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Asana is ok if you don't have requirements
What do you like best about the product?
There are some things I like about Asana. I like Asana's Kanban, tags, and the copy and paste of tasks. I like that you can add child tasks. I like there's a calendar associated with each project. I think Asana is starting to build out their software and I think they're listening to their end-users.
What do you dislike about the product?
This is not a mature tool by any means. It's fine if you're using it for yourself but I wouldn't recommend introducing Asana to your team. Why?
1. Notification is all or nothing. You can either turn on notifications or you can't. You can't toggle the notifications.
2. Relying on 3rd party for burndown charts. A lot of software project management includes a burndown chart. Asana uses a third-party app, screenful.me. You have to pay for it and it doesn't give clarity into the project's status.
3. Disjointed projects. You cannot see holistically the status of your projects. This means you have to click inside each one.
4. Struggles talking to 3rd party APIs. For some reason there is an initial sync and then the handshake drops. This happened across multiple APIs.
5. If you've used other mature tools then you'll probably struggle using Asana. It doesn't provide enough clarity or detail to be able to make decisions.
6. Very difficult to prioritize tasks. You can move tasks up and down but that's it. You also can't view tasks and subtasks across a project. You can only view the subtasks if the task is open.
7. No automated workflows. Makes no sense as your team has to remember the process for doing X. If you have a lot of teams this can get messy very quickly.
1. Notification is all or nothing. You can either turn on notifications or you can't. You can't toggle the notifications.
2. Relying on 3rd party for burndown charts. A lot of software project management includes a burndown chart. Asana uses a third-party app, screenful.me. You have to pay for it and it doesn't give clarity into the project's status.
3. Disjointed projects. You cannot see holistically the status of your projects. This means you have to click inside each one.
4. Struggles talking to 3rd party APIs. For some reason there is an initial sync and then the handshake drops. This happened across multiple APIs.
5. If you've used other mature tools then you'll probably struggle using Asana. It doesn't provide enough clarity or detail to be able to make decisions.
6. Very difficult to prioritize tasks. You can move tasks up and down but that's it. You also can't view tasks and subtasks across a project. You can only view the subtasks if the task is open.
7. No automated workflows. Makes no sense as your team has to remember the process for doing X. If you have a lot of teams this can get messy very quickly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The one business benefit I realized was tool selection criteria needed to be tighter. I wasn't here when Asana was chosen and the tool gets in the way of progress. I inherited the role of admin.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make your PM software selection criteria list tool agnostic. Can't imagine a mature organization ever using this. Might as well use Excel to track your project at this rate.
Keep all your tasks on track with Asana
What do you like best about the product?
I like using Asana all the time for many reasons. It has a great and convenient calendar to put all your required tasks and monitor them. The user interface and design is very decent and colorful which makes it easy to navigate and see all your tasks. Creating tasks is also so easy and there are many templates available to make life more easier for anyone and help the users to manage their goals. Another great feature in using Asana is assigning tasks to team members and track their work which is very useful
What do you dislike about the product?
The mobile app is missing many features that I hope they will add them soon to be as convenient as the web version
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana makes working with tasks easier. It saves a lot of time and effort. I definitely recommend it for everyone.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great platform for task organization and setting goals
Great Product to Keep Your Team Organized
What do you like best about the product?
I really like the interface and the way it allows you to assign tasks to your team members. It's extremely organized and has helped me, not only keep myself on task and organized, but has given me a way to track my teams accomplishments without making them feel micro managed.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the amount of emails the system sends out. Each time you assign a task an individual email with that task is sent out to those assigned. I wish there was a way to group the tasks, so the person being assigned receives one email with all of the tasks grouped together.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were running into issues with my team not knowing what had been accomplished, what needed to be accomplished and what to do next during the work day. Asana has helped organize everyone's work day and it's not only reduced the need for multiple team conference calls each day, but people are happier because they now know what's expected of them each day and it's eliminated team members mistakenly working on the same tasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you want your team to stay on task, be able to report to your supervisor your teams performance accurately and show the efficiency of your team, then I would definitely recommend Asana.
Best Solution for project management
What do you like best about the product?
I am a Programmer and working in a Software house as a Team Leader and using asana last 3 years, Asana saved my time a lot, I can now easily manage my team and daily tasks, also see my teammate daily progress now I don't need to ask my team for the update.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of my juniors are facing difficulties to understand asana, There are lots of features they didn't know new user need some guidance
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Time-Saving, Paper-Less work, Team Managment
I love Asana
What do you like best about the product?
I love how easy it is to get started on Asana. The user interface is really clean and reliable, and collaboration is easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that Asana creates two tasks for a task, if multiple people are assigned to a task.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're using it to project manage ourselves in building a project.
The definitive tool for project management, collaboration and sharing
What do you like best about the product?
The perfect UX allows to manage every task in the best way possible. Each task can be edited in an appropriate way with several options.
What do you dislike about the product?
The login via Google Account. I would add at least the possibility to have LinkedIn.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Projects management, team management, remote team management
A great tool for collaborative project managers
What do you like best about the product?
I love that Asana uses the PMI standards and the common vocabulary used from project management. Teams with varying level of project management experience are able to quickly get up to speed on the terminology. The task list is great for clarifying specific responsibilities
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana doesn't leave a lot of room for flexibility - especially with projects that are prone to change suddenly in scale or scope.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm often struggling to manage numerous projects at various stages of development with team members that have significantly different levels of involvement. It does a great job of accommodating everyone - from team members that tend to be focused on the granular details of implementation to those that just want to be sure that the project is on track.
Stay organized
What do you like best about the product?
Helps you stay organized and know what you need to do
What do you dislike about the product?
Easy to go overboard and become obsessed with details.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All communication and project management
Asana was great for personal tracking!
What do you like best about the product?
Great way to update my to-do list. It had a great way of tracking the tasks I wanted quickly and easily with good app support too.
What do you dislike about the product?
I couldn't seem to get others to use it too...low adoption from the team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tasks vs emails -- I was trying to get away from using emails for everything but old habits die hard. The email system is still the best way to address most things unfortunately. Team adoption at the very beginning of a project is likely when this will work best and not after the fact. Project teams will benefit from sharing tasks and taking over tasks easily when required. The issues I had were getting my team to send tasks to the Asana tasks vs emails almost consistently...again, better management and some kind of point system might help people to adopt this better. An incentive perhaps in using the tool, like a give away for the team members that adopt the most features and use the tool the most might help.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Team adoption will be tough but worth it if you can get them there.
Loved It
What do you like best about the product?
Asana isn't a full-fledged Kanban sort of management tool, but it worked wonderfully for the biomedical company I was involved with last year. We were able to manage a number of projects and a large number of employees all at once while keeping the right amount of transparency -- or lack thereof.
What do you dislike about the product?
There was nothing I particularly disliked about it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Primarily we saw an uptick in coordination and it made the job of managing multiple projects and subprojects at once significantly easier.
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