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Best project management tool for keeping sane!
What do you like best about the product?
There is a view for everyone. Whether you like a card layout or a list view, Asana has it all.
What do you dislike about the product?
Of their existing features, I don't have any dislikes. I would love it if Asana had an email integration with Gmail to seamlessly add tasks right from email.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Asana primarily for event management, daily task management and client project tracking. I've saved time, kept on schedule and easily replicated project templates with their awesome tool.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Excellent for SMB's and those on a budget. Their upgraded service is still cost-effective and offers a ton of useful additional features for your growing business.
Great way to keep our team organized.
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is simple to use and extremely functional. It helps us keep our three different departments in communication, understanding staff workloads and timelines.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost of premium membership. As we are a non-profit, it would be nice if a discount was offered. We're sitting right at the edge of the free membership and have to price out the premium shortly. The cost from 15 to 20 members is quite high as well. It is also not entirely clear what you get besides more members for the cost.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have several departments that have to work closely together. Before Asana, we had difficulty understanding what everyone was working on. Now, everyone can see everyone else's workload, we can schedule tasks, comment, upload supporting documentation, work from out of office/home, and easily keep in touch.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is a great tool for mapping out specific projects, but also for showing the general workload between staff and departments. It helps us to prioritize and schedule deadlines, ensuring tasks are completed in a timely manner without overloading people. We are currently able to use the free version, but as our team grows we will have to move over to the paid version.
PhD Student To Do List
What do you like best about the product?
Asana allows me to manage multiple to do lists across both multiple classes and multiple teaching assignments. I also appreciate how intricate I can be in terms of topic of tasks within one space. Writing notes about tasks is intuitive, and integrating other people into to do lists is easy - I do this for a class in which I teacher assist with several others
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish the default view for tasks went chronologically.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Previously, I kept my to do lists in my head or on my notepad. Using Asana has increased my awareness of how much I actually face day-to-day, and provides me a space to double check when I may be unsure about how well I am able to remember what needs to be done. This space has also been great for delegating responsibility across people.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The program takes minutes to get used to. Create many tasks, even small substeps. Clicking on the check is very satisfying, and from a psychological perspective, completing tasks is motivating.
Runs my whole Business
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Asana encourages tasks to be clear and actionable, and let’s you view as projects or as “what do I need to do today”.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that Asana won’t let me switch a project between board and list views once they’re created.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Primarily I use Asana to keep track of several projects across different clients. It lets me invite clients to see their own project tracking and feel more connected to the work. I also use it as a mini CRM.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great for project tracking and communication. A bit weak on time estimates and tracking.
Effective Project Management Software
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to create complex subtasks nested inside of bigger tasks. For a campaign with many moving parts, this is an effective way of laying out all the work necessary for our team. We are a team of 10 people but have clients in many other departments. We can create specific teams to manage the projects therein and only the team members who need access to those projects have to be added to those teams. We can also easily duplicate tasks, so that recurring emails or website projects can be added and assigned easily.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's not a great overview of all the projects in a single category and the calendar view leaves something to be desired. You can't view a team-specific timeline of projects, which may not be a problem, unless you have many teams like our organization does.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We had a project management problem before Asana. We managed our projects via email through Outlook, which was not ideal. With Asana, we are able to quickly assign tasks and duplicate them for recurring projects. It also gives us an effective log of what we've accomplished.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana takes a little time to set up, but once the system for setting up projects is secure and the teams are created, it becomes much more powerful. Be prepared for managers to enter tasks as well. Individual users can enter their own tasks, but it works more smoothly when projects are entered by a supervisor and then assigned to individuals.
Asana does everything
What do you like best about the product?
Asana can pretty much replace multiple tools because it puts everything into one platform. I can manage the tasks I'm in charge of and also keep track of other assignments I distribute to the team. You can also have conversations within Asana and tag the person you want to address and it will send a notification to that person so they can see exactly what project you have questions or concerns about. You can also customize how the actual platform looks, like if you like a dashboard versus a list view. You can upload files, add links, have discussions and stay on top of projects and I love it.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wasn't a big fan of the automated settings in Asana. It would always list things out as the newest task I created instead of listing everything by the due date. I did eventually figure out how to fix this, but I think the default should be due date. But, I recognize that's just a preference and it's literally the only thing I could even think of that I dislike.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Like I mentioned with the things that I like best, Asana eliminates the unnecessary back and forth of email communication. Instead of emailing someone and waiting on a response, I can find everything I need in Asana. I can strike up conversations, tag people, and manage projects with ease.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you try Asana, everyone on your team has to commit to using it. It only works if everyone is checking their Asana and completing assignments.
Simple but powerful project management system
What do you like best about the product?
I was able to get going quickly. Since its a pretty simple software I didn't have to go through training or figure things out. I just started which is awesome. I keep all of my projects for clients in Asana which keeps them happy because they can see where the progress is on each task and comment where they see fit. It's been a great tool for this freelancer and I recommend it to everyone who asks about PM.
What do you dislike about the product?
As always there has to be something that bugs you about software. For me, its the extra features that require a paid plan. I understand that they need to make money but as a freelancer, I'm not to the point that I can afford to pay for it so the little bit of limitations I have to deal with is ok.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Deadlines. Happy customers. Happy life. Using Asana keeps everything organized and keeps me on top of projects so that I always deliver completed projects to the client on time or before. It's also a great reference point for getting a pulse on how many projects/time I've spent per client. Bottom line: it's saving me big headaches by keeping all my tasks organized.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you want to get a project management system up and running quickly, Asana is for you. It's a great tool and you will be surprised at how many connections you can make with other tools and software.
Great task tracker
What do you like best about the product?
We use this for keeping track of IT tasks that come in so that we can update our users and track Google Docs, notes, and what we've tried so far to fix the problem.
What do you dislike about the product?
Many things are locked behind their premium features, which does make sense because they need to make money, but I feel it's over priced per user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used to have a task list on our internal website, but Asana has allowed us so much more functionality. They have copy and paste for pictures built in, Google Drive functionality, and replying from email. It makes it much easier to update our users and they can respond from their phones if needed to keep us updated on the issues.
One of the best free project management tools available
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is a great list maker. Easy to collaborate and put tasks in order, create sub-tasks, repeating events, etc. It's also really simple to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't a Gantt chart to see how everything you've entered compares to each other in a typical PM view.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
General task management. Light project management.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it, test it out. Looks like they are adding features all the time!
Asana changed the game for me
What do you like best about the product?
My favorite thing about Asana is being able to create tasks and assign due dates so that I'm always on top of my to-do list without forgetting any steps in my current projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing I wish Asana had was the capability to make a range of dates.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am able to communicate with my clients or team with Asana without having to use email and have files lost in translation. I'm also able to keep all of my files in one central place.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I'd recommend using Asana if you are a service based business owner or if you have a team. You are able to effectively communicate with every member on your team, limit or broaden user capabilities within Asana, and set up client projects. You're able to upload and download files so that you can keep documents in one secure place. You are also able to check off tasks once they are complete and place subtasks within one task. The only upgrade I want it to have is the ability to have start and finish dates for tasks so I don't have to create a (start) and (finish) task for one particular item. Everything else is great. It is very easy to use and connect other users. They also have an app so you can communicate with your clients or your team even when you are out of the office. You will always know when a project is on time.
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