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Asana gets the job done, but it's not always the best UI
What do you like best about the product?
My favorite feature of Asana is the project-setting function. I work on small teams and manage two people. In Asana, I can create a project with sub-tasks, assign them to my team members, and even give them due dates. When they complete them, they just check them off, and I'm notified.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't create the robust sub-categories I would like to on the platform, and I also can't rid of some of the premade ones. It also sorts tasks in ways that don't make so much sense for me. Whenever I exit it out, it resets to "incomplete" instead of "due date," and I have to go in and manually change it again.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're trying to manage small teams efficiently and keep the communication channels open without bogging everyone down with email. It's also essentially a master task list for groups.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's not going to replace email. It might help streamline email, but don't set your expectations too high. Sometimes it's just either to send an unstructured message than set up a structured task.
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Great tool for group project managment!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the tagging and task following capabilities.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really wish you didn't have a pay just as much as Asana it's self for the time tracking. I think that is a core feature that should come with basic membership. It would be so nice to allocate a time amount to a task so that the team can see workload in that way. Too much to do is our biggest issue right now and we need a way to prove that.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Organization and simple project management where huge issues as our team grew. This has helped all of us work together, keep on track, and helps nothing to fall threw the cracks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Always do your research, but asana is what was best for our team.
Fantastic Organizational Software
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to aggregate tasks in a way that is easy to keep track of, as well as easily transfer tasks between various users.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is a completely internet-dependent application; if you do not have a live internet connection you cannot use the software. This is especially detrimental for the mobile app; I would highly recommend for Asana to integrate some manner of background save to the app. Even with a high-speed WiFi internet connection, the app still feels a little sluggish to respond after you have selected a task, as it loads all of the information.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our main pain point was interacting with web developers for our various websites, and keeping track of their tasks lists and updates waiting to roll out. This has greatly helped to streamline that process, and make sure that no task gets missed.
Excellent solution for team project management
What do you like best about the product?
Simple, intuitive, versatile, scalable...the list goes on. Asana is one of the most flexible, yet simple project management tools I've used. I like it so much, I use it for my personal projects and to-do list. One feature that really sold it for me is the ability to sort by today, upcoming and later, similar to David Allen's Getting Things Done approach. This has been an incredible help in prioritizing tasks and keeping track of ideas, even if they're off in the future.
What do you dislike about the product?
The one aspect I've found lacking is a central location to post notes and share documents outside of individual projects. But that's a minor issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Communication has increased dramatically. The ability to comment on tasks and projects is great.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's so simple a caveman could do it.
Really solid project management tool
What do you like best about the product?
it was one of my first project management tools which I used to finish the biggest project of my life - medical tourism platform and video consultations. I loved it for simple interface and really great team management.
What do you dislike about the product?
Couple years ago it wasn't integrated with many external platforms. From what I know now it's way better. You have dropbox, slack, google drive etc. It's also still not that great in mobile area. Recently I prefer Trello for really simple project management then dealing with asana or even slack which are too big for my purposes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As I mentioned I solved really big project with Asana. It helped me to manage small team which reduced costs and also helped me to execute and finish that big project. Most of team members was remote so we needed something solid and reliable. Asana provided that.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I can easily recommend Asana for example for startup teams, web project teams. It'll be really helpful to manage different small teams and control their tasks. It's really great when team is using Agile method or Scrum.
Asana helps me get organized!
What do you like best about the product?
I like the fact that I can drag and rearrange things easily. Plus, everything syncs to my phone!
What do you dislike about the product?
When establishing deadlines for subtasks in each task, it can get confusing if you didn't individually label them for that specific task. For example, I have a content calendar and each task includes the same subtasks. On my phone it will just say "recipe" and the date instead of saying "xyz recipe" -- it just means I have to be more specific in my subtasks so I can see what is due from my phone
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helps me to be more organized. Easier to see everything in one calendar and able to rearrange as needed
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I do not work with a team but if I do in the future, this is a great option. You can set individual deadlines and set it for different team members. I believe you can also add notes for members which I think is really helpful -- less emailing back & forth yay!
Great Task Management Program
What do you like best about the product?
