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Yup, this is making a positive impact
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is proving to pull a variety of functions that were spread out among email, Slack and other functions. It is pulling the functions together into one place and making the day to day work of my team much more coordinated.
What do you dislike about the product?
My only complaint is learning curve on using the tool. My team has been using Asana for about 4 months and we are still learning a lot about the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This has been key to my teams coordinated functions and work flows. I am finding that I can better manage and coordinate work with this tool.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You team has to commit to using this tool - don't assume it's easy so everyone will just jump on board - commitment matters.
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What do you like best about the product?
I like this product because it is easy to manage my own tasks for the day, see what other people on my team may have on their plate, as well as work together by assigning and following tasks with one another.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana can be a bit difficult to navigate at times. When I first started using the program, it wasn't clear cut how I could assign my task to another person. Now that I've figured the system out, I don't have many complaints!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I work in advertising. It is easy for my team to attach images and plan emails, advertisements, etc. as we are all contributors on a task.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend this for any one that works as a team on projects quite often! It makes managing those tasks and delegation much easier!
Keeping me on task
What do you like best about the product?
I can easily reorganize and prioritize my tasks.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't customize my background picture.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using Asana for decentralized organization has really helped improve our productivity and the way we work together!
Okay....but better team task/ work management apps exist
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to rank priority on the tasks that you have set out for your team is very convenient so it allows people to see what should be targeted first not just a list of everything that needs to be done. Also the ability to segment tasks by topics is very helpful especially if you have a focus area within your group.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'm not the biggest fan of the UI, and a lot of times reminders and other tasks can become cluttered and it can get very confusing to sort out. The gant chart like feature could be designed much cleaner, and the calendar feature is also not my favorite as I feel like it can easily become cluttered. Additionally sometimes their notification system doesn't work to the best of its abilities. There have been times where I haven't been notified of things and I had angry coworkers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Trying to organize people who are very much remote workers to accomplish group tasks. The benefits are providing every one a central hub to check where priorities are and to allow for internal communication between the team that is not constantly lost in emails.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely go through all of the tours to see if this product is right for you. Its much more useful for smaller teams even within larger companies otherwise it will become too cluttered and can be confusing. The prioritization and segmentation of topics is helpful. Definitely would recommend if you have a group with a lot of subgroups or many categories of tasks that fall underneath the umbrella of coverage areas.
PhD Student To Do List
What do you like best about the product?
Asana allows me to manage multiple to do lists across both multiple classes and multiple teaching assignments. I also appreciate how intricate I can be in terms of topic of tasks within one space. Writing notes about tasks is intuitive, and integrating other people into to do lists is easy - I do this for a class in which I teacher assist with several others
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish the default view for tasks went chronologically.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Previously, I kept my to do lists in my head or on my notepad. Using Asana has increased my awareness of how much I actually face day-to-day, and provides me a space to double check when I may be unsure about how well I am able to remember what needs to be done. This space has also been great for delegating responsibility across people.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The program takes minutes to get used to. Create many tasks, even small substeps. Clicking on the check is very satisfying, and from a psychological perspective, completing tasks is motivating.
Runs my whole Business
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Asana encourages tasks to be clear and actionable, and let’s you view as projects or as “what do I need to do today”.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that Asana won’t let me switch a project between board and list views once they’re created.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Primarily I use Asana to keep track of several projects across different clients. It lets me invite clients to see their own project tracking and feel more connected to the work. I also use it as a mini CRM.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great for project tracking and communication. A bit weak on time estimates and tracking.
A Great Collaboration Project Management Tool
What do you like best about the product?
Asana lets you build a full picture of your tasks and by adding some in-house rules like making sure those tasks MUST fall under a target project it ensures all those tasks are on point, focused and will help move the needle.
If I find myself working on a set of tasks that do not fall under a target project, I can throw them into a hidden "drawing board" project to review and refine later when we're investigating new ideas.
If I find myself working on a set of tasks that do not fall under a target project, I can throw them into a hidden "drawing board" project to review and refine later when we're investigating new ideas.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana offers a lot of powerful tools of which one is the different views you can use to organise your projects. Asana doesn't currently support switching between board view and list view which is a shame as people work best in different ways. This has a knock on effect; if you create a project and add tasks but realise the project would suit the view you didn't choose, you need to recreate the entire board including all the tasks you already created. This has happened to me a few times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are a multi-faceted organisation with many parts making up the whole. We work on key projects aimed at improving our services and these projects often span several departments. Asana helps us by looping in relevant people on projects whilst maintaining the department structure.
Asana also provides full visibility on what people are working on, so you can monitor pace and offer help if things slow down anywhere.
Asana also provides full visibility on what people are working on, so you can monitor pace and offer help if things slow down anywhere.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend setting up internal conventions that people must adhere to and create templates for task requests. The danger with using these kinds of tools is how easy it is to create tasks but forget the assignee has no context/knowledge of that task.
If you're Type A you'll love Asana
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is awesome if you need to track a big project with lots of little moving pieces, especially if you need to assign those pieces to another person.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana sends a ton of emails, and if you aren't good about updating it then things can get outdated and stale quickly. You have to have a team who is dedicated to updating it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Delegating tasks quickly and with transparency.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Think about your team as a whole- if they are very responsive they will love this tool!
Great project management platform
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is quite user friendly. Asana has helped me keep projects at work organized with easy to use tasks, calendars and reminders. I can invite particular users to collaborate on projects. Asana has an excellent meeting agenda that tracks discussions, agenda items and upcoming topics. When you mark a task completed a cute graphic pops up across your screen. A little motivation to stay on track.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have really not found anything that I don't like about Asana.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management and completion.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for organization for tasks and projects this is an excellent product!
The most flexible project management software
What do you like best about the product?
Asana was the first PM software that I've used. But, after researching and getting to know other tools I abandoned Asana. At that time Asana was good, but not great. Since them I used Trello, Redbooth, Wrike and other tools. Then, in 2016, I decided to give Asana another chance. And I was surprised to see that there were many new functions and A LOT of improvement in the basic features. Nowadays, I think Asana is the best, most complete and most flexible PM software that I've ever used.
What do you dislike about the product?
Its time to put more formatting options for the description and comments areas (Markdown would be great). For newcommers and people that are not used to work with PMs, the interface may be a little overwhelming when compared with other PMs softwares.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management, tasks organization and prioritization, team communication and time tracking trough Everhour (integration)
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I think Asana is the best option for "task first" mindsets. The features that it gives the user for breaking tasks in smaller tasks and prioritizing your work, as you get it done, are the very core of this system. For project overviews and complex tasks workflows, maybe other tools are a better fit.
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