Asana
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Rope me in, tie me up. No more!
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to navigate task management software and good tech support.
What do you dislike about the product?
Increasing costs, lack of flexibility. There are other alternatives with almost identical functionality and much better value for money.
I am canceling my team's subscription to ASANA.
I am canceling my team's subscription to ASANA.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing projects of my team
Does Not Scale Well - Major API limitations for High Growth Company - Very high switching cost
What do you like best about the product?
For anyone who wants to be a power user, this is a powerful tool.
Easy to "plus" tasks into multiple places so they can be viewed in different places / projects across teams which I love.
Extremely powerful for a small team and can create LOTS of accountability.
Easy to "plus" tasks into multiple places so they can be viewed in different places / projects across teams which I love.
Extremely powerful for a small team and can create LOTS of accountability.
What do you dislike about the product?
Search in asana is AWFUL. You can only search the text of topline objects (e.g Projects, Tasks, etc.) If you keep information in comments of a task, descriptions of a project, descriptions of a task, custom fields, it is tough to seek out that info from within asana unless you know exactly where it lives.
It is extremely hard to keep assignees accountable at scale. Anyone can just unassign themselves work and it is very hard to track down that information without manual audits. Also it is hard to enforce workflows dynamically. They have a dynamic dating system for premium (which we use) but it only works upon creation of a project, not if deadlines are extended or tasks delayed. It also cannot dynamically assign PEOPLE to work based on roles or any automation tool like zapier or tray without a LOT of lift outside of asana.
I am not sure if there is a way administratively to prevent users in an org from deleting data from asana, and the archive function is not very clear in the UI so users LOVE to delete things if they no longer need them.
When using project templates with dependencies we had major issues with dependencies being related to mulitple endpoint NEW projects created from the template project. VERY confusing for users and killed the native automation that we had set up to dynamically assign the next task's due date.
Generally, we are having a very tough time with scaling our sales process which is tracked across 4 sales related teams within asana. The API is limiting in what we can do to support automation efforts and the lack of safeguards / validation rules is crippling our ability to stay with asana.
We are looking for a replacement or to move at least half of the process within SFDC.
It is extremely hard to keep assignees accountable at scale. Anyone can just unassign themselves work and it is very hard to track down that information without manual audits. Also it is hard to enforce workflows dynamically. They have a dynamic dating system for premium (which we use) but it only works upon creation of a project, not if deadlines are extended or tasks delayed. It also cannot dynamically assign PEOPLE to work based on roles or any automation tool like zapier or tray without a LOT of lift outside of asana.
I am not sure if there is a way administratively to prevent users in an org from deleting data from asana, and the archive function is not very clear in the UI so users LOVE to delete things if they no longer need them.
When using project templates with dependencies we had major issues with dependencies being related to mulitple endpoint NEW projects created from the template project. VERY confusing for users and killed the native automation that we had set up to dynamically assign the next task's due date.
Generally, we are having a very tough time with scaling our sales process which is tracked across 4 sales related teams within asana. The API is limiting in what we can do to support automation efforts and the lack of safeguards / validation rules is crippling our ability to stay with asana.
We are looking for a replacement or to move at least half of the process within SFDC.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are trying to systematize our sales process across four teams and create accountability across those stakeholders. We want the process to be so clear and automatic that someone untrained could execute the whole thing just by taking it one task at a time and having the next steps clearly direct the timing and owner of each next step. This is far to complex for asana.
We do realize savings financially and ease of communication across the whole organization because asana is one of the only tool every single user on the company has an account (besides gsuite and slack).
We do realize savings financially and ease of communication across the whole organization because asana is one of the only tool every single user on the company has an account (besides gsuite and slack).
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Are you planning for your team to grow beyond 50 people?
Do you have a high-volume business model?
Look for something with more admin control that will scale with you.
Are you looking for a tool that is more powerful than a basic task manager? Are you still using SPREADSHEETS to manage projects? Will your team always remain below 50 people? Asana is a compelling option and will be a net positive if you have someone in-house who will be the power user driving your implementation forward.
Do you have a high-volume business model?
Look for something with more admin control that will scale with you.
Are you looking for a tool that is more powerful than a basic task manager? Are you still using SPREADSHEETS to manage projects? Will your team always remain below 50 people? Asana is a compelling option and will be a net positive if you have someone in-house who will be the power user driving your implementation forward.
Not great
What do you like best about the product?
The group notification through Asana is ok.
What do you dislike about the product?
You cannot cut and paste data into a row or column in Asana. You cannot change the depth of the rows, for example, to have two lines of notes. You cannot convert dropdown menus to text
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Team task management
Not very good to use compared to using Todoist
What do you like best about the product?
I liked that it was a collaborated use among the team.
What do you dislike about the product?
I didn't find Asana to be very comfortable to use, since I had been a user of Todoist for quite some time and I didn't like how I couldn't see something that I had created when it was sent to another group, or person. Whenever something new is used it becomes a little bit of a challenge to adapt to, but I could not find comfort in using it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I didn't. It was mainly used for submitting orders and then transferred to a production team.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Each app/project management tool works differently for what is needed to be accomplished. I wouldn't necessarily discourage someone from using Asana, but as a user of Todoist who found it more comfortable to use, I would recommend that application.
asana is really just okay
What do you like best about the product?
asana is able to clearly break down assigned tasks between a supervisor and an employee
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana only felt like a great starting point from not using any sort of project management software. There was a lot to be desired in the day to day use of the software that ultimately led us to choosing a different platform.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana was a great task-oriented project management software as opposed to using nothing
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana can work well for larger groups, but for just two people to use to track projects it was not the best option.
dont use this
What do you like best about the product?
its an online to-do list for a team. you can all use it and view it.
What do you dislike about the product?
not a great project management software. no features outside of task management. dependencies are hard to view as well as timelines, project budgets, and more. dont use this software if you are actually looking to manage projects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
managing tasks and somewhat managing projects
Recommendations to others considering the product:
dont use if you are really trying to manage projects. use another software.
How to Asana?
What do you like best about the product?
Shared visibility like google docs/sheets
What do you dislike about the product?
too complicated, Maybe it was me or their system but it's just all over the place.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sales related, nice to have the ability to share docs between team members
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Research it first, and have someone dedicated to organizing it, not every user
Not the most user friendly
What do you like best about the product?
How you can manage all of your projects via the UI and keep track of them
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI is clunky and very scattered. I found myself getting confused with it
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping up to date with project to do tasks
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Check out the UI before deciding first, it’s not for everyone
Review of Asana
What do you like best about the product?
I like that everyone on the team can update their tasks so that everyone knows what each person is doing that week and how much bandwidth they may have(if any) to help on something else
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana is kind of a pain in the butt...I always have to click around so many times before my cursor is where I want it to be because its so glitchy. I always start typing a task and instead of the letters appearing where my cursor clicked they appear on some random line. I have to play with it a lot to get it to do what I want.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows for project management where everyone is on the same page and doesnt have to individually tell the other members what they are up to each week. It allows for focus on risks and issues which is important to any successful project
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana has less issues when used in google chrome but my company has all their stuff set up for explorer
Find this software antiquated
What do you like best about the product?
not much that I like about this software.
What do you dislike about the product?
seems to be impossible to upload external docs, no link capabilities that I can find with external docs. Granted that might be user error
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Literally nothing- was requested by a client that we start using. Uploaded all the history he was looking for ( took forever) then update, but he never looks a the updates, just calls and asks for a verbal update.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
beware, just one more reporting tool that never seems to live up to what the team is looking for
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