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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.
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.
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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?
Asana has been so helpful to my team. We create dashboards for our projects and we can invite people from outside teams to join our project dashboards and make contributions to the tasks. I like the ease with which you can create new projects, tasks, subtasks, attach and share files, and track tasks. Dashboards are customizable and intuitive to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
With the free version, you can't create dependent tasks that automatically change the due dates. You also can't create gantt charts. There are a lot of great features with the paid version that I wish were available for the free version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our team is able to continuously stay up to date with all of our projects. MY boss is able to check in on all of our progress without needing to talk. We can also assign tasks throughout meetings, which solves the need to send follow up emails.
For those who can get past the tone of micromanagement
What do you like best about the product?
Its a great tool for transparency and virtual real time progress monitoring for those who's priority is to get the project done
What do you dislike about the product?
i personally love the transparency and the tool's support in holding myself accountable to a team project, but there seems to be a psychological aspect where folks feel like the person assigning the tasks and creating the skeleton is micromanaging. on the one hand, the more broken down the steps the more likely they will get tackled and completed but the more micromanagement is felt. vs. assigning roles and responsibilities...
There is also a huge hurdle for folks who do not consider themselves tech savvy to grasp how to use the tool
There is also a huge hurdle for folks who do not consider themselves tech savvy to grasp how to use the tool
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
benefits of transparency and virtual/remote management
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure the team buys into the goals of the project and the importance of using the tool to achieve it.
Have project management asana timelines and templates ready and roles clearly understood.
The tool can highlight gaps in lack of role clarity and decision making processes. Be prepared to address them.
Have project management asana timelines and templates ready and roles clearly understood.
The tool can highlight gaps in lack of role clarity and decision making processes. Be prepared to address them.
Easy, Effecient Tast Managemetn
What do you like best about the product?
Organization, flexibility, and collaboration. I can organize tasks on the fly or way in advance and only see what is relevant to my day right then. The software is flexible enough to fit a ton of custom solutions. I have taken advantage of this to make all kinds of flow boards, dynamic projects, and interactive to-do lists. Finally, the collaboration and communication on Asana has absolutely changed the way our whole company functions.
What do you dislike about the product?
The iPhone and iPad app lacks just a few features that make it a little less intuitive. This by no means should prohibit anyone from becoming a user. However, if they would add the keyboard shortcuts and an archive all feature to the inbox it would be pretty close to perfect.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We actually do all of our internal communication on Asana. No texts, emails, or products like Slack needed. We use it to approve drafts, share design files, and collaborate on documents. It really has become an all-in-one communication tool for us.
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