I like that I can organize tasks and projects so well. You can have tasks, and subtasks, and sub-sub-tasks, and so on. You can have as many projects as you want as well. I can also have several companies and my own organizational space.
I also love that you can have private tasks on company pages as well. I can add things that I need to do for a certain company, but don't want my team to see. I appreciate that.
I love that there is a calendar integrated into the system and that we can assign tasks to certain people.
I also love that you can have private tasks on company pages as well. I can add things that I need to do for a certain company, but don't want my team to see. I appreciate that.
I love that there is a calendar integrated into the system and that we can assign tasks to certain people.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that I cannot combine my companies on my personal organizational space. I wish I could see ALL my tasks for all the clients I work for.
I also do not like that there is not a team chat area. You can comment on items, but here needs to be a chat box for us to chat whenever we need to.
I also do not like that there is not a team chat area. You can comment on items, but here needs to be a chat box for us to chat whenever we need to.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm solving the problems of tasks needing to be done on time and in a complete way with Asana. Things don't get overlooked and my clients appreciate that. The benefits are huge because it lets my clients trust in me.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try! It's free so you might as well. Use it for personal tasks first, then introduce it to your company. It looks confusing, but stick with it!
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What do you like best about the product?
I like the overall functionality and the fact that when due dates are changed each affected party gets an email with new dates. It is also nice because you can log directly into the platform from the reminder emails. Overall a great program.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes knowing if your messages have been read is a bit awkward. For instance, if I leave a message on a task I am not informed if the other party has seen the message, so I usually send a separate email to the person to follow-up and make sure they saw the original message.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am using this software with a company in another country so that way when we are both working on projects we get reminders and due dates for when each of us need to be done with our respective parts.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I do recommend this software to others because it will meet your requirements and it is much easier to use than others.
Simple and effective
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of assigning tasks to my team as well as the ability to see their progress. The progress tab keeps me up to date with how many tasks are complete and how many still remain in a very easy to access interface.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish I could assign tasks and projects to multiple people. Some projects require more than one team member and I would like to be able to reflect that in the project. Currently I can only assign the project or task to a single member and they manage additional tasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We did not have a good project management solution for our team before using Asana. I have been able to track all of our projects much more thoroughly which has allowed me to keep upper management and other teams up to date on progress.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try the software first and if it meets your requirements you can move to the paid version. The free version works very well for a small team so you can get a good feel for the product before investing your money.
Asana a very good assistant for daily duties
What do you like best about the product?
Asana has a very friendly user interface, very easy to use, since has many options but well structured.
It helps to create tasks for you and for your co-workers and see them in list or calendar view.
Also, Asana allows to control task's privacy. You can see others' tasks if they mark them as public.
You can create groups where members can assign tasks among them.
It helps to create tasks for you and for your co-workers and see them in list or calendar view.
Also, Asana allows to control task's privacy. You can see others' tasks if they mark them as public.
You can create groups where members can assign tasks among them.
What do you dislike about the product?
At the free version, the downside is that you can not set a specific time for tasks. So you have a list of tasks per day and you can change priority dragging them, but you can not set a due time.
Also, you can not control their reminders.
Also, you can not control their reminders.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Organize work. It definetely allows you to have a list of pending items organized in a simple way.
Also, I used this tool for assigning work to me and also people in my department.
It helped to have a to-do list ready at my phone always synchronized with google account and very important, in a collaborative environment.
Also, I used this tool for assigning work to me and also people in my department.
It helped to have a to-do list ready at my phone always synchronized with google account and very important, in a collaborative environment.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Assana will help you to organize your and your team pending items.
It is a web tool, so you dont have to install anything in your computer. So it reduces maintenance costs to cero.
If you want to use it for five persons, you will be charged around 27 USD per month, compared to microsoft outlook tasks it might be seen expensive, however servers and maintenance are not needed with asana, making it more convenient.
It is a web tool, so you dont have to install anything in your computer. So it reduces maintenance costs to cero.
If you want to use it for five persons, you will be charged around 27 USD per month, compared to microsoft outlook tasks it might be seen expensive, however servers and maintenance are not needed with asana, making it more convenient.
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