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Perfect for managing projects of any size (and any kind)
What do you like best about the product?
— It's easy to create projects, create and assign tasks (and subtasks) so you're able to keep all your projects organized and fluid. You can also copy projects and tasks to avoid re-work.
— It's easy to add documents and comment on work in progress so you're able to keep track of how work is progressing (or not). And with a calendar view and email notifications, it's easy to keep track of what's due and when.
— My favorite part is the encouragement from Asana you receive as you knock items off your lists. It's simple but it makes you feel like a boss.
— It's easy to add documents and comment on work in progress so you're able to keep track of how work is progressing (or not). And with a calendar view and email notifications, it's easy to keep track of what's due and when.
— My favorite part is the encouragement from Asana you receive as you knock items off your lists. It's simple but it makes you feel like a boss.
What do you dislike about the product?
— If you don't have a good process for creating projects and tasks, it can be easy to get lost in all the layers available. In other words, it can be easy to over-engineer things if you aren't vigilant about how detailed you need your projects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There's virtually no learning curve. Everything about Asana is a piece of cake. We use Asana to coordinate all the marketing projects in play, but I know some companies use Asana to coordinate their product roadmaps and internal communication. The beauty of Asana is you can use it for pretty much anything.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Define your internal processes and organizational rules BEFORE implementing Asana. Process is a people problem. Tackle that first and you'll be golden.
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Great way to keep everyone in the loop
What do you like best about the product?
What's great about Asana is that you're able to keep everyone in your team on track with every single project.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish Asana could run off a desktop platform like Dropbox so that I didn't have to go login online each time I wanted to access the software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving the problem of not being able to constantly communicate with each other since we are in different places. By using Asana we can easily know what the other person is doing without having to physically communicate with them each time.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure your full team is on board to dive into Asana. It will not be helpful unless all members of your team have fully "bought in" to the software.
Managing development campaign timelines and tasks across departments.
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to assign tasks and sub-tasks was very helpful. I also found that it helped to keep my team informed of progress. It also had a section where I could report out on the progress of the project and it also sent me reminders to tell me to go in and do this on Friday's. Utilizing the @ feature in conversations to ask questions, provide feedback, and loop in others who might not be directly responsible for completing the task but who provide answers or suggestions to help guide completion. To was a one stop place to put everything.
What do you dislike about the product?
It was a little difficult when multiple people needed to know or be reminded of tasks. Only one person can be assigned a task. We also found some repetition in wanting deadlines in multiple places without having to re-create or copy. We did not have a feature that enabled being able to email the timeline or portions of it to preview for what was upcoming and who was responsible over the next week or two. It relies on everyone going in and looking and sometimes I found I needed features to share in other communication formats for reminders when tasks were near (and not completed). It would be great to be able to set a reminder for tasks too so that you can help plan when you will get the tasks done.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working with colleagues across departments on projects. The ability to create a timeline, assign staff, and therefore hold people accountable. Having one place to put deadlines is really important for complex projects or ongoing needs when you are working with someone else. Cut way down on email
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider paying for the full upgraded features. If this is the system than invest in it to take full advantage of what the software can do. Like any system like this it is only as good as it is used. If a business or company does not have everyone in and working in the system, than features like assigning tasks in Asana become less important. It could be a good personal management tool, but you would not need this level of a program for that.
Good team based todo list
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to create teams and join multiple teams.
the ability to have multiple projects under each team.
The ability to create private projects under a team.
The surprise when you complete a task.
the ability to have multiple projects under each team.
The ability to create private projects under a team.
The surprise when you complete a task.
What do you dislike about the product?
The biggest dislike that I have is the fact that you can't assign a task to multiple people. On our team, we normally have 2-3 people assigned to deliver a task, so we have to create a copy of the task for each person, which makes it to where there isn't a single place for communication.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My company uses Asana as our to do tracker. The ability to create teams in Asana is an extremely helpful tool. We also rely a lot on the ability to have private projects within a team.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Very good, lightweight tool. iOS app works well. The ability to send/forward an email to Asana to create tasks is quite helpful.
A free project management tool
What do you like best about the product?
Asana very persistently reminds users of upcoming due dates or if they have missed due dates, so this is helpful for jogging a user’s memory. Asana also sends out a weekly dashboard project report letting you know what tasks remain for each list. Asana also shows which users have not completed their projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
It took me a fair bit of time to get myself acquainted with Asana as it is not particularly straightforward. Additionally, while I appreciate Asana’s email reminders, it does send far too many email notifications unless you mark a task as complete.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana ensures that tasks are completed on schedule and that everyone is held accountable which is definitely a benefit.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
As a project management tool, Asana could be better. At times it seems unnecessarily complicated.
Favorite tool in business and in life
What do you like best about the product?
I like how simple Asana is to use and that it keeps all my projects and tasks organized both on the desktop version and on the iPhone app version. I like being able to check of my tasks just as I would if I were using paper and a pen. I also like being able to easily look back to the tasks that I have assigned to others.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that it doesn't always feel very intuitive. It took me a while to figure out how to set up recurring tasks. I also don't like the way that I switch back and forth from different projects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm solving organization and project management by being able to assign detailed tasks to team members and keep all documents and information related to the task on that page. The major benefits are that I'm easily able to see what the team members have accomplished and when without having to constantly check in with them.
Great task list manager
What do you like best about the product?
I enjoy the ease of assigning tasks to other team members and being able to categorize them under specific projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like that you can only sort tasks by Today, Upcoming, and Later. I would like a little more flexibility in organizing my tasks and the importance of each.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The business problem asana helps us solve is a lack of communication amongst teammates. Many times in our workday there are so many different projects my peers and I are working on to the point where we continue to layer more work on each other because we have little insight into the work each other is already doing. Using asana, there is significant more clarity to how busy the team is.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
One integration that really helped our use of Asana was instagantt. One of my biggest complaints with asana is the lack of progress reports on specific projects. With Instagantt, my team now has visualization of this.
Asana is the best project management tool!
What do you like best about the product?
My favorite part of Asana is the ability to add projects and the color-coding!
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing that I dislike about Asana so far!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I love Asana because I can share projects with others and it helps keep me organized and all of my projects and lists in one place!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend Asana because even their free version is amazing! There is no possible way that you can use Asana and not get organized!
Always in the loop
What do you like best about the product?
Always being in the loop with each team members tasks and the feeling of checking items off a virtual to-do list.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the reminders via email are too frequent.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are able to share tasks across our team and leaders are able to assign items to the correct individual within the organization.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great FREE platform that performs like a paid service.
Not ideal for the amount of tasks we have to keep track of
What do you like best about the product?
I like that you can assign tasks across teams and projects and sort your tasks by due date. I also like that you can set up notifications to push to your email account.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that there is no quick visual reference to help keep track of how far you've progressed in a project and what project is next up to be worked on. We have hundreds of tasks across a huge number of projects and the task list can be quite over whelming to the point where I don't even want to sign in and look at it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sharing assets across teams and projects. A marginally more organized workflow and a developing process for handling information flow within the organization
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you have 1 brand and a focused workflow, Asana would be very helpful in organizing who is doing what, when. If you have several brands and multiple focuses, it is very difficult to implement Asana when projects are divided by brand. Try dividing the projects by function: ie: planning, design, production, etc. We believe that organizational structure would provide the most advantages when using Asana
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