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Simple, great for complex projects
What do you like best about the product?
I like that it's a simple concept and easy to use. It's essentially a way better version of a simple task list. It's simple interface of just typing in the task to do, setting a due date, and a person responsible makes me more likely to use it every day. There are advanced features that make this more powerful when used by all.
What do you dislike about the product?
The notification settings are a little difficult to customize. When you first get your account, it can feel like an "all or nothing" situation with the notifications. You either get notified constantly or not at all. It is time-consuming to customize your notification for each project. Our team has 30+ projects. It's unreasonable to think that top-level people on the teams will do this, which ultimately means less buy-in across the team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're running large-scale higher education events by planning in Asana. We are able to be very transparent about everyone's task list and how they are keeping up-to-date on responsibilities. Also, we are able to eliminate a lot of team emails. We no longer need to email each other to ask someone to do something. We just put it in Asana.
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Simple and Easy for non techies to use
What do you like best about the product?
The way that Asana allows you to group your lists, conversations, per project I have found to be so much easier to manage than a product like Trello
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that you can't cut and paste an image into the conversation and instead have to upload it. Allowing us to drop a screen capture in would be a great enhancement
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As a consultant working with different companies and projects this allows me and the customer to see what is being done and I can more easily organize conversations than I can in email
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for a free tool that integrates with Slack this is it. You won't regret it. I really love how you can keep your conversations under the project. It makes it so easy to manage thoughts and back and forth.
Aesthetically beautiful project management
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that the program is simplistic and beautiful in design. It is a mostly user-friendly program that allows colleagues to work together towards completion of projects, even though they may not be in the same location.
What do you dislike about the product?
Although it is lovely to look at and simplistically designed, it took me quite awhile to get used to and understand the interface. It good just be that when I was added to the team I was already enlisted in several Asana teams, meaning I had quite a few tabs and projects listed, but it was overwhelming at first.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our leadership and equity team is able to organize our initiatives, projects and progress towards meeting our goals. Projects can be assigned to individuals or groups, who receive notifications reminding them of their due dates for completion.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is a great place to organize work projects and initiatives and keep everyone on the same page.
Quick & User-Friendly Project Management
What do you like best about the product?
Asana makes communication between team members virtually effortless. I like that you can @ different users in something like a comment or subtask. Overall, Asana has boiled project management down to its simplest form. I've used (and currently use) other project management tools. Asana is, by far, the simplest and most streamlined one I've come across.
What do you dislike about the product?
Files aren't displayed prominently enough within the tasks. I find myself sifting through sub tasks and former comments more than I'd like to. This can be a hassle for any team, but especially ones that use a lot of graphics and imagery in their projects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our customers need physical proof of their purchase as fast as possible. We use Asana to communicate with our fulfillment partners, ensuring that customers receive their proof of purchase in a timely, consistent manner. As far as benefits I've realized? I'd say the satisfaction of finishing a task, clicking check and watching it vanish into the shiny blue ether.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you've got the budget and you're looking for extremely easy and user-friendly project management software, Asana could be a good choice. The only caveat - if your projects involve lots of imagery and graphics, there are better tools out there. Files can get easily lost in the shuffle if you don't pay close attention. Otherwise, it's ridiculously easy to create tasks, manage workflows and coordinate with your team, whether they're in the building or across the country -- with Asana.
Simple Collaboration & Updates
What do you like best about the product?
The best part of Asana is the convenient comments and updates on projects and tasks. My team often leaves updates on a project after recent progress, feedback from a business partner, or new challenges that have recently come to light. When we review projects together, we have the whole history of updates - great for 1-on-1 meetings or teams discussions.
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana is meant to keep things simple - I get it. However, I wish the attachments functionality was a little more robust, including being able to easily see and access attachments from the detail screen of a task. In addition, sub-tasks are somewhat "out of sight, out of mind" which doesn't help when managing more complex projects. Again, it's meant to be simple, but a little more functionality in those two areas would go a long way.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project status and connectedness - I manage two small teams and work on my own projects as well. That means I'm not as connected to my teammates as I'd like to be. When jumping from one team to the other, it helps to have a simple way to see everything that is going on with the other team. I like the freedom to manage my projects however I wish to organize them. Asana helps me stay connected, updated, and all in a way that works for me.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I compared 12-15 small teams solutions before sticking with Asana. I suggest you trial more than one product to compare. Do it for just two projects and only briefly. Asana makes it easy to trial because they allow free use without contracts, etc., for multiple teams up to 15 members each. You might even end up using Asana for free for a long time. You can always pay for more features later.
