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Never been so organized!
What do you like best about the product?
There are so many things I love about asana but my favorite thing is how easy it is to share my process with my clients. Giving them tasks helps so much! Nothing gets lost over phone and email. A whole project is in one place.
What do you dislike about the product?
I honestly can’t think of anything I don’t like!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
He recently started using the board template (instead of the list template). I use it when I’m early on in the process of a job for brainstorming and story boarding. It’s nice to have that option!
Great tool for project managers
What do you like best about the product?
What I like about Asana is design of its interface. It is very intuitive and it makes people comfortable to work with Asana, even if they are not tech persons. Asana can be customized and it is very comfortable too. Integration with outlook makes working rout easy and notifications become smarter. having option of sub tasks is huge advantage. Setting up project is very simple, attaching files to it, setting up team who will work on the project, has a great mobile application and etc, everything these makes Asana great project management tool.
What do you dislike about the product?
I like almost everything about Asana, but it would be better if communication module gave one an opportunity of video and audio calls, it would be great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am using it for project managing, and it helps me to monitor the tasks and the members of the team, who is working on which task, manage the time, give new tasks and etc. It is helpful in everyday work life.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Will recommend this application to people who need their tasks and projects done in time, who needs to know how the project is going and needs a good helper with the project.
A Well-Worth Learning Curve
What do you like best about the product?
Asana's task assigning system and ability to join teams with a clearly labelled focus is one of its greatest strengths. You are constantly "in the know" about your tasks at hand and can upload descriptions and images, as well as comment on how the assignment is going. Assigners of the task is kept up to date with the person completing the job marks it complete and can track any changes
What do you dislike about the product?
It takes a while to learn, especially with the UI on mobile. It's helpful to sort by both completed and incomplete tasks. Speaking of those tasks, the assigner can overrule you on the task and mark it complete sometimes leaving you out of the loop until you get a notification.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The integration with slack has been key. Think of an organised and official to do list that helps keep track of tasks to be done as well as puts it into a professional tracker and loops in a lot of people in your network, but more importantly, the right people.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure that when beginning to learn, you have a dedicated task and project leaders/committees. Sorting everything out with this overall organisation in mind makes the jump into Asana and its implementation so much easier
Don't know how I functioned before Asana!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana makes task and project management a breeze! It's SO easy to track your tasks and projects, communicate within and across teams and facilitate collaboration.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing that I'd love is to have my own customised background on projects and even have different backgrounds for different projects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Asana for so much! Day-to-day task management and staff oversight, project management and task execution, delegation and workload management and more! Tasks are getting done, time management has improved and we've seen less dropped balls across teams.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
GO FOR IT! Literally I don't know how we got anything done before using Asana!
asana has made me the Queen of productivity
What do you like best about the product?
I love that I can customise asana to suit the needs of everyone in the business. Another key reason I love using asana is that the company is constantly innovating and developing new features as customer need arises. The community at asana is also unlike any other, around a year ago I joined asana together and through this program have met some amazing asanas and been invited to speak at an event at General Assembly.
What do you dislike about the product?
asana is quite costly to use and if it were cheaper we would have the ability to role business features out to more users. I wanted to really love the Creative Cloud integration, however I think it needs a lot more work on export options before it will really be a great integration to use. Hopefully this will continue to be worked on.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We started with just our designer (me) using asana to manage design requests, however over the last 2 years this has grown considerably and we now have things like Marketing campaigns, printing logs, Operations maintenance logs, time at task trackers, learning and development trackers all within Asana (and we are adding more things all the time). A real benefit for us has been the ability to develop custom templates and workflows for different departments.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Think outside of the box when making asana work for you, custom fields allow you to do so much more then what you might think.
Best inclusive tool for project management
What do you like best about the product?
The ability Asana has to be used by PM and non PM, office support staff and other stakes holders.
How easy is to set and build a gant chart and follow events on calendar as well as keep trck of time and resources.
I would recomnd to other friend and colleagues .
How easy is to set and build a gant chart and follow events on calendar as well as keep trck of time and resources.
I would recomnd to other friend and colleagues .
What do you dislike about the product?
Sub task movement should be easier in between tasks like drag and drop. also a record of what has been erased or canceled, to fix errors and address training when needed.
The app for ios is limited to the amout of pictures you can upload that is not handy. a n option could be upload all opictures and once it has wifi the device will upload online
The app for ios is limited to the amout of pictures you can upload that is not handy. a n option could be upload all opictures and once it has wifi the device will upload online
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Gathering jobs info and taking notes in progressing activities sharing info with team mates and checking due dates on projects.
Delivery dates and quality control are among the most solved issues this company soves with Asana
Delivery dates and quality control are among the most solved issues this company soves with Asana
Recommendations to others considering the product:
GO for it but make sure it does what you need it for, don't get defeated if no understand something keep trying it is user friendly and do try learning before purchasing.
