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When you need more than a To Do list
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is very easy to set up and provides lots of support. The amount of things that can be stored in Asana - attachments, images, pdfs, convos is really helpful. I use it for personal use and my company has adopted it for project management across departments.
What do you dislike about the product?
Images, pdfs, content within a convo require you to log into Asana to download which can be time consuming. Also, while it is easy to use, getting team members who have never used a project management system to adopt Asana is ... challenging.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Heavier to-do lists and complicated projects across departments were out-growing the traditional inbox and to-do lists that we used previously.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take advantage of support. Don't worry about getting it "perfect" when setting up as it is easy to change/adapt to needs. Let team members use on their own(personal project management/to-do lists) at first to get comfortable in the product.
Impressed and finally organized!
What do you like best about the product?
I was looking for an app that I could organize everything from deadlines of projects, scheduled payroll, dates for training and everything I needed to do to get prepared for it and much more! I like that I can have it in my phone and that I can access it through the computer also, plus I can add other people and assign tasks and see the status of the projects I'm working on and supervising. Everything in one app only! I'm still learning and trying to help others to use it better as I learn, and I hope to have everything in it, as much as personal as for business, because it works even better that an agenda for me.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish I could have access to it from a shortcut in the desktop.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have ALL my deadlines for payroll, federal payments, user and password of the accounts, sites to go to, in other words, everything in one place with all the information, and scheduled for the whole year. Also I finally could get the projects with the people working in it and have better communication. This app has been perfect for me!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For me, its easier than others I tried before, I finally found what we needed, and its easier to use than most. I recommend it not only for business, but also for personal, like when preparing personal events like weddings, birthdays, baby showers and much more!
Great for team assignments
What do you like best about the product?
I don't like reminders and to do list, but Asana is simple and easy to use. It's great for teams because you can simply assign each person their duties and use Asana as a means of keeping track on progress.
What do you dislike about the product?
The biggest downfall can be the learning curve. Asana is a powerful tool and it can be somewhat intimidating.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Again, keeping a team on task. With a blog a run, someone edits photos, someone writes the recipe, someone schedules the post, and so on. Asana helps to keep us on task and let us know when to move forward with the next task.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Again, it can be difficult to learn if you go all in. If you're just looking for a simple way to keep your team on track, it's great.
Free tool for team workflow and project management
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is free to use for small teams. They do have upgrade options for larger teams and advanced features and permissions. It's really really easy to do things like create tasks, tag people, drag and drop files, and mark things done or track status. Plus they offer list view, board/wall view, calendar view, attachments view, and discussion/conversations view. Pro tip: go into your settings and turn on some of their beta features for advanced uses. Plus you can also get fun little animations and delight moments when you complete tasks or customization of screens to your personality with different skins and themes. They offer both a browser solution and mobile app and integrate with a lot of other tools. It's a great way to reduce email and keep your team connected and working on your priorities.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a little overly cumbersome and some of the more advanced features and ways of using the tool you have to research a little and learn about. Plus it's very task focused, so not everyone will like using this tool. If you love having lots of tasks and checking them off though you definitely will. Also, everyone has the same permissions so it's really easy to accidentally delete things (but you can easily get them reverted) and you don't have any roles in the free version so everyone can see everything too. Great if you really trust your team and have 100% transparency, which more companies need anyway.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our company has tried a few solutions and not everyone likes all of the tools we have for workflow and project management so some of our teams are using different ones, we use Asana for our marketing and creative teams and HR needs. I've used it at other companies too with different teams.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Compare with the other tools out there and decide what fits your team(s) best. Also let your individual teams choose which tools they want to use, most talk to each other nowadays anyway. Don't just decide for them and force them to use what you want.
Use Asana to organize multiple aspects of your jobs
What do you like best about the product?
Asana allows you to organize projects into task and sub task that can be assigned to user in your group.
What do you dislike about the product?
Currently Asana is meeting my project and team needs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Organizing projects allowing everyone in a group to know priorities in order to stay on schedule. If gives a complete view of what needs to be accomplished and where to shift task around to maintain schedule.
It allows use to assign jobs and break them into sub task to ensure everything gets completed.
