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Asana - Magic Glue for your Team
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is the Nth team member. It is the trusted system that our whole team uses to get tasks and thoughts out of our feeble, human brains, and into something structured, concrete and actionable.
With Asana (and many team conversations), we can move faster while all being on the same page.
With Asana (and many team conversations), we can move faster while all being on the same page.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do wish that Asana had a desktop app (even a web wrapper like Slack would be great) so that I could get it out of my sea of tabs (sometimes even a pinned tab isn't enough).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The biggest problem - keeping work on track and moving through managing tasks and to-dos, while also maximizing transparency and visibility of work across the company.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is a great tool. It does a lot, it has a lot of great features. But at the end of the day, you need to build your teams understanding of the value of using it. When we first started, we didn't quite get "all-in" and it took a bit for us to realize that we needed to shift our mindset to fully realize all the benefits.
As with everything, it's a process.
As with everything, it's a process.
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Cannot live without it. Literally!
What do you like best about the product?
It's the one stop shop that I can use to manage ALL of my projects. Previously I'd have certain to do lists in other software... some lists in email drafts... some lists on sticky notes. Now that I'm in the routine of using Asana DAILY (more like by the minute) I put absolutely everything in Asana, making it my reliable source of truth for what needs to be done next.
What do you dislike about the product?
A few years back my biggest complaint was not being able to set deadlines by the hour, but now that that's available I'm struggling to find something here... A neat feature idea would be in app (or desktop) notifications of when a to do is approaching. A subtle reminder to get working on something, because I don't generally use the daily emails.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Relying on individuals' memories is really hard, and a huge bet. Asana allows me to keep track of multiple related, and unrelated projects, of all different sizes and timeframes. I can keep a to do list for all the things I need to do on a project that's 2 days long, or plan out an entire year's roadmap. It serves as a SINGLE tool, to keep track of EVERYTHING work related.
Daily Task Management
What do you like best about the product?
We use this to organize actionable tasks associated with our projects, as well as any day-to-day, monthly, annual, or one-off tasks which we in the Tech Office have to do. Asana is great for a simple, heads-up checklist of dated tasks behind which lurks the full functionality of a workspace for each task, team chat, and project management.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana feels cluttered and disorganized once you have a hundred or so tasks or projects. The sort tools are good, but it could benefit from some more granular and savable filters for sorting and organizing the dashboard.
The mobile/phone app is a bit clunky.
The mobile/phone app is a bit clunky.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before Asana, we had a ticketing system, our email Inboxes, and our calendars for capturing and organizing our task list. As a result, there were things that didn't fit in any category. Tasks that weren't tickets, that needed to not be cluttering up our Inboxes, and didn't necessarily have a hard and fast date, but that were priority enough to require doing. Asana gave us a place to not only store those tasks, but organize them by project or type and assign tentative completion dates. It's also a useful place to add notes, files, and ask questions without having to resort to separate applications.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
-Use it for actionables/priority tasks only; a couple of our users tried to use it for things like "read this article" and "review this peer journal" and other great professional development, but ultimately nebulous things that only served to clutter up the dashboard.
A really Great Way to Manage a LARGE Group
What do you like best about the product?
Lots of ways to use this program! You can remind yourself to do task, create reoccurring events that need to take place, make lists that pertain to multiple people and assign your team all sorts of organized and specific to-do lists!
What do you dislike about the product?
Though this program is very user friendly, there are some options you cannot manipulate or change. For example, you cannot assign one task to multiple people in your team easily.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have been able to stay on task and use Asana for our small business. I am able to assign and generate tasks and see when other people on the team have checked them off. We love that we can use this as our calendar to see when important tasks and documents need to be completed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would say this is a great program to use with a team of 1-20 people. You can make to-do lists a lot easier for your group with this program. We continue to find more uses and great updates that make this an easy-to-use app on my phone as well- which I LOVE!
Great project management systems for business and personal use.
What do you like best about the product?
