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Ultimately helpful for a large team or for difficulties in determining task responsibility
What do you like best about the product?
I like that you can forward emails to Asana and it will make them into tasks. That's a really helpful way of keeping track of to-do lists. I also like that there are communications threads and ways to comment on tasks and tag coworkers. It's a helpful way to collect tasks into projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
Occasionally there would be details that I was trying to find within Asana conversations. I would type keywords into the search bar, but as far as I can tell, it didn't search through conversations or comments. Because of this, I'm unable to find comments in threads that are relevant to the task I need to finish. Between having "conversations" and commenting on threads, it can be frustrating to not be able to find conversations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana helped with several of our regional offices cooperating and communicating to plan a mega-event. We were able to delegate efficiently, have conversations about the different projects, and be able to tell who was in charge of each event. It definitely made the planning stages much smoother and it was a great step toward everyone being on the same page. It definitely helped establish a significant workflow, allowing everyone to know what their specific responsibilities are, and helping the large conference event we were planning to move smoothly. I loved that it was easy to communicate with other people on my team, but I wish that there was a more streamlined way to go.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
This app is incredibly helpful in organizing larger projects!
Robust and Easy to Use
What do you like best about the product?
How robust the platform is. It offers multiple different views to suit different work styles and can be set up many different ways - which makes it work for everyone. Integrations are easy and work well and they have many key ones that add a lot of value. UX has been thoughtfully considered and for the most part, the platform is intuitive and fun to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
The pricing levels while logical don't really add all that much value. We wanted to have the active directory integration as part of our's but the jump from premium to enterprise level was 3x the cost with little additional user functionality - this made it a difficult sell to the executive level and the wider team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Internal project management. Project transparency. Team accountability. Stakeholder relations
Being able to see what people are working on has greatly improved the teams communication and level of respect for peoples time - knowing how busy everyone is has been incredibly significant to how our team works together.
Organization has also improved for those team members that at times struggled with time and project management
Being able to see what people are working on has greatly improved the teams communication and level of respect for peoples time - knowing how busy everyone is has been incredibly significant to how our team works together.
Organization has also improved for those team members that at times struggled with time and project management
Excellent Project Management
What do you like best about the product?
Asana allows me to track my progress along multiple projects at once. There are multiple views depending on how you need to see your workload. And the ability to share your projects with other people/teams is very helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the interface can feel a little bit clunky. And adding subtasks its a bit of a strange process, but overall I don't have many complaints.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management, mostly. It's been very helpful to be able to easily share my workload with other teams and countries, so just knowledge sharing is the biggest benefit.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Grow with Asana, it will only help you in the long run.
Excellent Software for a 30,000 Foot View!
What do you like best about the product?
I love being able to know what my team members are working on. Asana has the fantastic ability to have subtasks with subtasks with subtasks. I can be as detailed as I want, or I can keep it simple. I love the ability to easily mark tasks as complete, change due dates, color coordinate tasks, schedule items... it's just fantastic.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the only thing I've found to dislike is also something I like - it's very easy to accidentally delete something. But then, it's easy to delete things when I've made an error. There was a slight learning curve to the initial setup, but I think that's because I was comparing it to other list softwares when it's really more than a list builder. I would also like the ability to change the reminder date for projects instead of it only allowing Friday as an option. Kind of hard to do a big project update when everyone is just working toward the weekend.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're using Asana for task management on projects and just the day-to-day business needs. We have joint lists for each manager so that we can easily delegate tasks, and keep each other updated as work is completed. The notes and updates on our projects are extremely useful.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
We did a trial to start, and I think that was the right way to go. We had the time to play around with it, and to convert our current processes into Asana friendly formats. We had to retrain ourselves a bit, but it was well worth the minimal learning curve to find a solution that's really all-in-one for what we're using it for.
Adequate
What do you like best about the product?
A lot of organizational features to keep projects on track.
What do you dislike about the product?
Seems easy have the same topic talked about too many times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working on bigger projects with bigger teams is useful with Asana. It's beneficial to have a platform that so many people can contribute to.
Not as efficient as I'd like
What do you like best about the product?
It was a central hub for my team to make commitments and update their progress
What do you dislike about the product?
It was not as efficient as I needed it to be. It seemed easier to hold weekly meetings to get status updates vs. going to Asana.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collaboration, management and accountability.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are committed to digitizing project management and are okay with learning how to do something through a dashboard vs. writing it down, then this is for you. Would likely have been better for more remote teams.
Asana changed my business!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana keeps each of my projects so organized. With so many moving parts to each one, it is often easy to forget or overlook upcoming due dates, details, etc. Asana helps me remember to check in with clients, be prepared for upcoming due dates, and keep track of all the details along the way.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing I would add to Asana is the ability to add photos to projects. I am an interior designer and it would be helpful to include photos embedded in the software rather than as an attachment.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana helps keep my projects on task and keeps me ahead of my client's needs.
Asana review
What do you like best about the product?
The best feature is the timeline view - you can see an entire year's worth of projects broken down into their individual parts, which makes it really easy to stay on top of.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there was an easier way (or a way at all) to transfer tasks between accounts - i.e. if I have a business account and a personal account, I'd like to be able to copy tasks/projects to both accounts so that if I leave the company and lose the business account, I'll still have certain things saved in my personal account without having to manually copy them over one by one.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's helped me create organization within our staff where there previously was none and helps me see the bigger picture with various projects that I'm working on.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely recommend it if you're looking for a way to organize projects down to their smallest tasks and be able to see everything in one place easily.
Software designed for productivity enthusiasts
What do you like best about the product?
Adaptable, quick, and modern day design
Competent free form.
Highlight rich.
New Timeline view makes it simpler to manage dependencies.
Competent free form.
Highlight rich.
New Timeline view makes it simpler to manage dependencies.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not ideal for graphics-intensive work.
Can't switch between Task and Kanban project views after creation.
The free version has lost some searching/reporting capability.
Can't switch between Task and Kanban project views after creation.
The free version has lost some searching/reporting capability.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it for grants tracking, so I can assign out pieces to different team members and easily gather pieces back to me. I love that I can hyperlink to previous years notes, attachments, etc. for easy reference, which is really helpful with donors.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I cherish their free form with a firey enthusiasm, yet once drawback is as they have developed, the free form has lost some seeking/detailing ability. However, utilizing their paid item makes you all that you could need. So in the event that you are guiding the free form to get a sense, there is significantly increasingly out there.
Great project management tool
What do you like best about the product?
The user interface for mobile and desktop is easy to follow. Mobile notifications and email alerts keep users on schedule with upcoming deadlines, and it is easy to see the status of tasks assigned to other users.
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislikes - as long as everyone on your team stays active in Asana, it's a good tool!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My committee is using Asana to manage dozens of small tasks that need to be accomplished as part of our staff training and recruitment processes.
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