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Great for teams and more complex projects
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is a truly premium product with a free price tag. You can manage an incredible amount of project data and keep projects completely separate from one another.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's "too much" of a solution for the daily operations of my business. It's best suited for teams managing complex projects. As a freelance designer who collaborates directly with clients, it doesn't suit my needs. Most of my clients also didn't find the interface intuitive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I collaborate with clients on website redesigns and new websites. Asana is great for managing the tasks and milestones within those projects, but it feels overly complex for a one-woman design shop.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Fantastic product for the right situation. I often recommend Asana to clients when I think it could be a good fit.
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Asana makes wonderful To-DO's
What do you like best about the product?
I love that you can make sub-lists within your project's to do list, set up reminders, and add more than a couple people and assign them roles.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the email reminders got a little much, but we changed the settings and it's all good now :)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're making lists of how our projects work and its making apparent the steps that could be eliminated or the processes we need to focus in on further.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Talk to your team and see what your needs are, I found this like a glorified to-do list but it's what we needed at the time.
A Helpful Task Tracking Tool
What do you like best about the product?
My absolute favorite thing about Asana is the new "mark as waiting on" feature. In my department, we have a TON of projects that are dependent on other people completing their tasks first. This feature has made it so much easier to manage projects without a project manager to help move things along.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's a little bit too open ended, which can lead to some headaches and confusion when different people have different methods for using the software. For example, some people utilize subtasks, others do not. Some people utilize custom fields, some don't. If you're working in a group that is a 50/50 mix, it can be difficult sometimes to create tasks for other people because it messes up their workflow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I think the biggest business problem that this product solves for us is the need for a project manager to help us move projects forward. Asana allows my team to have visibility into everyone else's work schedules before assigning/asking for help on projects and makes projects move out the door quicker.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Come up with a unified workflow for teams using the tool. It will make life a LOT easier.
Best team productivity tool available for the enterprise
What do you like best about the product?
Asana has a lot to offer when it comes to allowing teams to collaborate on tasks and stay productive. If I'm honest, I'm in Marketing. Tasks are assigned from all over the company for Marketing to execute on. Sales enablement materials from the floor, customer-facing docs for Customer Success, design resources for the website, event collateral, etc. There are tasks everywhere and most of the time multiple sub-departments in Marketing have a hand in creating, editing and delivering. Asana is a tool that allows our team members to be involved in many different teams, projects and tasks while keeping their to-do list separate.
The hierarchy of tasks is infinite.
We use Asana in a number of different ways even within our own team, but we are all able to assign, comment and collaborate on tasks that involve multiple people. Having linked sub-tasks and projects allows everyone to run their tasks how it makes sense for them to while not forcing others to conform to their specific setup.
Customization
The two latest releases bring database-style columns to tasks for better sorting, filtering and contextual information (before diving into tasks one-by-one to investigate something like Stage Complete). Kanban (think Trello) style boards were also just released bringing our designer-minded Marketing folks on board in a whole new way.
The hierarchy of tasks is infinite.
We use Asana in a number of different ways even within our own team, but we are all able to assign, comment and collaborate on tasks that involve multiple people. Having linked sub-tasks and projects allows everyone to run their tasks how it makes sense for them to while not forcing others to conform to their specific setup.
Customization
The two latest releases bring database-style columns to tasks for better sorting, filtering and contextual information (before diving into tasks one-by-one to investigate something like Stage Complete). Kanban (think Trello) style boards were also just released bringing our designer-minded Marketing folks on board in a whole new way.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't much. I've used a number of different tools for to-do list style collaboration and Asana checks all those boxes and then some, but some of their features are limited by the suggested use cases. So for example sub-tasks don't have the same rights as tasks when it comes to using the new Custom Fields feature. An oversight, but by no means a deal-breaker.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Marketing collaboration and productivity has increased significantly because there is less and less lost in translation. When's the last time you were in a meeting, everyone took action items and the next time you meet many have been forgotten or left unassigned (group dynamics for the win). I myself have been able to streamline 1:1s with our CMO to ensure that we both know what I'm working on at any given point in time. Do I save money directly through Asana - not in the traditional sense. Do I save time due to Asana - you bet. So if I'm saving hours a week in either re-reporting priorities or progress that can be translated into real money for the company.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You can try it out pretty easily and I recommend following their suggested use case to start. Create a project for some effort you're doing that has a deadline. Create sections and tasks and assign them to yourself or members of your team. Add dates and begin. Use the My Tasks section to review any subordinates work during 1:1s and look at the different views (All Tasks, Incomplete Tasks, Dashboard, Calendar) to see progress.