Great organizational software for personal and business life
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is incredibly easy to use. I use both a paid version professionally, and the unpaid version for my personal life. It syncs with your computer and your phone app, so I use it both on-the-go for grocery shopping and at my desk at work. The interface is clean and intuitive, and the free courses have made it very easy to ensure that I'm using the software in the way that best suits my team. The ability to save custom reports has become a time-saver for one-on-one team meetings.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some requested features are not rolled out as quickly as desired, like the recently added Portfolio view (a way to see all projects in one place). Asana does not integrate as nicely with our current time-tracking software as we would like, so I had to disable the auto-sync function and do some manual work until we figure out a workaround. In my opinion, the best features are only available via paid plans which may be a downside to some people.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana keeps all of my projects in one place, so you can see who on your team is working on what projects or tasks. You get a bird's-eye view of your team as a whole with the Portfolio view (which our Director uses), and a granular view via the tasks assigned to projects (which our Project Manager uses).
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out for free and take the free training courses, they helped me understand the nuances and options of Asana and how to set it up to work best for my team.
Amazing and good looking task/project management tool which increases productivity!
What do you like best about the product?
It brings clarity and transparency to our project. Increase in efficiency across the whole team and project. Clear responsibility and ownership of tasks. Massive reduction in E-Mail communication. It keeps improving and I always have the impression that the new or improved features are really well thought out. I never «not liked» a new feature.
What do you dislike about the product?
The implementation of new price plans with very cool features but that it is not possible to upgrade single users or teams to the new features. For a small company it's simply too expensive to upgrade the whole organization - especially if only a few users would benefit from the new features. Beside this - nothing. I'm a big fan and asana evangelist from day one.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it to run two major open-air cinema festivals in Switzerland. Specifically for the whole project and team organization. We coordinate our external creative agencies and plan our social media content with it (editorial calendar). We also use it to coordinate and distribute customer care request. Communication between office team and on site staff. Onboarding of new team-members.
After using asana for several years I could not imagine to go back to my old way of working. It is such an essential part of how I structure my work and team. I realized that it improved our teamwork and efficiency big time and in general people really like to use it and realize it's potential after some specific «aha monents». Working in a creative environment (events organization) I also realized that the clean and positive look of asana makes it easier to «convince» new team-members or agencies.
After using asana for several years I could not imagine to go back to my old way of working. It is such an essential part of how I structure my work and team. I realized that it improved our teamwork and efficiency big time and in general people really like to use it and realize it's potential after some specific «aha monents». Working in a creative environment (events organization) I also realized that the clean and positive look of asana makes it easier to «convince» new team-members or agencies.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try and stick to it! It will change your professional life. Try to setup specific projects and test it for yourself to get used to its benefits. In the beginning it might be tricky to convince your team to make the change. There you need strong commitment from your side and it helps to create / show specific cases where asana improves the way you work.
Project Manager
What do you like best about the product?
In the simple way of assigning to team colleagues, inform them of activities I am involved in. In the way communication is conducted through activities. The free content on the site is already more than enough for team training. Besides understanding the tool, the articles give us a business sense of the main methodologies related to activity management and time management.
What do you dislike about the product?
Currently, the feature I use the least is conversations, but after attending the Asana Together Ambassadors course, I identified some ways to internalize and take advantage of this feature.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Communication, we have solved 80% of the problem of emails stuck in inboxes. Through forgotten meetings, we managed to schedule meetings, and Asana became the main tool for controlling minutes and action plans. Inform without cluttering email inboxes. The team loved the "like" feature to acknowledge receipt without needing numerous return emails just with the word "acknowledged." Another very common problem was the involvement of several directors who were only meant for monitoring; the Directors loved the tool, and this helps a lot in Implementation (note this tip). Agenda/Calendar, Asana provided visibility into what each team member is working on at any given moment, giving more visibility to the manager and the staff teams, who had a lot of difficulty obtaining this information.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
That they follow the guidelines of the Asana team for the implementation and motivation of the team was essential for the success of the implementation and team engagement here at the company.
I don’t know how I ever worked without Asana
What do you like best about the product?
It keeps me and my whole team on track. On days I am not near my team I can review tasks completed to ensure they are staying on track. I can assign or re assign tasks as needed when priorities change.
What do you dislike about the product?
some functionality is only available at a higher tier or subscription. There currently isn’t a way to upgrade some team members the whole team need to go up together. Portfolios and workloads are currently outside my tier of subscription,
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It help keep little things in the loop, we can reprioritise on the fly. Task which need to move between teams flow smoothly and are resolved quicker. We use the mobile apps to take image or post updates on the go. Meeting minutes and tasks are completed right in meetings. Everything from major projects to personal development plans are all in there. Things just move better and faster especially when you have a high volume of tasks across a team. I can work collaboratively across the world and keep things moving.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Get a trial version and start small. Use it as a daily to do list first then you can expand out into other uses.
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