Asana
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Not User Friendly
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ability to collaborate with co-workers. Asana makes it easy to collaborate. I like that you can easily see and filter out which tasks you need to accomplish within a specific timeframe. The one thing that I liked the best was the ability to add a recipient to each task. It was helpful for sorting out who was supposed to be doing what task. Tasks were not overlooked because each task had a person or people assigned to it.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't think the interface is very user friendly. I ultimately did not continue using Asana as it was not as user friendly as I would have liked and it seemed to take too much time to learn than what it is worth. It was useful for the time period we needed it for at the time, but I don't think we will be continuing to use it in the future.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collaboration. Task Management. Time management. Our team benefited from collaboration, task management and time management tools. We were able to successfully track and complete projects and tasks that would have easily been overlooked and forgotten if we had not used the software. We benefited from Asana to complete a large project. The collaboration tools helped us to keep track of who was supposed to do what.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend Asana to anyone who needs assistance with team collaboration and time and task management. Asana is helpful to keep work flowing and time sensitive tasks accomplished.
Great for Keeping a Small Team Organized
What do you like best about the product?
I like that you can keep track of your own tasks, while being able to see coworker's tasks at a glance. I also like the ease of being able to go back and look at previously completed tasks, and uploading documents for reference. Overall, Asana integrates well with other products we use (i.e. Harvest, Dropbox, etc.)
What do you dislike about the product?
The biggest issue that I've experienced is having no clear way of seeing full projects. It's a frustration that if one deadline moves, everything else has to be manually moved. The start/end dates also are a bit misleading. If we add start dates, the task doesn't show on the top someone's task list until the end date, which at some points may be too late. Instead, it would be helpful if they showed on the start date and stayed at the top until the end date.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before using Asana, the team was using a Google Doc (back when there was only a handful of employees). Now with 18 employees, it's a far better way to manage projects and deadlines. We can easily see how busy each person is, and when they have capacity to fit additional work in.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great for small companies - but still is lacking in some respects (i.e. start dates/end dates), doing bulk changes, etc.
Repo Deluxe
What do you like best about the product?
Being able to organize and view repositories.
What do you dislike about the product?
When there are too many items in a repository, it becomes visually overwhelming due to the format of the website.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Asana, we are able to provide shared repositories that all employees are able to view.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's one of the most convenient ways to manage ideas, tasks and projects simultaneously, I strongly recommend using it!
Project Management For Everyone Else
What do you like best about the product?
The Asana platform eases you into projects and tasks management. With its web based interface and collaborative tools built in, you can get directly involved in using the software without all the traditional Onboarding headaches associated with other project management tools
What do you dislike about the product?
The Asana platform is singularly project /tasked focused. While that is a great feature, some integration with other web services or platforms is suggested. The Asana Platform is also appears alittle sophomoric. Yeah its easy to use, but visual counts as well The UX design could a better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The chief business problem we are solving is the alignment with all stakeholders. The Asana platform is allowing for a single version of the truth in where are with project/program progress. The chief benefit is accountability
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give the trial a serious go...at the end, you will know without a doubt if this is platform for you.
Great task management with room for improvement
What do you like best about the product?
Asana makes task creation and editing project timelines easy thanks to its very user friendly design. Very few steps are required to get a project set up and everything is very clearly laid out, so there's little excuse for an individual not to know what's happening with a project.
What do you dislike about the product?
Like many PM programs, Asana could use improved reporting and exporting. You can export project data into a google sheet, but it's very raw data that requires organizing in order for it to make sense for supervisors. You can also print the project timeline as a list of tasks and due dates, but it becomes a much different looking task list that is not very clearly organized and hard for others to know what they're looking at. For such a nicely designed site, that user friendliness doesn't translate once you take data out of the site.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving issues with accountability for tasks and outcomes. It takes project tracking out of email and puts it in clear terms, as long as you set up the project well.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Be sure the paid version will satisfy your reporting needs before you move everything into this program. There are also a lot of integrations you can use with Asana which is helpful to fill in the gaps. We use the Instagantt integration and it's a nice compliment.
Asana: Perfect for Digital Filing Needs
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is amazing because it can keep all of your digital paperwork in an organized manner per project.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana is a strong application that is organized but at times could do better in it's organization of it's calendars and sections within a project
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I know where all the paperwork for every project is and know I can rely on it if I ever need to go back and find anything
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's very good about keeping files organized and searchable. The amount of tabs can get overwhelming if not maintained well
Simple and Flexible
What do you like best about the product?
Asana's shining characteristic is its balance between ease of getting started and your ability to flexibly adopt features as and when you like.
What do you dislike about the product?
The distinction between list projects and board projects feels artificial and unnecessary. It seems like they should be different views of the same data. The distinction makes the workflow slightly janky if you want to move a task between different between projects of different kinds.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Task management, project management, team collaboration.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You can use Asana as a simple shopping list of tasks, or you can use it as an enterprise-level management tool. This flexibility creates a danger: it is easy for the list of tasks to become a forest of forgotten ideas and dead projects. Go in with a plan.
User Friendly
What do you like best about the product?
It's easy to use. Easy to create tasks, and helpful when you have recurring tasks that your need to get done every week. A great way to keep things organized and helps you not forget anything.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not as helpful for tasks that only happen once. It's still ok, but more ideal for recurring tasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps managers see what has been completed and helps me keep on tasks.
Asana keeps remote teams on-track
What do you like best about the product?
Calendar of tasks with color codes! Ability to create multiple projects and assign tasks.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can’t think of anything I dislike about the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We work with several contractors on the opposite coast, so Asana solves “after hours” communication
Asana is great to keep projects organized, but not that user-friendly in my experience
What do you like best about the product?
I like how you can create tasks and projects for certain teams. This is helpful for us since we can give our Product and Dev team deadlines and prioritize tasks. I am not a current user anymore since I am not the in the team that handles asana anymore, but that is what I really liked about it. It is still very useful for use as we now log tasks for our Product team to get detailed information about our product -- that way we can add it to our wiki.
What do you dislike about the product?
Looks good, but it is still not that user-friendly. Especially on comments. When I first started using it, it was a bit hard to locate where exactly I should place my comment. Another example is that I would get an email saying that a colleague commented on a task, so I logged in and could not easily find it. Like there's no notification whatsoever or easy link access.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keep our Product and Dev team organized with their projects/tasks
Recommendations to others considering the product:
great software, not sure if they have any competitors but I suggest looking to see what other options you have. Or request a trial first to see if it's easy to use for your users.
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