Asana
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Great tool for cross-functional and/or remote teams
What do you like best about the product?
My favorite aspect of Asana is how seamlessly you can keep notes, conversations, documents and task lists relating to certain projects all together in one place. Another plus is the ability to set due dates for the members in your team. I've found this helps provide some structure and accountability for teams who might not all be in the same location or company.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think it might be better if there were a function that allowed you to transfer reminders into iCal files so that they could easily translate over to Microsoft Outlook or other calendars.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use this product for an annual career fair event which we share with 5 other local graduate business schools. It has helped us stay organized and have a home base in which to store documents, notes, and other important material.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Its best to know what team structure is and how you would like members to contribute before launching use of the software. Also, be clear on who will be providing updates and managing deadlines.
Asana is a great project management tool, especially when working with teams.
What do you like best about the product?
Recurring tasks and simple task delegation make it easy to manage weekly tasks/projects and stay up to date on who is accomplishing each task and whether it has been completed.
I also love Asana's 'boards' project type. It is a "Trello-like" experience and is great for managing progress on different projects when columns are designated for each step.
I also love Asana's 'boards' project type. It is a "Trello-like" experience and is great for managing progress on different projects when columns are designated for each step.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find that the "My Tasks" view often requires too much management of its own and can quickly get out of hand when it's not managed. This is a big reason why I say that Asana is great a project management but not the best at managing one individual's tasks/to-do list. The "My Tasks" view feels a bit unnatural and awkward and simply requires too much management of its own.
Due date notifications are not ideal and Asana has set up their application in a way that requires you to "live" in the app in order to stay up to date with your tasks.
Asana's mobile app has been one of it's weakest aspects. However, they have recently released new updates which has gone a long way to improve its usefulness. With that being said, it's still quite underpowered compared to its desktop web application.
Due date notifications are not ideal and Asana has set up their application in a way that requires you to "live" in the app in order to stay up to date with your tasks.
Asana's mobile app has been one of it's weakest aspects. However, they have recently released new updates which has gone a long way to improve its usefulness. With that being said, it's still quite underpowered compared to its desktop web application.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana has given me a streamlined method for managing projects and delegating tasks to other individuals. Viewing the status of a task that has been delegated is simple and I also receive notifications when a task is completed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is great as a project management solution, especially when working with teams. However, it isn't great at being a task manager/to-do list application for managing your own individual tasks.
Robust Tool to Meet Your Organization Needs
What do you like best about the product?
Asana offers the tools and functions for any willing user to organize their projects in a manner that works best for them. It offers ability to organize tasks either as the traditional hierarchy list or as a board (ie, Trello) which provides flexibility. Better yet, Asana allows you to collaborate with other users creating opportunity to clearly communicate project progress.
What do you dislike about the product?
Differing organization methods can conflict when multiple users are using Asana due to Asana offering such flexibility in how you organize. It's best to have defined how Asana should be used per project to reach Asana's full potential. Also, Asana is only powerful if all users check and utilize Asana. If members stop updating Asana or checking for notifications, Asana starts to lose effectiveness.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My company runs several projects at the same time. Asana allows us to create a designated section for each project. This prevents information overload for those not affiliated with specific projects and also helps keep tasks separated so that there is not confusion between projects.
Great for organization!
What do you like best about the product?
I use it at home for a personal to do list, but I often use it for work for certain projects to keep track of what I've been doing internally for that specific project. Nice to keep it on mobile but if you're going for the computer I believe it's only 4.99 on the App Store. It's an overall great tool to use for any business!
What do you dislike about the product?
How un-customizable it is. There's nothing I would change in terms of the coding or anything, it runs great, I just would change the price and just the way it looks. Maybe on mobile put in notifications to remind you of things that you forgot or just as a general thing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeps me on track in both ways of knowing what projects I need to do but also what projects need to be done in terms of the actual project.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out for free on mobile first, look at other softwares especially, and just try to explore all kinds of options just to make sure Asana is the perfect choice for your company!
A really neat office
What do you like best about the product?
I love having all the tasks assigned to me on one page, and also seeing the progress that we propose as a team is really incredible
What do you dislike about the product?