Good task management system
What do you like best about the product?
Can build out tasks and all deliverables so everyone can follow a project, or part of project. Good reminders.
What do you dislike about the product?
sometimes gets a bit messy with file drafts going back and forth with uploads - need to make sure looking at correct version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving lack of communication within different department teams. Again everyone can be on the same page about their deliverables on a project and see how the timeline will affect other items in the project.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great project management system. Make sure have clear guidelines when uploading documents into the system so can ensure everyone is looking at the same thing. Also to consider all files on there, make sure you take down and save for posterity use as well.
The calendar function is great when you need to look at a quick snapshot of everything left for a project. It would be great if you could do a multi-calendar function, such as look at numerous projects on one calendar.
The calendar function is great when you need to look at a quick snapshot of everything left for a project. It would be great if you could do a multi-calendar function, such as look at numerous projects on one calendar.
Asana makes remote collaboration so much better
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is one of those few products that has acheived every rung of the User Experience ladder. Not only does it have a feature for all my needs, but its delightful user interface makes it a pleasure to use. It really is the easiest way for teams to track their work—and get results.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's hard to think of something I don't like about Asana. At first I didn't like that only one person could be assigned to a task, as many tasks are assigned to multiple people, but when I researched why this was, I found that it was based on Steve Job's philosophy of one person holding the ultimate accountability. After that, I liked that feature.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana is wonderful for remote collaboration. Sadly, Skype and other video chat features still aren't as great as we thought they would be. We still aren't holograms sitting in a virtual conference room, so being on the same page can be tricky. Asana makes collaboration easy and keeps everyone on the same page. Best of all, it works with apps like Slack.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give Asana a chance. I think this company is definitely headed in the right direction. It was started by two employees at Facebook as an internal tool and therefore they really understand workflows and UX. It's also beautifully designed, which makes it especially enjoyable.
Unicorns are Everything
What do you like best about the product?
I love the simple/sleek interface that is fun to use. Form and function in harmony always win me over.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike how infrequently I get a unicorn. There's not much else I can say here.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Teams in different locations. Assigning tasks to others and myself so things don't slip through the cracks. Keeping track of file versions. Keeping team members in the know about workflow dependencies.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There is more robust software out there, but ask this: Do you REALLY need all that stuff? And, will your staff use it? We have found that Asana actually gets used because of it's good looking interface, it's simplicity/ease-of-use, and the little bits of character that make it fun. Basecamp is another great option, depending on what your needs are. Every other project management software we have attempted to use have failed miserably simply because they were not enjoyable to use.
Great project management system!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the different options you can have for how you organize your projects. I'm a huge list person, so having the main checklists and sub lists within each project is my favorite option.
What do you dislike about the product?
It takes some time to fully understand the features of the program. Watching some tutorials or asking someone who has previous experience can easily help this issue though.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management and keeping track of deadlines is the main problem that Asana has helped me with. I used to forget about small details when I had multiple projects to manage at one time.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take the time to learn all of its features, it can greatly benefit your organization and productivity if you're managing multiple projects at once.
Team and Project Collaboration in a single tool
What do you like best about the product?
As far as a tool that can be used for many purposes, Asana might be king. It can function as a todo list, project tracking, a collaboration tool, a kanban board, and many other functions with the use of the different integrations available. For myself and my company, the kanban/todo functionality combined with the teams makes asana a great tool to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
With all the features that Asana has, it can be sometimes daunting to use them. One of the biggest things I dislike is the lack of flow or at least it has too much flexibility. Without identifying how Asana should be used first, it is difficult for the team to use it the same.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The most important problems that are being solved involve project tracking and team collaboration. The biggest benefits are that more people seem to be in the "know" and work is being tracked.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Have an idea on how the company or team as a whole should use asana before giving it to everyone. If you have to create guidelines and templates before giving access, do so. It makes product adoption difficult if only some people use it other people avoid it.
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