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Asana is great for collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
The many features make Asana a full-suite project management software, the best part of which is collaboration with your teammates. It pulled me out of my inbox and into doing the actual work.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are a few features that seem like they should be intuitive, but are missing. For example, assignment of tasks to multiple people, being able to pull a report of all the projects you own, and the ability to manipulate how sub-tasks show up in a project list would be nice.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We’re remote, so being able to check in at a glance on the status of project is real-time is invaluable.
Asana- the collaboration tool you NEED to level up
What do you like best about the product?
Besides just being amazing, its features are mostly intuitive, it is highly integrative and highly functional.
What do you dislike about the product?
New users have a hard time learning some features if they dont have at least some guidance. These are mostly minor issues but tips inside the software for new users would help this. Also, there has been a lack of support for their templates on their other site Templana, as well as their main site it self.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am rapidly growing a team at my consulting agency and keeping communications, plans, and details all in one place was a nightmare beofre asana. The ability to have a project management tool that works and is affordable is a game changer for my business.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There will be challenges with learning asana, but for the buck it is THE BEST project management software out there.
Asana to keep tasks organized
What do you like best about the product?
Asana's layout is user friendly and aesthetically pleasing. It makes organizing lists of tasks easy by due date as well as by priority ranking. The comments for each assignment make collaborating easy with a larger team and make it easy to track what has gotten done. Your list of tasks also makes planning the day easier because everything is laid out in front of you in one easy checklist.
What do you dislike about the product?
While the breakdown of assignments into different tasks is great, it would be nice to able to submit comments to these specific stages instead of to the task as a whole.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana makes it easy to keep several team members on the same page for shared assignments. It's also easy to track what tasks are getting done by who.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would highly recommend Asana because it's easy to implement and it's very user friendly. Its appearance and features makes it less intimidating to use than other programs of the same sort. For managers, it makes assigning projects and keeping track of assignments easy.
Regain Your Sanity with Asana!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is very easy to understand and use. It's easy (and fast!) to add tasks and subtasks to projects because the Asana interface is designed to reflect the ease of use of a text editor. *Very* effective design paradigm.
What do you dislike about the product?
The mobile Asana app has a relatively steep learning curve. Takes some time and experimentation to find your projects and tasks and learn how to be productive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm mostly solving personal organization problems with Asana. Creating project streams for myself, adding tasks with dates to those projects, and then knocking out the work I've planned and organized for myself. I also use Asana to communicate with a very small team of people that are mostly following my updates as I knock out work planned in Asana.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend just trying Asana. Time yourself and see how long it takes you to get up and running with the tool and how long it takes you to become productive with it. Think about the text editor design paradigm and just use the Enter/Return and Delete keys accordingly. Super fast. I'd also recommend starting your trial using the web app instead of using the mobile app.
Asana quickly rising to the top
What do you like best about the product?
Their ability to work on desktop or mobile as well as their versatility to work with projects of any size
What do you dislike about the product?
Their isn't anything that I dislike. I think the Boards section could use a little more work but that is a newer feature
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's all about collaboration. Although we don't have it deploy enterprise wide we are testing it amongst some teams. It gives us the ability to have access to project information all in one solution. Instead of each member keeping notes or tracking info on their own we can all keep them in one place. As a manager you can just look and see where the project is at without having to reach out to the team member. It's cut down on phone calls or emails.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would love to see more dashboarding so I can have a holistic view of all projects as a manager.
Great with Adoption
What do you like best about the product?
We are still using the free version, but even so, it provides much of what we need, which is easy tracking of our own tasks as well as others' tasks, in a clear and clean way. The alerts keep you on track, the mobile app works well with the browser, and the design is clean. You can separate people out into teams, so you're only seeing what's relevant to you, and create long-term projects with relevant tasks so that everything is laid out in the right category. The reports give you a visualization of how well you and your team are staying on track. It's great for assigning tasks to others or just keeping others in the loop.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing I dislike about Asana.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Knowing what's on each others' plates and seeing a calendar view of where we can either help each other out or assign work. It's all about awareness of each others' work loads and staying up to date on relevant information.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out on a trial basis for a while to get the hang of it; it's a little abstract and confusing, so to encourage adoption by your coworkers, know the ins and outs so you can answer their questions and show them why it's beneficial to use.
Useful tool for project management
What do you like best about the product?
It makes listing out the steps for a project easy, as you are able to create a project team, assign tasks to individuals and due dates. I also like that alerts you when someone on your team completed a task
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that there are not as many capabilities on the mobile version. For example, you are unable to set a status update.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Used for project management - as I was leading projects, I could figure out how to keep a project on track/stick to a timeline. It also ensures everyone is on the same page regarding a project’s progress
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The version that you pay for is helpful because you are able to set up contingent tasks (eg if one person checks off a task, that notifies the person responsible for a contingent task that comes next that they could get started)
Couldn't be easier!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana makes it so simple to break down projects into smaller tasks, assign them importance, and delegate them to a specific person. It's extremely intuitive and easy to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a little annoying to edit tasks or projects when you need to change deadlines or assignees. I worked in a slightly more free-flowing office and the rigidity of Asana deadlines was a constant stress. I had to go in and edit deadlines so often. This software is best-suited to environments that REQUIRE hard deadlines. If you anticipate ambiguous or flowing deadlines, Asana notifications can get old fast.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used Asana to keep projects on track and to ensure that all team members were accountable and on-schedule for their components. It was extremely useful for time-sensitive projects where other team members were waiting on other people to finish a part. If you work in a field where one person is relying on another person to finish something, Asana is invaluable to keep everyone working hard and fast.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is best for those that :
have hard set deadlines
have large projects where each component or team relies on the previous step to be done on time
need to keep team members accountable
have hard set deadlines
have large projects where each component or team relies on the previous step to be done on time
need to keep team members accountable
It keeps things moving
What do you like best about the product?
I like the quick communication the interface can convey between two people on a team. There's no guesswork involved with how far along a project is anymore. I don't have to turn around and say "hey bob? Where are you at on this?"
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there were a few more features. For example, when someone completes a task and I get notified in my email, the email doesn't tell me which project it was from. It gives the name of the task and that's it! All of our project has a final "Send Out to Client" task which means the project is complete. However, if I get 3 "Send Out to Client" notifications I have no idea which projects just got completed without asking my fellow co-workers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
By far the best problem we're solving is figuring out where are projects are at in real time. This enables us to notify our client if we'll be finishing something early or late. We also can figure out who needs to step up their game to get the project moving along seamlessly.
Great for task management in teams
What do you like best about the product?
It's easy to make tasks, attach items related to the task, @mention people, use a kanban board, and keep it as a source for where specific tasks are in development. I like the keyboard shortcuts too.
What do you dislike about the product?
It actually took a little while to get used to how flexible it is. It almost felt too open and empty when I first started using it because it can do so much but after you learn how it's used I appreciated the flexibility
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Product development/Feature development. I also use a single private project for keeping longer-term tasks in my brain
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's nice and lightweight but still has good functionality for managing communication of tasks in an org.
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