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Challenging for first-time user, but an incredibly useful tool when you've learned the ropes
What do you like best about the product?
I like the level of granularity: you can create subtasks within tasks, tasks within projects, and attach documents and notes to tasks and subtasks, as well as assign/associate any of these things with team members.
What do you dislike about the product?
When dealing with a record audit situation, we discovered that the export to CSV feature in Asana is limited -- the data truncates after a certain number of lines. This was really disappointing as we do have a paid account.
I also dislike the load times, which can make navigating to a single task or subtask a lengthy process. I've started saving local bookmarks to commonly used subtasks or tasks in order to minimize load time waiting.
I also dislike the load times, which can make navigating to a single task or subtask a lengthy process. I've started saving local bookmarks to commonly used subtasks or tasks in order to minimize load time waiting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We implemented this tool to solve the problem of team accountability, but ended up also leveraging this tool to track events, forecast, and generally build the business.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You won't get much out of Asana unless you completely understand the (powerful) feature set. Take some time or have someone on your team take some time to understand the software.
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All day errry day
What do you like best about the product?
It helps me and my team get shit done. We use it to drive our daily task lists, morning stand ups, and prioritizing our efforts.
What do you dislike about the product?
The ios app is not great. It is a little confusing to use. I mostly use it to get notifications and create task reminds on the go. It is definitely not a replacement for the web app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We improve team communication, task management, and now run all our meetings through Asana. Love it.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for a simple tool for team task management Asana is awesome! Fast and easy to set up, and will help your productivity on day 1.
Great to Keep our Small Team Organized!
What do you like best about the product?
I use Asana at work to keep our small team of 5 on track with our various tasks. We are able to organize our projects and add items to a to-do list per task. It is great for my boss to have visibility and share in on what we all are doing. I like being able to be notified about tasks/projects. I also like the ease of use of the site. The site is very intuitive and I didn't have any hurdles with getting used to where everything is.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes I have multiple tasks going on, and some with other teams and search function is not as easy as other sites.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use this within my company for project management. Anyone in the company has insight as to what everyone is working on and who they are collaborating with.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out. It's free to join and I really find it useful for work.
To-Do List - on Crack!
What do you like best about the product?
I am a list person, so in conjunction with other apps, this fills my need for list building and places to check off completed items. I do like being able to include sub tasks, and assign those to others. It's an important part, because sometimes we forget the steps along the way.
What do you dislike about the product?
Took a bit of learning how we can use it best in our system. Once we started working out the kinks though, all was well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It keeps everyone's to-do list visible. Helps me better manage my virtual team and keep organized. I like a few of the add on apps to make it even better for an easy overview. Of course I love the reminders and phone integrations.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's only as good as you are at putting the information in a usable format. If you leave out steps, you will just see that projects aren't completed, but not really why.
Asana is a useful - but slow - tool
What do you like best about the product?
I like that I can create multiple projects and just share them with those on the project. I also like that I get email notifications with updates, and that it's a one stop shop for my ongoing projects. I love that when I have future tasks to complete, I can put it on the list, set the due date, and then forget about it until that date. I have been able to plan tasks for the next 6 months with my Asana task list. I also like that I can set recurring tasks to repeat - I do a lot of the same things on a weekly basis, and Asana allows me to automate that so I don't have to keep writing it down or remember all the little weekly tasks.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana is very slow, and often takes too long to load. It also crashes regularly, so my workflow is slowed down. I also dislike that on my task list, once an item is on the list, I cannot drag it around on the list. Sometimes I want to put things in a specific order (i.e., prioritize) and I can't do that without deleting the task and recreating it in the spot I want.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tracking progress for individual projects for 40+ people. The benefit is that I can see updates for the projects in real time, without having to have a meeting. I can also customize each project to meet each individual's needs. On the flip side, when multiple projects are similar in structure, I can create them quickly using a saved template. I am also using Asana to keep track of my tasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It doesn't look like each company can customize the platform, so you'll have to figure out how to conform to Asana's constraints.
I recommend using Asana to organize team meetings - it's an efficient way for people to see what's on the agenda and add items/comments. It also allows for quick updates from all team members, especially if you have a lot of folks attending a meeting.
