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Asana Task Management
What do you like best about the product?
I like how Asana categorizes and creates task lists. There's also a great interdependency feature where one task can trigger another upon completion. It also does a very good job at providing separate views for incomplete and completed tasks. Reports and list generation is also easy to customize in the application using filters.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the calendar and timeline views. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to overlap these views with multiple projects. There should be a way to choose and select which projects you need to view simultaneously. The calendar and timeline views should also have more ways to create custom views based on other fields in the application. Finally there's no way to mark percentage of completion on tasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We've solved project managing and assigning ownership of tasks with due dates. It's also made communication more seamless. When a user makes updates to a task in Asana, it automatically triggers an email to the followers of that task. It's also a great way of storing conversations, notes, and history on attributed to any task rather thatn having to search through emails.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is a great way to collaborate and assign tasks, but is limited in providing a high level view of all projects. I would recommend using Asana to track details. Asana should look into improving their timeline view or consider incorporating gant charts. Currently we're using SmartSheets to view overlapping project timelines, but keeping individual task management in Asana.
Task Management, confusing at times
What do you like best about the product?
I enjoy the organizational features of asana, from multiple boards to calendars and timelines for projects. It makes it simple to see your calendar of tasks to be done for the day.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana can be very confusing at times when you have a lot of things going on at once. Multiple boards can be beneficial, but projects can get lost at times with multiple notifications coming in.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana has made it easy to put all projects in one place and keep track of what you need, but at the same time it has some downsides I can't get over.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It can be very confusing and frustrating for employees
Asana conveniently stores all of our work activities into one web-based platform
What do you like best about the product?
There are many great organizational sections that help us to compartmentalize all the different aspects of our group projects. We can attach many different users to one project and update all the information live so that people will know all the latest information and have the latest resources to move forward with their own tasks. The support team at Asana helps us to fill in the blanks whenever we are missing information about the functionality of the software and can't figure it out how to operate some features on their website.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think that I'd like to have more customization options when it comes to displaying our project information and due dates. Though there are many different ways we can activate preset structures for our projects, I feel like it'd be more productive if we could eliminate some sections and only focus on the things that are most meaningful to our particular project.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana is great for staying on track and understanding what is due in the future for everyone involved in a project. We don't have to spend as much time having meetings and getting everyone up to date on information. We can all just check into our Asana accounts to see the latest information and access the current project materials. We don't even have to be in the same vicinity in order to meet and collaborate on project activities.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana has a great visual interface and isn't too difficult to use, so I would recommend using it as a premium collaboration software. If your budget is limited, I would probably explore one of the many other lower-cost options since many of these types of work productivity software have the same features these days.
Asana Review
What do you like best about the product?
Makes managing deadlines and projects easy
What do you dislike about the product?
Takes a bit to learn to use the platform.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working on time management and overall organization.
The best project management tool I've used
What do you like best about the product?
The free version is incredibly effective - which is extremely rare. The platform is intuitive and user friendly, and it's easy to get new users acclimated onto it.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are no features I dislike - the only obvious one being that I wish it was all free!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use this to create project templates and we can "clone" projects to ensure all prior steps were followed during the project. This ensures consistency and that no steps were missed.
Easy to use; Visually appealing
What do you like best about the product?
I like the quick, at a glance, calendar view. I love the user interface, it's beautiful.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'm not sure how to organize archived projects or print out detailed reports or document ROI per campaign or budgets
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When I was working within small teams, it worked really well; made project organization easy and it took new users minutes to figure out.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Excellent first project management app
Tricky to Learn but an Incredible Tool Once Mastered
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is a great project management system. It is a helpful tool for working with a large team. Several different people can work on the same project seamlessly. It also is a great way to stay organized with several different documents or parts of a project. I even use Asana for my own tasks because I can set recurring reminders, and I enjoy the satisfaction of being able to check off a task once it is completed. I also enjoy all of the personalizations you are able to do to make it more fun, like changing the background and turning on "occasional celebrations" for a fun surprise when I complete a task.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana is a platform with many different functions and uses. It can take a while to get the hang of Asana, and I feel like I am still learning it. Several people on our team who don't use it as often get frustrated because it does take a lot of knowledge and know-how to navigate. I also find it difficult to locate previous projects on there often, especially if I wasn't a part of it and am trying to find it after it has been completed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are able to divide and track progress easily and in one place. We are also able to work with other departments, including giving and receiving feedback, without hosting meetings. This cuts down on the time it takes to actually complete a project and frees up our time with fewer meetings. We can also set deadlines and timelines.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is a great tool, but be prepared to equip your team with resources and training to be able to use it effectively.
Project Management for Dummies
What do you like best about the product?
There are so many things that I like about Asana. The number one thing would be the ease of use. My entire team is able to manage tasks within one system.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana doesn't integrate well with other tools like Salesforce, slack etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Asana to solve any in-flight and post-flight client issues. The biggest benefits are being able to have a large team working on the same tasks without much confusion.
Flexible and Quick - Modern Design
What do you like best about the product?
This software is flexible and quick! The free version includes several features and the new timeline makes it easy to manage dependent tasks. This tool helps me stop tasks from falling through the cracks... makes a project (or even a business) much easier to manage. When you work in a team setting this program allows you to color-code each person and task so it is easy to look at and not super confusing. It makes it easier to make sure someone never misses a deadline or assignment. I am able ot create templates for different tasks and parts of my workflow.
What do you dislike about the product?
You are unable to switch between Task and Kanban project views once they are created... just a minor item but something you should know about if you use the software. The downside is having yet another software to manage... but as Asana grows and links to other softwares it will become more of a powerhouse in this project management system world.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana is an incredible collaboration tool. It assists teams in managing several different tasks. It is a bit difficult to learn but take the time and get to know the software before giving up. It is very flexible and can be used for so many things!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is difficult to learn... but spend the time, complete the available trainings, utilize the support staff at Asana. This product is worth the effort that it takes to get started.
Easy and fast
What do you like best about the product?
The custom labels available with the paid plans are a valuable addition for true business workflow productivity.
What do you dislike about the product?
Two basic in some ways. Their are temps at adding features like capacity planning are improving but still not there yet. Another one of our complaints is that we cannot switch back and forth between board and list view of tasks. You must pick when you set up a project.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it as our core to do list management tool, although we have more specialized tools for other parts of our workflow.
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