Although I think it has many good things, the first impression is of a quite complicated and difficult to use platform. I think they could improve that aspect
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have ALL the office organized with this page. Everyone has access to the department of which he is a part and the projects in which he participates, we see who ends things on time and who does not. We also help those who need a hand with some issue
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Before you get scared by how it looks, read a little about the page. It is really simple to use and solves many problems
Straight Forward Task Management Software
What do you like best about the product?
The subtask function is incredibly useful and keeps the interface clean and organized. I also like that my team members can assign themselves tasks to keep track of productivity. The Google Drive integration is also helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would prefer to be able to assign tasks to multiple people rather than just duplicating tasks. Completed tasks should move to their own "completed" section when checked off, but instead they just grey out. I add my own completed column and move them manually. Being able to organize projects into folders would also be helpful. As of now you can search for tasks assigned to a specific person, but you have to do so every time. You can't save a shortcut or anything.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Long term task management. I'm implementing this system with my team in order to organize quarterly goals which are often forgotten about until just before they're due. It allows me to assign tasks, pitch ideas, comment, share, and track productivity.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For cheap to free group task management software it works well and has a lot of features. It's definitely not JIRA but it's a good lite option.
Good for a go-getter
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is a really easy drag and drop tool - It's great for individuals that need to visualize their projects and keep track of an ever-changing environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
One thing I wish Asana would do is push more updates to my desktop and not spam my email account. I'd love to have instantaneous pop-ups when my deadline is approaching.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm utilizing Asana to keep track of our major projects and website redesign. When there is only one of you, it's easier to share your progress and track all the moving parts when you use a tool that's easy to understand. I can also include others as needs for both tracking and projects/assignments.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're looking for an easy and free solution, I highly recommend using the trial or free version of Asana for a few projects and tracking your success with interaction and logging. I found it very helpful with my own work whereas my co-worker/collaborator did not like her experience.
Great Productivity Tool
What do you like best about the product?
This was a very easy to use project management tool. It allows for reusable templates for projects, and easy tracking of tasks and activities. I love the reoccuring tasks feature. Setting due dates is easy. People can comment on status of projects and activities.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would love to see an integrated Gantt Chart feature. It would be nice to have clearer display of subtasks and the percent completion of a larger task based on completing subtasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana made it easy to share the work among all of the staff members, and for everyone to see the tasks associated with completing a specific activity or project. It is always up-to-date and it had very little learning curve for even the unsaviest of computer users.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is worth trying. It is free for small teams with basic needs, and has many of the features of much higher priced options.
This is great for small businesses looking to share the workload. The reoccuring tasks option takes the guesswork out of ensuring that regular monthly activities, or weekly activities do not get forgotten.
This is great for small businesses looking to share the workload. The reoccuring tasks option takes the guesswork out of ensuring that regular monthly activities, or weekly activities do not get forgotten.
Great Program
What do you like best about the product?
I like how seamlessly Asana created a system that allows individual users to set tasks private to themselves, reach out for help from others/group projects, or contribute to company-wide initiatives. This system has helped me with a great place to keep my reminders and keep track of my personal projects. It has also allowed a level of transparency for the business as a whole as we can all see and keep track of the group or company-wide projects. Works great as a took for conferencing and following up with our teams overseas.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see a little more customization ability. The program allows the use of color in tasks, but I think they could expand upon this for those of us who are more color/visually oriented.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana helps my team conference with teams overseas, keep track of projects on company or team-wide levels, as well as helping me keep my own weeks running according to plan.
Great Calendar Project Management
What do you like best about the product?
I use the calendar feature all the time. It is great to see what I have going on and what my team has going on. It also allows for real project planning, where I can set tasks, daily even, and have it lead in the back end to a greater and larger project.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there was an ability to clone and tas and lead to the same edit screen as creating a task minus the assignee and the date.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
we use Asana to plan tasks for projects, this also gives us a real schedule and visual of how busy our month or week is. it also allows us to keep track of when a task isn't ready to be performed as we can move it to a new date and the task records that movement.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana works very well for companies looking for a software that can break down projects into manageable tasks, and record those tasks on a very minute level. it can also help with repetitive tasks that need to be redone every month, like a contract renewal.
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