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A lot, sometimes too much
What do you like best about the product?
I love how many different things you can do through asana, from spreadsheets to tile boards, messaging to updating individual projects and timelines.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's easy to get lost, or accidentally duplicate a lot of stuff
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Team connection and project management. Having everything visible for everyone helps.
Wasn't for me- too complicated
What do you like best about the product?
I like that you can share work tasks within a team, and have different teams for different projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really could not get the hang of this, even after watching the training video and getting a lesson from a coworker. This isn't for me. I much prefer my own internal lists to get things done.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I know others on my team like it because it keeps them organized, shows what is outstanding and who's in charge of what. You can see the big picture of the entire project and its to-do's.
The Most Valuable Tool To Get Things Done
What do you like best about the product?
I am a huge fan of Asana. There is so much functionality that you can use it no matter what type of project management approach you like. I love being able to put tasks into a timeline and linking them with dependencies. It keeps my marketing program build-out humming along. I also use the task list and send all emails that need attention to my Asana task list. Keeps me totally organized.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a lot coming out and to learn. Sometimes hard to keep on top of it all.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Personal organization with My Tasks.
Able to keep on top of marketing projects. When people are stuck, we come up with the big rocks and fill those with small rocks (tasks). We are then able to put them into an estimated timeline.
Able to keep on top of marketing projects. When people are stuck, we come up with the big rocks and fill those with small rocks (tasks). We are then able to put them into an estimated timeline.
Best product
What do you like best about the product?
managing projects have never been easier and sharing of information is key aspect
What do you dislike about the product?
I like everything about it and i think it is the best
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
project deadlines and timelines along with productivity tracking and the status of all the tasks that have been assigned
Asana as a product
What do you like best about the product?
creating tasks for others to create versus using anything else
What do you dislike about the product?
things get lost in Asana depending on how many different tasks and people you are working with
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
simple task creation and completion
Recommendations to others considering the product:
allow people to have a running task list or a summarized list of tasks that are completed/not completed yet
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
Asana
What do you like best about the product?
It's so easy to use. Get reminders and can share updates with others without extra emails.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't really see any downside because it has all the features we need.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Team planning; Producing and updating project plans with the add on Instagantt; Keeping a track of regular tasks ie quarterly, annual etc.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Saves time with endless email trails. Reliable and effective for team work. Great for updating project plans.
Asana has been such a helpful tool in the way of managing tasks within our team and larger office.
What do you like best about the product?
It really has been such a game-changer in how we're able to track the progress of multiple tasks simultaneously. The functionality has brought a newfound organization to our team.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface can be difficult to navigate at times, but I think that's more down to me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our roles are very cyclical in nature, so there are different tasks for different times of the year. Asana helps in keeping them all on task and bringing them to completion.
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.
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