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Asana is great for organizing my to do list and setting deadlines!
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Asana is so easy to work in and it's easy to add, remove, change, rearrange, reorder, etc. all of the things on my to do list. It's nice to see all of my tasks in order of due date so I know what I need to focus on each day.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there was a separate section for recurring tasks so that they aren't bogging up my to do list. I like when things get crossed off my to do list (shorter list means I'm getting things done!) but when the recurring tasks are in my to do list, it looks like I'm never getting things crossed off!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy way to organize my to do list and keep me organized and on track.
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Robust project management tool available for free
What do you like best about the product?
The price (free)! The free plan gives you unlimited projects, tasks, and conversations for up to 15 team members. As a freelancer, I use it to keep both myself and my clients organized on various projects. It will be especially useful as my business grows and I need to coordinate with a virtual assistant, designer, and so on. You can assign tasks and set due dates to ensure accountability. You can also link files and choose between a standard list format or board format (a la Trello). Beautiful UI.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing really! It takes some time to get set up because you have to manually enter all of your projects and tasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As an entrepreneur, it can be easy to get overwhelmed by everything I need to do for my business. Asana keeps me organized, accountable and helps me focus on what needs to be done, when. It also helps keep my clients accountable on their projects, which helps me maintain deadlines.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Might as well test it out and see what you think – it's free!
Best Yet
What do you like best about the product?
I love how quick everyone on our team can work together. It's very intuitive. It does everything that we need it to and more. We really can really organize all of our thoughts and tasks better than before.
What do you dislike about the product?
Lots of down time. There is a lot of times during the day that Asana is being worked on and is down so we lose a lot of company time. Any way that we could work locally would be great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Asana to keep client info and tasks together. It makes everything streamlined.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't think about it. It's incredible. Just use it for any and every project. It hooks you in and I've even used it for home projects intermittently to make sure I don't fall behind. It's an amazing software.
Asana - Magic Glue for your Team
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is the Nth team member. It is the trusted system that our whole team uses to get tasks and thoughts out of our feeble, human brains, and into something structured, concrete and actionable.
With Asana (and many team conversations), we can move faster while all being on the same page.
With Asana (and many team conversations), we can move faster while all being on the same page.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do wish that Asana had a desktop app (even a web wrapper like Slack would be great) so that I could get it out of my sea of tabs (sometimes even a pinned tab isn't enough).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The biggest problem - keeping work on track and moving through managing tasks and to-dos, while also maximizing transparency and visibility of work across the company.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is a great tool. It does a lot, it has a lot of great features. But at the end of the day, you need to build your teams understanding of the value of using it. When we first started, we didn't quite get "all-in" and it took a bit for us to realize that we needed to shift our mindset to fully realize all the benefits.
As with everything, it's a process.
As with everything, it's a process.
Cannot live without it. Literally!
What do you like best about the product?
It's the one stop shop that I can use to manage ALL of my projects. Previously I'd have certain to do lists in other software... some lists in email drafts... some lists on sticky notes. Now that I'm in the routine of using Asana DAILY (more like by the minute) I put absolutely everything in Asana, making it my reliable source of truth for what needs to be done next.
What do you dislike about the product?
A few years back my biggest complaint was not being able to set deadlines by the hour, but now that that's available I'm struggling to find something here... A neat feature idea would be in app (or desktop) notifications of when a to do is approaching. A subtle reminder to get working on something, because I don't generally use the daily emails.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Relying on individuals' memories is really hard, and a huge bet. Asana allows me to keep track of multiple related, and unrelated projects, of all different sizes and timeframes. I can keep a to do list for all the things I need to do on a project that's 2 days long, or plan out an entire year's roadmap. It serves as a SINGLE tool, to keep track of EVERYTHING work related.
Simple to start, deep if you want it
What do you like best about the product?
I use Asana to track my To Do list across a large number of projects and teams. I like that I can pull ToDo's from all of those projects and put them into a single list to work from. What doesn't get done today can automatically be on the list for tomorrow, or I can flush it and start clean.
What do you dislike about the product?
My biggest problem with Asana is that it's not easy to prioritize tasks. I would love to be able to prioritize by importance and urgency.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana helps me keep a consistent and organized list of what I need to do each day. I get a sense of peace and focus from knowing I'm not forgetting something, and a sense of accomplishment from crossing things off.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Dive in for sure -- it's easy to get started and they offer a free plan that lets you have a really great test drive.
Asana is simple and has a great freemium if you want to give it a shot
What do you like best about the product?
Love the design and the easy set-up. They really dont get tangle in too many feature. I like the subtask feature a lot, it's endless and it's easy to manage. The dependable task in the premium version is also quite cool. I also like their chrome extension that allow me to add task quickly. Same with slack integration. They also have a desktop app.
What do you dislike about the product?
You cannot cut/paste a picture... You can drag and drop, but not cut/paste. Which really slow down my work pace since it's an action I do often.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Web Project Management and other business stuff. It's our go to place for task management,
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Simple and effective project management tool. If you're looking for something heavier, maybe give a shot to TeamWork.
Great team project management tool
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ability to break down tasks into infinite subtasks, each with their own due date, assignee, comments, tags, etc. It makes managing and segmenting out the work for different projects so much easier, and is very helpful when you work with large teams and large projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there was more variety in the kind of "views" of projects you could have. Something more visual, with dragging and dropping to different sections (similar to Trello) would be more helpful to me as a visual learner. Sometimes, the lines of text can be overwhelming.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Since our team has no dedicated project manager, Asana works to help keep everyone on track and aware of how much another team member has on their plate. It focuses both our daily tasks, and our monthly goals and so on.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is a great way to organize your team, and if you have complex projects, it allows for segmenting out each minute detail as much as you like. If you wanted a more structured, spreadsheet style of project management software however, I would look elsewhere.
Excellent for basic team task management
What do you like best about the product?
Asana has a very aesthetically pleasing interface that is intuitive and makes it easy to perform basic task management. Team collaboration, basic cost management, and budgeting are also easily performed in Asana.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sub-task management is not optimal. I wish Asana offered unlimited layers of sub-tasks and had better visibility into complete project plans. Project reporting and portfolio management is somewhat lacking.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Asana for a 10 person team. Using Asana for team collaboration and task management is much more efficient that just using Outlook. It is also much easier and makes a lot more sense to use Asana for project collaboration rather than searching through internal emails or trying to manage tasks manually with Microsoft Outlook. All things considered, we probably recognized a positive return on our investment in Asana within a month of deploying just from time savings.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure you are comfortable with limited reporting at the project level.
Good Program Idea, not great execution
What do you like best about the product?
I like the project management portion of it, it makes it easy to communicate from person to person. It's also very useful for keeping track of tasks and due dates. Due dates tend to slip through the cracks, but I think that this shows them right up front so it's hard to miss things.
What do you dislike about the product?
I like the idea of how people communicate using the program but I think that it needs a little bit more work. When there is more than one or two people using it, things can get lost in a project somewhere. I also don't think that Asana is necessarily best for every kind of project (not that it needs to be) but I noticed while I was working on a design project, that it was hard to make edits to things and send images back and forth. I also don't like the idea of replying to comments via email. It tends to get messy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I don't know if I'm necessarily solving any problems. But the benefits I realized were how easy it is to communicate with a third party using this product. Things can get tricky when working with someone outside of your company, and this helps to make things easier, rather than sending bunches of emails back and forth.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would suggest turning off the email notifications while you are working on a project. Your inbox can fill up quickly, especially with the more people that you have working on the program. It's good for anything business related, but I wouldn't suggest using it for design projects unless you're just using it as a way to keep track of tasks.
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