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Asana Delivers Where Other Project Management Software Falls Short
What do you like best about the product?
We use Asana with our small team to create tasks and discuss projects. We use it to delegate, assign and keep on task. It has a simple task style that is easy to use for those that are new to Asana, e.g. clients. But more complex features allow for you to get deeper on projects and how you plan a project
What do you dislike about the product?
Asana has a ton of external extensions. The one that I wish was native was the Gantt Chart functionality. That one is missing from the mix. Also I wish there was a native app for Mac Desktop that would make the platform perform a little smoother when there are larger projects. The interface would be quicker if this was the case.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We manage almost all of our client projects through Asana and love how they price it for smaller teams (e.g. Free), but they scale it so smaller organizations don't need to pay out the nose to get the pro features. Keeps us on track and client projects in order.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try, it's free to start. Great collaboration tool and platform.
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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.
Asana is my brain's external control center
What do you like best about the product?
I love how simple it is to create tasks directly from my email, which makes it possible for me to keep my inbox at zero while knowing that nothing is slipping through the cracks!
What do you dislike about the product?
If I could be granted one improvement for Asana, I wish that there was a way to have relative dates in templates. It saves me a ton of time being able to create project templates in one click, but then I have to manually set the dates on each task.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I manage projects for my day job, my editing business, my author community, and my books in Asana. In one place, I can easily see what I need to do across all of my business projects; or I can just look at one project at a time and work in focused blocks of time. Before I started using Asana, I was always in a state of latent stress, wondering if I was working on the right task at the right time!
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.
Asana allows you or you along with your team plan work now and better plan for future work
What do you like best about the product?
I love the feature rich interface and well thought out UX. The in integrations with Harvest and Time Stack make tracking time and reporting on usage very easy and helps you plan work more accurately. I love most the amazing power of a free subscription.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the fact that setting up projects is a little overkill for the mini projects that I do in my line of work and that there is a limitation on the number of projects for a free account.. I also work in an environment where bringing Asana on as a tool in my job is nearly impossible with IT oversight and culture.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I’ve only recently used Asana for personal projects. But Asana can answer the alway-asked question - what are you doing with your time and resources.
Keeps Me Organized and On Task
What do you like best about the product?
It's easy to use; I use it for all of my work tasks. I personally don't use it to collaborate on projects. It's where I store and manage all of my tasks so I can prioritize and move stuff around as I see fit. I also use the recurrence feature so I don't have to keep adding items to my calendar every so often; it's automatic. The unicorn that pops up when you check off tasks and projects is fun, too!
What do you dislike about the product?
For those who aren't technologically savvy, it can be a bit difficult to navigate.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Transparency and planning. The adoption rate is low, so I'm not sure what benefits the company is getting out of the software. The success depends on everyone on a team using it.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure you get buy-in from the whole company and/or that teams are enforced to use it.
Asana is my operational "home base"
What do you like best about the product?
Asana's user interface is very easy to navigate and the structure is very flexible to use with many different types of use cases from Project/task management to overall organization of content. I prefer the board view and like being able to assign due dates and get reminders. Being able to collaborate and invite others into my organization or to specific projects is very productive vs. working via email, etc.. An excellent tool for a start-up entrepreneur/team and can scale to enterprise-wide.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see more Asana-supported integrations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This currently meets my operational / organizational needs.
Asana is a critical part of our working day
What do you like best about the product?
It's task focused. Each team member can see what tasks they have open and when it's due and it is this view that orders our team's day.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish the alerting for overdue tasks was better. It's more of a manual review process to see what's open.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are an IT firm so at any given time we have 100 to 200 open tasks which fold into 5-7 ongoing project. Without Asana we would would not have a meaningful way to organize, assign and schedule all the related tasks. Our team works in Asana throughout the day, adding, completing, and commenting on various tasks. The task focus enables are our team to work systematically through open items. Fewer things fall through the cracks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely give it a try. If your team is task and due date focused then Asana is your tool. It's simple to adopt. Has a clean interface. It leaves off many of the bells and whistles of other project management tools, but most of those are simply noise anyway. Asana will show you what and when something is do. If you have the discipline to log EVERYTHING in there, and your team commits to it, you will start to get more work done with greater efficiency and speed.
Love using Asana for project management
What do you like best about the product?
I love that through Asana we have the ability to set up projects with specific tasks and deadlines for each member of the team. We use Asana for each of our marketing clients in order to keep their contracts in order and keep track of tasks that need to be completed for them. The ability to mark tasks as done and only see remaining tasks is awesome.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that you have to pay to use custom templates. I feel like the other paid advantages are worth paying for, but the custom templates should be free, even if you only get 2 or 3 free ones.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asana helps my team to keep our office organized and keep track of what we need to do on a day-to-day basis. We have realized benefits in our everyday organization and in ensuring that none of our tasks get forgotten about.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Begin your organization early, if you have too many unorganized projects it can stack up on you. But Asana can be great for setting up projects for multiple clients and keeping everything organized. We have had a much easier time ensuring that none of our tasks get forgotten about.
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