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Asana Makes Team Collaboration & Organization Easy
What do you like best about the product?
Asana enables you to keep track of multiple projects across multiple departments, all in one place. It keeps us organized and makes it easy to search for various projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
With all of the different folders and projects going on, some things can seem to get lost.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Asana we are able to delegate client projects and get them done within sometimes strict timelines. We have been able to keep up with dozens of projects at a time, without anything ever "slipping through the cracks" because Asana provides reminders of upcoming deadlines.
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Great collaboration tool!
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to collaborate amongst team members and keep track of my To-Dos in the same platform!
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing, and it could be user error, is that you can't change the format of tasks. You can choose a list or cards, but can't toggle between the two.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Organization amongst multiple team members. I like that we can send each other messages just by updating the task and tagging each other. Also, my manager can follow along reducing the number of update emails I have to send.
Asana User
What do you like best about the product?
The best part about Asana is the ability to comment on each task. Anyone who is working on a project can make notes within the tool, keeping communication for a project in one place.
What do you dislike about the product?
At first figuring out how to navigate Asana was a little difficult.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The biggest problem that Asana has solved for the organization I work for is meeting deadlines. Being able to have everyone see who is assigned to a project holds the individual accountable and keeps the ball rolling.
Great ease of use!
What do you like best about the product?
It's intuitive and is really robust in features. Moreover, it doesn't force you to upgrade to use a number of its features and that's useful for me because I don't feel like I'm being cornered, especially for a small business owner like myself who is trying to keep costs low.
What do you dislike about the product?
The dashboard view could be improved. I don't really care for how the dashboard looks at the moment. I'd rather see the tasks that are on hand or new notifications for chat. I'd rather the Dashboard function like the Inbox.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Finding an easy and affordable collaboration tool with chat and tasks has been hard and so finding Asana was great. Considering we are now working with a bigger team, it's very useful to have!
Easy to use, boosts productivity
What do you like best about the product?
We use Asana to track our projects - most projects follow a very similar path, and Asana provides a method to template projects, makeing it a snap to start tracking a new project. We hold weekly update meetings, and can quickly run down the list of open tasks. Having Asana as a mobile app allows our project managers to see progress while traveling, and actively during meetings.
What do you dislike about the product?
Training new team members in how to use Asana takes time - not everything is intuitive. The keyboard shortcuts are extremely helpful and powerful, but are hard for new user to pick right up.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The ability to track projects that don't fit into a traditional IT style project has been a huge help. We can now track both development projects and field work related projects in one place.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're not sure if Asana is right for your company, sign up for the free level and use it to track personal projects, and get a feel for the app.
Visually appealing, but requires a learning curve and training.
What do you like best about the product?
It's easy to use once you get the hang of it, but it took me about a month. I recently set up an editorial calendar for the company's blog and so far find it MUCH easier to use as an assigner than when tasks are assigned to me for other projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
The inbox feed is AWFUL. I constantly either lose track of comments or see them days later, especially if I step away from Asana to work on one task and come back to several new messages. I've had to start using email notifications, but because half of our team uses Citrix, I get 2-3 emails for EVERY new task, comment, or change to a project, which means my Outlook inbox is constantly at 70+ emails, and I end up missing a lot of non-Asana related messages.
I've noticed my team does not use all of Asana's features, or doesn't use them correctly. The blog is helpful, but can be difficult to follow.
No one at my job uses the dashboard, subtasks, "mark as waiting on", or status update features. I'm a new hire and assume they don't know about many of these.
This is not directly an Asana issue, but as part of our workflow, I have to wait to check off a copywriting task I've completed until it's approved, designed, and sent to proofing (which is also usually my task. This often makes My Tasks list very long and shows more than half as overdue, which gets confusing when I have to repeatedly click into old tasks to check the status. I'm sure Asana has addressed this, but it's too confusing for my team to figure out the fix.
I've noticed my team does not use all of Asana's features, or doesn't use them correctly. The blog is helpful, but can be difficult to follow.
No one at my job uses the dashboard, subtasks, "mark as waiting on", or status update features. I'm a new hire and assume they don't know about many of these.
This is not directly an Asana issue, but as part of our workflow, I have to wait to check off a copywriting task I've completed until it's approved, designed, and sent to proofing (which is also usually my task. This often makes My Tasks list very long and shows more than half as overdue, which gets confusing when I have to repeatedly click into old tasks to check the status. I'm sure Asana has addressed this, but it's too confusing for my team to figure out the fix.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Workflow for creative projects, from request to copy to design to approval.
Tracking time spent on projects.
General to-do list with due dates.
Tracking time spent on projects.
General to-do list with due dates.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I like it better than Basecamp and Workfront, but see if your team can get training, and ask Asana how to best implement their tools to fit your specific workflow.
Keeps team on track & accountable
What do you like best about the product?
Asana allows our team of 20+ designers, programmers, marketers and sales staff to stay current on projects. We utilize the team structure to keep different groups of staff informed and on task. There is less confusion about who is responsible for tasks and in what time frame items need to be completed. Calendar views make it easy to see each individual's work load, helping us to assign work, schedule projects launches, and keep clients informed. We started with the free version and used that for a few years before upgrading to Premium to add more features.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no way that we have found to share a project with a client without them seeing all aspects of that project. It would be wonderful to be able to assign certain tasks to a client (as a guest account) and have them only view those tasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Greater organization of maintenance tasks
Better understanding of employee work load.
Clearer project launch schedules.
Recurring reminders for client communication.
Better and faster team communication.
Less emails required, which results in less time spent searching for past emails.
Better understanding of employee work load.
Clearer project launch schedules.
Recurring reminders for client communication.
Better and faster team communication.
Less emails required, which results in less time spent searching for past emails.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Use the free version first. If there are things the free version can't do, make sure the Premium version has what you need before upgrading. The upgrade process was a bit cumbersome; I don't think we had the best personnel involved in ours, but in the end, we got it done.
Asana is the best project management tool!
What do you like best about the product?
I really like Asana because of how easy it is to use!
What do you dislike about the product?
Right now, I don't dislike anything about Asana. It meets all of my program management needs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana has helped me with business organization, staying on top of my to do lists, reminders. It has saved me so much time!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I highly recommend Asana because it's great to use not only for work, but also for personal projects such as House to do lists!
ASANA = best tool for keeping track of deadlines & cross-functional project management!
What do you like best about the product?
ASANA allows you to assign tasks and deadlines to team members, whether they are on a different team or on your own team. You're able to make sure everyone knows of the tight deadlines. ASANA sends email reminders and notifications often. One can create customized teams for different crossfunctional projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
The notifications ASANA sends re: deadlines and reminders becomes too much at times. Sometimes when you get too many notifications from ASANA - they feel like SPAM. You see it and you think, "yeah, I know. I know" and may forget some deadlines.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management and Cross functional collaboration. Keeping everyone accountable.
Absolutely love every part of Asana!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is ridiculously easy to use! This really helped the team get going faster.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no native time tracking built in
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were moving our company away from a PM suite that had a ton of a features to a more simplistic fluid task assignment structure. Asana worked very well for this. Its beautiful design & easiness really helped get the team on boarded and used to the UI quickly
Recommendations to others considering the product:
great and easy solution to task management. More intuitive with better features than Trello
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