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a way to communicate with your teammates in multiple projects, simple and efficiency but maybe usele
What do you like best about the product?
I have been using this web service in my six-persons team for 6 months. This website is like Slack except that Slack focuses on the talking while this service is more like a projects managers. Teammates assigns a job for others and teammates marks their jobs done.
What do you dislike about the product?
It may be useful for large teams so that people can communicate effectively, and keep the project logs. However from my perspective in small teams this service is not that useful. Only three or two people working in this project and everyone's progress is almost linear: you won't have any communication problem. You are trying to solve a problem that, perhaps, does not exist at all.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Use it as a project manager, where teammates could assign works to others and teammates could mark the works done or submit their progress individually.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are working in a big team working on a single project and you could try. This is like a git: it is useful when the scale of project is large
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.
Great Management Tool
What do you like best about the product?
Asana has awesome customization capabilities to tailor it to different types of tasks. It seems rare these days, but I've been very pleased with every single update they've rolled out over the last few years. They listen closely to their users and take feedback well.
What do you dislike about the product?
With this, it's actually a little difficult to find areas I truly dislike. Asana seems to hit the mark for what they created this platform for. Any other types of shortfalls that I've seen are nitpicky or technically out of their scope of business.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are an agency that manages about 100 clients between 40 employees. Asana is vital to keep everything running the way it should be. We pair it with Harvest to keep a close eye on the hours we spend on projects & tasks to ensure we're hitting the hours the client is paying for and avoiding going over hours on projects and tasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Pair this application with Harvest for time tracking. This is a great way to get an honest test on how much time these tasks and project are taking you and/or your team to complete.
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.
Keeps Work Streamlined and Efficient
What do you like best about the product?
All my tasks stay organized and prioritized. We can plan months ahead and communicate easily with our team. We can share status and updates quickly and easily. You can search for completed tasks just in case. Your entire history of work is kept in place and easily accessible.
What do you dislike about the product?
You can't make multiple due dates for a single task. Some tasks require this.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
So many - it is the backbone of our agencies efficiency and organization. It helps us with client communication and internal communication. There are always so many things going on and Asana keeps us on track and organized.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It streamlines internal processes and helps keep things organized.
Lots of features for a busy team.
What do you like best about the product?
I like that everything my team has going on gets recorded in this software. It gets really stressful wondering where a project is, or if I assigned it, or if the person got the assignment - with Asana and everyone going to the same place to collaborate, nothing gets missed.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve how everyone should use it can get a little confusing. It would be great to have several tutorials on how to best organize work assignments within Asana.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Confusion around assignments and project status are greatly reduced because of using Asana with my team. The fact that I can not only assign projects and tasks, but also maintain a dialogue with everyone involved in that project helps a lot.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking to simplify and de-stress your project management with multiple employees/IC's, then Asana is a great place to start.
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.
Actionability made easy with Asana.
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is wonderful for collaborating on projects with other members, teams, and departments. It's the first thing I check every morning, before my email even. My department uses it especially well, and since the day I started using it, the goals and expectations for our work has always been clear and easily discussable. As a general rule of life, I believe actionability is what enables things to get done, and Asana only highlights that truth.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish the notification system was more noticeable. There is an "Inbox" that highlights what you've been assigned recently or any conversations you've been following or tagged in, but I think it would be nice to have a push notification system that actively notified you, without forcing you to switch to a new page to check these updates. I think this would prevent our team from missing less conversations when they get lost in our inbox. Ideally, I wish Asana could integrate with something like Slack, that has a great push notification system for real-time messaging within a team. If that was all possible within one platform, that would be absolutely perfect.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've organized the "My Tasks" section into specific sections that make more sense for me, such as "Daily Tasks", "Quick Tasks", and "Long Term Goals". I love that I can visually sort my tasks by deadline, how long it would take to complete, and priority. I can understand the scope of projects easily with the use of projects, sections, tasks, and subtasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider if your team is willing to make the most of Asana's abilities, which means committing to communicating and delegating tasks as often as possible on the platform. Like many other services, it only becomes more useful as more of your team uses it. Asana is better for planning the day's work or longer and is not as strong in terms of real-time communication across teams and individuals. It may need to be supplemented by a messaging service that has a better notification system.
Great Task Management Tool for Team
What do you like best about the product?
The number one thing I love about Asana is its integration with Wufoo. This has helped the team capture the information we need for projects in an orderly way and while having it all centralized in Asana.
Asana is also the tool we use for our marketing calendar. We plan all of our content that way.
Asana is also the tool we use for our marketing calendar. We plan all of our content that way.
What do you dislike about the product?
Subtasks always seem to get lost. It's not clear what the primary project is. It's frustrating because it's easy to miss a task that way. Task that don't have deadlines also get lost in the system. Asana should send reminder emails about those once in a while as well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing all the team's tasks in one place while providing transparency to the entire organization. The new dashboard feature has been super helpful for clarity in planning massive undertakings.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana has a very clear product roadmap.
Great task-management client
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is a great resource for keeping track of your own tasks, knowing what else you have coming up, and seeing what your other team-members' capacities are. Everything you have currently and coming up is out in front of you, and you can sort by due date, project, completion, etc. If you want to keep up with what a coworker is working on, you can add yourself as a follower to get notifications every time the task is modified or updated.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only drawback for Asana that I encountered was the frequency of the emails and notifications I received in the early going. Once I discovered how to modify my notification settings I found the experience to be much more enjoyable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Organizing tasks into projects and sorting by due date is a great way to keep track of your own capacity or that of your coworkers/subordinates. There will never be any confusion regarding what someone has to work on. The Harvest time-tracking integration is particularly helpful for keeping track of how much time goes into each task, and it all links back to the specific task through harvest.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The only problem I encountered with Asana was the number of notifications I received before I discovered how to reduce the frequency of them. After making this change Asana has been a great user experience top to bottom. A fun tidbit: if you go into settings and select the "Tab-B" option and then hit those keys a few dozen times, it's a fun little easter egg!
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