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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.
Could probably utilize it better, but failed to provide real change for my workflows
What do you like best about the product?
Clear check-list formatting, once you dig into a bit of the shortcuts/workflows/best practices, pretty easy to create tasks, assign ownership, set deadlines in a readily sharable, visible way
What do you dislike about the product?
It is a lot of orchestration, but ultimately feel like just another tool to keep open, another tab to have always open. I don't use it enough to live in it and find full value, so it is just annoying to have to go access it for certain projects, certain teams who use it. Most of my specific product feedback is probably more a reflection of my own shallowness of use rather than core product issues, but I just don't see differentiated enough value to justify yet another pm/task mgmt tool
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
clearer project mgmt, deadlines, visibility
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Vet exactly what you need from a tool like this and what you think adoption will be. Is it worth adding another tool to the stack?
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.
A real productivity app. Something we all need.
What do you like best about the product?
Features.
Asana supports many meaningful features that we all need. Sometimes I find myself learning something new from Asana that I never did before and it helps me manage my projects easier. For instance, for project dashboard, I learned there is a way to export the reported projects into Google Spreadsheet with charts. It took me 5 seconds to generate a useful report.
And I bet it's only getting better and better.
Asana supports many meaningful features that we all need. Sometimes I find myself learning something new from Asana that I never did before and it helps me manage my projects easier. For instance, for project dashboard, I learned there is a way to export the reported projects into Google Spreadsheet with charts. It took me 5 seconds to generate a useful report.
And I bet it's only getting better and better.
What do you dislike about the product?
Team Conversations should include some features to be able to add or tag projects and tasks in it. We currently use the name of the project with "" to make sure we understand each other but I've used Jira or some other task and project management tools that these features have been used for a long time.
Team Conversations feature should be good enough to avoid teams from using Asana.
Or have a smooth integration with Slack and stop developing the Team Conversation in Asana. (I'm aware of the current integration between Asana and Slack. But I don't find it that useful)
Team Conversations feature should be good enough to avoid teams from using Asana.
Or have a smooth integration with Slack and stop developing the Team Conversation in Asana. (I'm aware of the current integration between Asana and Slack. But I don't find it that useful)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Task management among matrix-organized teams.
I've used, Jira, RedBooth (even before the new name changed to RedBooth), Bootcamp, etc. Each one has its own interesting features. But for visualizing and managing TEAMWORK, I have found Asana to be more helpful for Marketing teams than any other platform. I know web developers and engineers tend to like Jira more, but for marketers, Jira is not as useful as Asana.
I've used, Jira, RedBooth (even before the new name changed to RedBooth), Bootcamp, etc. Each one has its own interesting features. But for visualizing and managing TEAMWORK, I have found Asana to be more helpful for Marketing teams than any other platform. I know web developers and engineers tend to like Jira more, but for marketers, Jira is not as useful as Asana.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Start using Asana's free version to see how easy it is to use. You can have a good grasp of the main things they offer. It's very convenient but I recommend you to give it a try. If you have a Gmail account you can easily start the free account (it's not even a trial, so you can have the free version forever).
Great for task management!
What do you like best about the product?
I love that tasks can have followers, you can assign only one person per task so they are held accountable, and the overall organization of the system, including teams, projects, tasks, subtasks, calendars, etc.
I also LOVE that you can import tasks via CSV. For those starting with Asana, check out this feature ASAP!
I also LOVE that you can import tasks via CSV. For those starting with Asana, check out this feature ASAP!
What do you dislike about the product?
I am very pleased with this product. I have seen that they are working on integrations with other apps, like Slack and Google Drive, which will just enhance the experience even more. I honestly don't have any complaints.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Task coordination for remote teams to ensure timely project completion.
People are looped in on projects so people can clearly understand their roles and hold each other accountable for project success.
People are looped in on projects so people can clearly understand their roles and hold each other accountable for project success.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Check out the features for CSV import.
Check out the features and turn on the features for the keyboard shortcut Tab + b
Check out the features and turn on the features for the keyboard shortcut Tab + b
If you have a very small budget this is an okay option
What do you like best about the product?
It's generally user-friendly and doesn't require watching multiple tutorial videos to figure out what to do like most PM software. We're on the free version, so we don't have access to full admin features. Still, the free version of Asana is fairly robust and has helped us consolidate and centralize project discussions.
What do you dislike about the product?
I am not crazy about having both a conversations tab and an area to make comments on each individual task. I am sure this is helpful for some teams, but it's been confusing for our team. We've set up each client as a "Team" and under that team are multiple tasks. Within each task, we'd love to go to one area where all of the back and forth and files live (similar to a Basecamp thread). Right now, we're just posting all project information and files in the conversations tab and making due with that. Also, it seems that once a task has been "Completed" the comments from that original task are archived and only accessible via the calendar tool. Maybe we're just slow, though, and aren't using it right.
Also, would really just love a standalone desktop app version of Asana as it's kinda cumbersome to check the website all the time. I'm personally relying on the app to give me fast notifications for whenever a PM posts something new, but there are still lags. For teams like ours, we need instant notifications (that aren't MORE emails) as we're handling dozens if not hundreds of individual projects across many clients. We tried AppSana and it is not useful.
Also, would really just love a standalone desktop app version of Asana as it's kinda cumbersome to check the website all the time. I'm personally relying on the app to give me fast notifications for whenever a PM posts something new, but there are still lags. For teams like ours, we need instant notifications (that aren't MORE emails) as we're handling dozens if not hundreds of individual projects across many clients. We tried AppSana and it is not useful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have dozens of clients, so using Asana has really helped us centralize all (well, most) conversations about each client. It's made us realize we still have too many clients and no software will help us manage everything 100% efficiently :-)
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try the free version first obvs and experiment with how you set up clients. We ultimately decided to set up our individual clients as "teams" and add respective team members when appropriate.
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.
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