It allows use to assign jobs and break them into sub task to ensure everything gets completed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I highly recommend using Asana if you find it a chore to stay on schedule and want to reduce micromanagement. It can give the team a clear cut view of what needs to be accomplished without question. This can allow users to reach for goals on projects and challenge themselves to get ahead of schedule. It also allows you to shift priority and due dates. The entire team assigned to the project and view this and allows users to jump in where it is needed to complete the task. The different views allows you to see per task assigned to just you, calendar view with dates each task is due, and what needs to be completed per project for all users. The aspects listed above make Asana a very valuable tool that any company an benefit from.
Good Team Organization
What do you like best about the product?
I like that an entire team can see what is going on in the company just by signing into Asana. You can basically create your entire to-do list on this site and it shows everyone what you are doing and how far you are on specific projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that it is not connected to my normal calendar. I have to manually put everything into Asana and than manually put it on my iCloud calendar. I also don't like the emails that are sent when an item is coming to do, they do not go to everyone that is following the thread, only the person that task is assigned to.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving some communication problems we've had in-house. We are able to show the entire team what is going on and where we are at while handling many tasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great if the team members actually sign on and are looking at the progress of a project. During busy times, I have no extra time to go through and add my to do list to this online to do list and therefore falls behind in getting updated.
Great project managent tool
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, very graphical. Great for organization and teams. Great easy conversations, file attachments, and calendars for teams to share information easily, effectively, and naturally. Most teams can use the free version with no problems! Able to upload files just by copy and paste. Very easy to move items around to rearrange or organize things. Can see the full history of how things take place to keep track, incase it becomes he said, she said.
What do you dislike about the product?
Takes a little bit to learn and figure out their terminology and how things work. Some extra features require a paid upgrade, but usually not an issue for larger organizations, but small companies or teams may be an issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
working with teams and management. No need to keep emailing the same or updated document back and forth, easy to add a new member to the team to provide them access to all of the materials.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Open a user account to give the software a try and learn how it works by playing around with a sample project or 2 to discover how it works. It takes a little bit to understand what types of organizers and items you can add to a project. Sharing is great and quick and conversations are natural like normal texting or emailing.
Good for teams, a bit fiddly for freelancers with lots of clients.
What do you like best about the product?
It makes it easy for everything, and everyone to be in one place. Particularly good for adding a todo list for employees/contractors when you have lots of separate but connected jobs.
What do you dislike about the product?
It gets quite messy when you're dealing with lots of different teams with varying levels of permissions, and different accounts with different clients. I think it handles multiple teams/accounts better than most other systems, but it's far from perfect.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Communication -- having everyone in one place and able to see all the details of a project, and the status of each section of the job means you don't have to be constantly going back and forward with every member of the team.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
As with anything that involves the whole team, make sure everyone is on board and invested in using Asana, otherwise you will end up having to use Asana and other communication methods at the same time, which sort of negates the point of using Asana in the first place.
Great task management tool!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana has virtually eliminated my paper-and-pen to-do lists. It's an easy way to keep me, my team, and even external vendors on the same page. I like that it has an app so tasks can be managed outside of the office.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far, the only thing I dislike is "My Tasks" view has to be saved for everyone in the organization otherwise it defaults to none. That doesn't quite make sense to me, as "MY" tasks should be displayed in the best way for each individual. Also, it would be a cool feature to add a priority ranking so that high priority items are easily visible.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana keeps our team updated on important tasks and milestones. It has increased collaboration not only internally, but with external vendors/consultants as well. Using Asana has eliminated paper to-do lists for me.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Easy to use, intuitive interface. Has an app to allow task management outside of the office.
Asana review
What do you like best about the product?
I love being able to share this with others. I can invite people to collaborate with me right in Asana. Its super customizable so I was able to tailor it to my needs. I use it for my personal life and business. There are different templates that you can use. This is a great tool for any project or life management that you can think of. It took me a while to find the best way to use it, but once I did it make things so much easier for me.
What do you dislike about the product?
Have to keep the app on my phone for the rare occasions that I need to utilize it on the go. Would rather the email notifications give me more info so I don't have to click through to the app or would prefer it load a mobile webpage. But a very very small annoyance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management
Recommendations to others considering the product:
One place to organize my personal and business projects and ideas. Its like having a notebook. I can organize all of my ideas in one place.
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