides gsuite and slack).
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Are you planning for your team to grow beyond 50 people?
Do you have a high-volume business model?
Look for something with more admin control that will scale with you.
Are you looking for a tool that is more powerful than a basic task manager? Are you still using SPREADSHEETS to manage projects? Will your team always remain below 50 people? Asana is a compelling option and will be a net positive if you have someone in-house who will be the power user driving your implementation forward.
Do you have a high-volume business model?
Look for something with more admin control that will scale with you.
Are you looking for a tool that is more powerful than a basic task manager? Are you still using SPREADSHEETS to manage projects? Will your team always remain below 50 people? Asana is a compelling option and will be a net positive if you have someone in-house who will be the power user driving your implementation forward.
Nice Visual Project Management Software for Cross-Functional Teams
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to use and is a good to-do list to keep projects on track and also to track the status of projects in other teams
What do you dislike about the product?
When creating subtasks to a task, they do not get automatically added to the timeline unless you also make them subtasks of the project, which creates multiple duplicates.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project tracking. When a lot of people work remote or from different facilities, it's nice to be able to see what is going on everywhere
Easy to Use With Distributed Teams of Varying Savvy & Pushing New Features Regularly
What do you like best about the product?
I like how simple and easy the tool is to use. Just about anyone, regardless of their tech savvy can get onboarded and utilize the tool quickly.
What do you dislike about the product?
I feel like Asana does lag behind some competitors like ClickUp in terms of total function, flexibility, integration, and power.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We handle project management on several different fronts with Asana. Both internal projects and external projects we manage on behalf of clients.
Great new tool to use!
What do you like best about the product?
I really like the graphics, outlines, and really easy to use and collaborate with team members.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some visualizations of the tasks can be a bit daunting, but it just takes a moment to adjust and understand.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keep track of tasks and understanding what other people on the team need from me without having to communicate it through other channels
Asana has a great interface but not quite as functional as it looks
What do you like best about the product?
I like that asana tasks can easily be sent from one board to the next
What do you dislike about the product?
filters are limited, which makes it hard to stay organized. it would be nice if you could filter by all tasks that you are a collaborator on, not just the cards that are assigned to you
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
work flow management
Overall great experience
What do you like best about the product?
I like how the product is constantly evolving in order to offer a broader menu of options for their users without loosing their great UX.
What do you dislike about the product?
I believe the product is a little bit pricy in comparison from their competition.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We constantly found ourselves asking ''who does what?''. With Asana that's a thing of the past because we are all in the same page.
Everything you need to manage projects in one place
What do you like best about the product?
I like how my tasks can be easily organized by project, but then the view for each project can be different based on my needs. Sometimes I have a project that needs to be viewed in a calendar, other times I need a board with cards, and sometimes I just need a long-running to-do list.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think that it is sometimes hard to navigate once a lot of projects have been added. I find that the left side menu becomes a long-running scroll bar since all navigation and projects and settings are listed in the same place. It could be broken up a little more to spread out the organization.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project Management has improved with Asana as well as team collaboration. I've been working remotely and as we add team members it's easy for us to all look to one place (Asana) for everything we need.
Best Project/Team Management Tool EVER
What do you like best about the product?
How simple it is to set up/extract insights.
How easy it is to track projects (lots of hyperlink/picture support)
Easy to setup new boards
Easy to have intake forms that feed requests
How easy it is to track projects (lots of hyperlink/picture support)
Easy to setup new boards
Easy to have intake forms that feed requests
What do you dislike about the product?
Doesn't give a daily emailed task.
It doesn't give me daily updates for any projects my team is working on.
It doesn't give me daily updates for any projects my team is working on.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it for our work tracker (My team manages projects) and they often have regular updates.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
USE IT and share it with your team. This is the 2021 way of tracking teamwork and projects.
Easy Project Management
What do you like best about the product?
I've used a few other project management tools over the years and Asana has proven to be the most easy to use and efficient. I love the ability to collaborate with others, and it has great organization options.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't anything that I particularly dislike.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main benefit of Asana is staying on track with deadlines and making sure that everyone involved with a project knows its status at all times.
Easy way to manage and organize work.
What do you like best about the product?
What I like the most is that it is a very complete software, I like it because it is very easy to use and everything is intuitive, it is ideal for managing tasks of all kinds, I also liked that communication improves a lot, it has text messaging, which is very effective, visually it is very attractive, it has a very nice and aesthetic interface, I can assign tasks and projects, add specific details and description, also add subtasks and deadlines, reminders and notifications, it is highly efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have absolutely nothing negative to mention about this great software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is very pleasant to create and organize tasks and projects, assign them, and it is also ideal for full and constant monitoring and follow-up of tasks, it has very good and useful integrations with other software, communication is very stable and it is a plus, the application mobile is very good, and it is very easy to adapt to the software because it is very easy to configure and very intuitive.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I absolutely recommend this software, it is a very complete platform.
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