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Love Asana - keeps me on track!
What do you like best about the product?
I love that Asana is awesome in planning out projects and assigning others to the task. It makes it so easy to have a template and then reuse it for other projects again and again. Thanks to asana I am always on top of my tasks!
What do you dislike about the product?
I think it would be nice to have a better way of managing the groups I am in. Perhaps a control panel under Settings. Also I dislike how difficult it is to unsync my calendar (specifically my i.cal). It'd be great to one day have a support team I can call at Asana instead of just emailing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's hard for us to always remember our SOPs but having them in Asana under templates makes it 10x easier to follow through.
Effective Organizational tool
What do you like best about the product?
Asana helps me keep the important things in front of me, and keeps me focused. It is very useful for small businesses to keep things together. I like the way you can link documents into the to dos. Keeps everything in one place.
What do you dislike about the product?
You have to choose the boards or the to do list organization from the start. It would be nice if you could experiment with one or the other, but that functionality is not there at present.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have been able to keep my numerous projects moving. It has helped me be much more organized than I would otherwise be. I have many projects in different areas and I can keep them all under the same roof with Asana.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Look online for tutorials and think from an administrative level about how you will organize the use of Asana before you start.
If you're in a small business or solopreneur, this will work for you
What do you like best about the product?
I like the simplicity of this software. Whenever we onboard non tech savvy clients, I am so thankful that Asana is simple and straightforward, it doesn't take too long for our clients to adapt to it.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like the fact that you can't assign one task to multiple people. There are certain tasks that would need collaboration and I really prefer if there's a way for Asana to make it happen.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Management of casual or ad hoc tasks from different clients. Because of Asana, we're now able to have a better visibility on every team member's workload plus all client tasks in the pipeline. This has become an interactive gantt chart for the entire team.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Kudos to Asana for introducing a new feature yesterday RE start date. As for another feature, I'd really want Asana team to find a way to enable us users to assign one task to multiple people.
Great collaboration software for distance workers
What do you like best about the product?
I think the number one feature I love is that I can add tasks to the system via email. I use Infusionsoft to manage all aspects of my business, lead gen/sales and operations. I love that I can have tasks added to my remote workers' "ToDo" lists automatically, as a person moves through my fulfillment pipeline.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that tasks can't be scheduled to show up at a time in the future. Sometimes, when doing web management for clients, they want something added for a short period of time (a sale, for example), and I'd like to be able to schedule both the "add content' and 'remove content' tasks at the same time instead of having to calendar the removal and then manually add at that time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The greatest benefit for me is task management for my remote workers. I have people on several continents that do work for me and keeping track of everything was quite cumbersome. With Asana, I can keep all the tasks for every one in one simple location.
Asana is a great tool to organize and project manage
What do you like best about the product?
My favorite part of Asana is the ability to apply multiple tags to each projects and tasks. There are a lot of cross team collaboration and cross-functional initiatives, this makes it easy for each team and function to maintain their own roadmap, while having these collaborative projects on all of their roadmaps. I also like that the text fields can support bullet points and indentations. (although the shortcuts were not stated explicitly).
What do you dislike about the product?
It is not very easy to move or tasks within a section under a project. Also some bulk editing capability would be nice (i.e., bulk tag, or bulk move). I also think user education could be better in terms of the text box editing features (e.g., bullet points or numbering points).
Also I wonder if there is opportunity to support even more text editing features (crossing out, coloring), as well as hosting inline images.
Also I wonder if there is opportunity to support even more text editing features (crossing out, coloring), as well as hosting inline images.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management with complex team structures and a lot of cross collaboration initiatives. Also to document all of the initiatives and projects that we've done in the past, including the date at each projects are budgeted for, completed, and any other status updates or description changes.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is easy to use once you get a hang of it, and it is very powerful in documenting and organizing your projects and tasks. It can also be easily customized for certain fields to show, and colors of tags for better visual presentation of attributes of tasks. However with the large degree of customization, it may come across as a bit confusing to get a handle of initially. But be patient, it's worth it.
The most organized I've ever been in my life!
What do you like best about the product?
I love how Asana allows me to divide projects into tasks. It really helps me to keep every detail in mind while communicating with all of the team members involved.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are no features that I dislike, but I do think that the platform takes some time to get used to - for example, it's hard to remember that if I don't tag my supervisor in a task, she won't see my comments and know that the task was completed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana has definitely helped us solve organization issues regarding the flow of projects and also brings transparency into our team's workload. Before, each individual team member as well as our manager would get emails asking for a certain project to be completed and only those who got the email knew about the project. We were tied to our inboxes for insight on what the day would be bring and we were unable to divide the workload evenly amongst everyone because we all had different requests from different people. With Asana, all project requests come to one place where we can all see them, assign them to someone, add due dates, and monitor progress.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana can definitely bring organization to your life - especially if you're managing projects for a team of 5 or more.