I recommend using Asana to organize team meetings - it's an efficient way for people to see what's on the agenda and add items/comments. It also allows for quick updates from all team members, especially if you have a lot of folks attending a meeting.
Great idea, but still has some work to do
What do you like best about the product?
I like that you can assign tasks to other users, and comment on the progress of the task. It's pretty great for collaboration, or if you want to use it just for personal use. The sub-task features are also very nice.
What do you dislike about the product?
Categorization features are lacking. You can define which project a task goes under, but then you can't organize your task list by project and due date within each project. It would be nice to be able to look at each client, and then see the tasks for that specific client, and organize them by due date. Basically doing multiple sort features would be a great addition to this product. It would also be nice if you could add attachments to the tasks you create.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Task management, due dates, collaboration between teammates. Asana has allowed for multiple coworkers to work on parts of the same task and know each others status without a series of emails and complicated email threads.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure to use Asana's collaborative features. Assign multiple teammates to the same task (when applicable) so that everyone can see the task's progress.
Adequate as a digital to do list, slightly confusing team collab features
What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy it is to create new tasks in my to-do list. I also enjoy the overall look and feel Asana. The calendar view is probably my favorite as it lets you see all your upcoming tasks in a nice visual format.
What do you dislike about the product?
I've tried using Asana for project tracking with multiple contributors and it can get confusing. I've found that team members will use both email for project updates as well as Asana so information ends up getting segmented. However, I recognize that's a user issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping all my to-dos organized in one central location has always been a challenge. Usually I will have multiple post-its floating around. Asana has the benefit of keeping everything organized as well as giving my team and manager visibility into current work load and prioritization.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Use the comments section of a task to keep track of chronological events related to that specific task. Helpful for remembering when something happened.
Asana saved our business and truly brought us flow!!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is an amazing product. I love that it is simple in design but complex with its many uses that were suggested through their help databases and community forums.
I love the ability to assign, to tell more details, the subtasks. We use this as a CRM as well as our assignment manger and it has honestly saved us so much time and headache that we experienced with lesser systems.
Plus the cute add ons like the rainbow narwhale!!! So wonderful-- we love it!
I love the ability to assign, to tell more details, the subtasks. We use this as a CRM as well as our assignment manger and it has honestly saved us so much time and headache that we experienced with lesser systems.
Plus the cute add ons like the rainbow narwhale!!! So wonderful-- we love it!
What do you dislike about the product?
Really nothing. It seems like for our uses the absolute perfect system. It would be nice if some functions could be turned off like the auto changing of certain keystrokes to functions within the system, but this is very minimal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are always trying to figure out how to best save time and better communicate when we are all working in different offices. We have realized this gives us the benefit to track long term tasks as well as just get the day to day done.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do it!! Make the switch!
Decent project management software, where it lacks, it does other things well
What do you like best about the product?
I like Asana because of its ability to provide you with milestones, calendars and views of projects that in most ordinary PMSes you can't find. The to-do lists and work views are perfect for easy organization and it makes team organization easy and fun.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the lack of Gantt charts, the inability to track billable hours, the inability to invoice from it and above all the inability to have more of an agile approach to team management through the core features of Asana.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Business problems that were solved with Asana were mainly centered around organization and effective timelines and communication. Our ease of use of this software with our outsource partners helped tremendously in the way things operated between our staff members and the goals that we had for product development. We realized greater communication across time zones with the utilization of Asana.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you do not need a robust PMS, this will work for you. While it is built primarily for team and task management, we do lose a lot of the ability to turn it into a system that can be used for product or web product development.
Helps you get organized!
What do you like best about the product?
I like that it allows you to put tasks into categories and the changes they're working on where you can add more than one person to a task.
What do you dislike about the product?
It still seems to be a work in progress so something things are still unclear. You can assign more than one person a task but it's not clear how. We often have to go back and forth to remember how to do it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps with meetings because we can look at the tasks for that day. It's also a good starting point and helps you remember things that may get forgotten when you start a new event/job/client etc... Putting it in Asana helps it not be forgotten.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You can try it for free so sign up and take a peek. It's great for small teams.
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