Asana: Great Project Management Tool
What do you like best about the product?
Asana offers our marketing team a platform for managing our workflow. We are able to easily see the progress of each project and that product status sparks conversations within the team about how we can move projects along if they are stalling. Asana also offers us easier ways to share files and creative briefs. If I need more information about a project, I simply log in and check the project notes and all of the creative briefs are right there. It makes managing workflow so much easier. Not to mention, the celebrations make task completion that much more fun and satisfying.
What do you dislike about the product?
For someone like me who has a tendency to try to eat the entire elephant in one bite, Asana can be a little bit overwhelming at first. Once you get the hang of it, though, it really is a great product!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana keeps our team from having to chase one another down. It has enabled us to track project progress, rather than having to interrupt one another to ask those questions.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
We use the free version of Asana and it meets all of our needs. I'd highly recommend this software.
Asana for Small Private School
What do you like best about the product?
I like Asana because it is easy to see your to do lists and manage many different projects. I like the different workspaces and I even like the fun aspects of Asana (the unicorn).
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish Asana could integrate better with some other programs I use, such as some Google apps. I ended up not using it as much as I'd like because I didn't want to have to open up a separate program to do some of the same things I can do with Google.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Program management is a big problem we've solved with Asana.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Look at all the training videos so you're aware of all the features of Asana!
Asana helps me get things done!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is very user friendly and allows me to organize both my professional life as well as my personal life. It is so much more than a to-do list as most people think. Being able to plug every task at hand from either my computer, phone, tablet, or email makes this program crucial to my day-to-day operation. With tags and assigning tasks to other individuals within the company, everyone stays on tasks and knows what projects are going on.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is currently nothing that I dislike about Asana. It has all of the features I need and want, plus some!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana helps me to organize each project for each client, keep track of progress, make notes along the way, share tasks with others, and feel accomplished when I checked off a task I have completed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would highly recommend Asana to any company. Whether large or small, Asana has the necessary tools to keep employees, projects, and the company on task.
Great Product for Small Teams
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate its project management design, and how it makes it easy to collaborate and set deadline between teammates. It allows for streamlined communication between project members. Asana also integrates with all our other apps (google docs, time tracking, slack), which makes dealing with workflow easier
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish it was easier to specify resources for specific projects, for instance, uploading google docs to every task within the project. I also wish there to do list interface was better and easier to design. I also wish it made it easier to integrate non-full time stakeholders into the interface
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The need for collaboration amongst teammates when managing projects. It has made communication easier, and made our workflow more efficient
Asana is invaluable to my workflow and productivity
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is the one browser tab that I keep open at all times. Without it, I don't know how I would keep my work life organized. It's extremely user friendly and the UI is intuitive. I can't believe this product is free. It's stable and feature rich — it has more features than I'll ever need to use, but I appreciate them being there.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only think I might suggest is the layout of the emails I get when an update is made to a task. They're a little messy/difficult to read — hard to scan quickly and find the relevant piece of info.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm a graphic designer and tasks are given to me by multiple people. Asana helps me keep these many tasks (and their sub tasks) organized and helps me prioritize deadlines, as well as communicate with my colleagues who issue me these tasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would absolutely recommend Asana to any team that needs assign tasks, share files, communicate, and set deadlines. Personally, my use case is relatively simple — most of the activity happening in Asana for me is just between me and my manager. However, the program is so feature-rich that it can handle multiple employees and all the communication that needs to happen between them.
Asana has more features than I'll ever need, but those features would be extremely valuable for a team that has a more complicated setup than mine.
Asana has more features than I'll ever need, but those features would be extremely valuable for a team that has a more complicated setup than mine.
Maximize Productivity by keeping track of what is getting done
What do you like best about the product?
With Asana, I am able to keep accurately categorized lists with due dates that you are able to check off as you are getting them done. By using Asana, I am more productive than ever before. I can plan out exactly what I am going to do each week over a month period and then check stuff off an move stuff around. There is no way something is going to come up that causes you to forget because all of your tasks are in one place. It is flexible too, so if something does come up you can add in a task but still get back to your other stuff when you need to.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes I wish there was a queue instead of due dates, but that probably exists I just don't know about it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It keeps me accountable for everything I need to get done in a month. Plus, if I add tasks as they come up and it accurately reflects everything I am doing I am then able to get everything done.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Put all of your tasks in and keep track of it! You will get out what you put in.
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