I use Asana for my own company, our clients, and for my own personal tasks. Compared to other project management systems, Asana is pretty paired down. But that's perfect for most situations. Rather than feature overload, it's lean and efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
For all its strengths, the interface does take quite a bit of getting used to. For my clients I always need to give them a walk through to make sure they can actually use it. That only takes about 15 minutes but it would be nice if it were more intuitive.
Also, it doesn't have a good visual representation of the project and it's timelines so you can see all of it at a glance. You can, however link it with Instagantt, which automatically turns your Asana projects into interactive Gantt charts.
Also, it doesn't have a good visual representation of the project and it's timelines so you can see all of it at a glance. You can, however link it with Instagantt, which automatically turns your Asana projects into interactive Gantt charts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Asana to manage my own teams and the teams on the client side. The task management and reminders are well designed and keep the teams synced up and on track.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is a great choice if you're managing a fairly complex project involving up to about 25 people. For enterprise level projects, you'll need a more robust solution.
Love this tool for working with my virtual assistant
What do you like best about the product?
I love that I can add something to Asana and I stay updated with the status of a project via email. Simple and easy integration.
What do you dislike about the product?
My first thought is to just send email. This isn't about the product as much as it's about me and how I use "technology." It's about a learning curve and perhaps a reminder to check in.
I think I've also had login problems as I may have created more than one account. (that's on me, not the product.
I think I've also had login problems as I may have created more than one account. (that's on me, not the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Communication problems. Easy to manage and share details! The benefit really is about getting support in my business where I need it. Asana helps me manage that much more effectively!
Organization made easier
What do you like best about the product?
Asana allows collaboration between multiple departments and people within an organization. It features many ways to use the same information (seeing it in different formats, sorting by due date, etc.), so it fits preferences of different users while keeping everyone up to date. Users can enter tasks directly from email and attach photos and files to tasks to keep projects organized well.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish more features were customizeable. Sometimes if people organize things in different ways, it's easy to misunderstand or lose information.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Unifying teams, so everyone has the information simultaneously and remotely.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take time to experiment with different ways to organize material. It's easy to use, but get everyone on a standard way to input and use information for a better unified experience.
Would be lost without Asana - and my company would be as well!
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use and the fact that it connects to all applications we use is a dream. I have never been happier with how quick it is to set up, how organized and granular it can get and how it very easily connects to Slack. The mobile app is great and keep you up to date on the go.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there was a way to choose which projects I get emails about and which I get mobile app notifications for. There might be a way but I am not sure how to do so.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Team collaboration - we are a distributed team and we work on a variety of items that need multiple teams input. This makes the process much smoother, keeps everything in one place and even keep us from getting distracted from all the other noise that comes up during the day.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
GIve it a try- they have free versions and great customer support to help you get it set up in an optimal way. Great videos online as well to show how other organize.
Simple to start, deep if you want it
What do you like best about the product?
I use Asana to track my To Do list across a large number of projects and teams. I like that I can pull ToDo's from all of those projects and put them into a single list to work from. What doesn't get done today can automatically be on the list for tomorrow, or I can flush it and start clean.
What do you dislike about the product?
My biggest problem with Asana is that it's not easy to prioritize tasks. I would love to be able to prioritize by importance and urgency.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana helps me keep a consistent and organized list of what I need to do each day. I get a sense of peace and focus from knowing I'm not forgetting something, and a sense of accomplishment from crossing things off.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Dive in for sure -- it's easy to get started and they offer a free plan that lets you have a really great test drive.
Asana for Startups
What do you like best about the product?
Love that it allows my team to collaborate from wherever there's a wifi signal and most capabilities are available on their app.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish that you could assign the same task to multiple people. i.e. an article you want your entire team to read I currently have to create the task for each person.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps keep everyone accountable and organized, works great for remote teams or if you travel frequently
Recommendations to others considering the product:
We use it company wide for our onsite and remote teams.
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