Best of Cost and Ease of Use
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is terrific for pumping ideas out and swiftly organizing them into their needed structures and delivery chains. It's also quite easy to get feedback and have targeted conversations about specific points and keep them going. Quick ease of use is the main benefit as Asana will make it very seamless to use day to day for a huge variety of projects and conversations.
What do you dislike about the product?
While Asana has been adding a lot of new features that were extremely critical to being able to custom label and organize content, it hasn't been very quick to release these updates features, meaning a while of finding workarounds to some commonly needed views and desired labeling.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using Asana has solved the issues of organizing contractors and being able to have a shared, but easily controlled space for working on specific projects. Thanks to Asana we stopped using emails to organize projects and can now do them entirely within the Asana ecosystem.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Project Management software really does depend on some core things like how your team communicates. If your team is collaborative and likes solving problems and getting work done, Asana is one of the easiest and most attractive places to do that. If you have a lot of trouble onboarding people onto a shared space and find they don't or wont' keep track of updates and comments, or are looking to treat the software like a file storage and organization environment, then you might not be able to take full advantage of what Asana can offer.
Keeps me coming back
What do you like best about the product?
It's superficial but the best thing about Asana is the absolutely beautiful interface. After looking at boring terminals and spreadsheets, it's a pleasure to set-up my projects and collaborative files on the site. It's also quite nice for clients and team members to work with.
It's both confusing and simple. Once you get a feel for the flow of Asana, it becomes simple to set-up your projects and grow with it.
The visibility of everyone's responsibilities and the ability to assign people with ease makes Asana a great choice for small or enterprise level teams.
Currently, MRG uses Asana to keep developer clients on track with our advertising campaigns for new developments. Everyone is up to date without making a phone call. With the phone apps no one has an excuse for not being on top of the job.
An added bonus for me is the way projects are delineated with in the desktop app and the phone app. I can work with a number of different clients and project without confusion. I am totally immersed in a project uby using the beautiful and zen backgrounds so there is no worry about overlap or putting the wrong information in the incorrect client file.
It's both confusing and simple. Once you get a feel for the flow of Asana, it becomes simple to set-up your projects and grow with it.
The visibility of everyone's responsibilities and the ability to assign people with ease makes Asana a great choice for small or enterprise level teams.
Currently, MRG uses Asana to keep developer clients on track with our advertising campaigns for new developments. Everyone is up to date without making a phone call. With the phone apps no one has an excuse for not being on top of the job.
An added bonus for me is the way projects are delineated with in the desktop app and the phone app. I can work with a number of different clients and project without confusion. I am totally immersed in a project uby using the beautiful and zen backgrounds so there is no worry about overlap or putting the wrong information in the incorrect client file.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do find the original set-up a little confusing. The choice of trello like table or lists seems to be a choice you can't reverse or I have yet to find the button to make it happen. On rare occasions, there have been update issues where my new information did not filter out for hours to the team
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Communication. A problem in all companies. How to get the message to key players quickly and efficiently. Asana makes it happen. Files, links and pertinent information is delivered by web and phone. Client love the interface and getting updates from me without having to stop for a lengthy phone call. they can also look at the information at their leisure.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If engagement of team members is an issue, this is a good option. IT's easy, it's nice to look at and interact with. Your employees or contractors and even clients will like having this way to be in touch 24/7 without time consuming calls. It just keeps everyone on the same page.
Good PM Tool For Tasks and Projects
What do you like best about the product?
I liked the interface of Asana and it's features similar to social media channels that allowed for easy adoption internally and even the ability to use for client communication. The ability to tag members of your team or other teams (or even group members of the platform into teams to alert them all at once of something) was really useful.
What do you dislike about the product?
There was not a ton of customization available, but there also wasn't a lot we couldn't accomplish due to the lack of customization options so it wasn't a big set back. Overall I think the pricing is what deterred us from renewing again.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were trying to solve problems with internal communication of project timelines, deliverables, clients needs and internal workflow. It help tremendously in getting multiple groups, especially on very collaborative projects across the company, on the same page at all times while ensuring everyone knew who had ownership over what piece of the project.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend really educating internal stakeholders how you plan to roll out Asana and what its primary use will be for. There was initially a low adoption rate of the tool at our company simply because it wasn't clearly stated how each team member should be utilizing the platform.
Great tool for keeping you team on track
What do you like best about the product?
I like how it is cloud based and I am able to track the work of my team for anywhere, even if I'm not in the office.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial set up has you getting email updates about everything. Until you change this you get a lot of unnecessary emails.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prior to using Asana we used a large white board to keep the status of our jobs. Asana allows us to track out work from anywhere is real time and keep an unlimited amount of notes about what is going on
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana has a lot of flexibility depending on how you like to work. If you are a neat and organized person who likes lists there is an option for that and if you more abstract you can set it up to work that way as well.
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