Considered one of the pioneering cloud-based project management tools, Asana offers four views for its users – List View, Timeline, Calendar, and Boards – all of which help teams get both a macro and micro view of all the moving parts of projects and tasks. It provides a comprehensive roadmap of ongoing projects from start to finish, clearly outlining dependencies, project milestones, and feedback and approval processes. For project managers, strong reporting capabilities that show completion rates, individual workloads, and potential delays just to name a few create opportunities for real-time project optimization, collaboration, stronger forecasting, and better planning for future similar projects.
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone |
Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
Training | Documentation |
Languages | English |
The organization and time saving tools it provides to it's users.
Nothing! So far I'm enjoying every feature Asana has.
Streamlining workflow
I love the breakdown of tasks and automation. It means I can be really specific with projects to do's, and then not have to manually repeat steps or move things around.
The least helpful part is there's no notes pad, you can't document information beyond a task or project for anyone to come and use.
It's helping our teams communicate on projects and brining clarity to deadlines and tasks.
Asana ease information flow by providing a platform for everyone to share their objectives,this attracts more support from team players increasing productivity.
Asana keeps everyone focused tracing company objectives finding hard to fing negative things about it.
Create more efficient and seamless data management across management maximizing productivity and profits.
My team and I just integrated this year with Asana. I cannot tell you how much it has helped our workflow, ignited a new motivation and keep us enaged more as a remote team.
Nothing! It is intuative, easy to use and I love their featured templates.
As a fully remote team, Asana helps us stay connected, manage work flows and has increased motiovation/productivity.
Asana is loaded with features for small business, even at the free level. Except for Gantt view, the views available that I use most often are calendar (marketing purposes), list (checklist, inventory, etc), and KanBan (Sales pipeline). I use it to manage a hiring process, social media content planning, sales pipeline with reminders and subtasks and notes to allow me to follow up and share tasks with other team members. Additionally I like its ease of use, very intuitive, I can add and remove temporary users, VA's give them access to only certain projects and block access to other projects. I have personal spaces set up that I don't want coworkers/VAs to access r view, and finance projects that I don't want marketing people to see and vice-versa. You have complete control. Another plus is the mobile app.Taks with deadline reminders (date and time) popup as a notification on your phone and if you take a sales call on your phone you can put notes right away and on your hone without having to log onto your computer. The mobile app is probably used more than the computer/website because its full featured and easy to use. When I ave downtime I just whip out the app and call my next lead easily with the name and contact info safely stored in the app.
No Gannt view (free version) but other than that it has a lot more going for it (which is why I keep using it after 2 years). I hav zapier connected to FB inquiries that adds names and tasks to my sales pipeline its very versatile!
I needed a way to track my leads and current clients, this is my primary reason for use and it does it great. I can add notes and tasks, and subtasks and stay organized with leads and client preferences.
The ability to assign a task to someone else without having to notify them via another source.
There are SO many features that sometimes it's hard to tell if you're using it to the best of it's abilities.
With integration, everything is in one place and the whole team is on the same page.
Managing tasks are more easier by using this application. I can easily track, follow up, priortize & allocate tasks. It's subtask features like me most.
When I click completed button for any tasks, it becomes disappeared from the task list.
This application helps me to manage task on time & priortize the task as per deadline.
The best part is to create the task which needs to be completed at the start of the work. And can prioritise the work.
Nothing, this tool is very useful. There is nothing in particular which I dislike. Everything seems to be perfect.
Acts as a notes to create the task to be completed. Prioritise work. Everyone will know what are we working on. Assigning task is easier.
Asana is designed to adhere to the foundational principles of productivity (personal triage, single-list, automation, keeping track of open-loops, etc.) , while giving your teams the customization and automations that are needed to build systems and manage big projects. The end result is that work gets done faster (more seamlessly / more easily / with less frustration), which is better for everyone. Asana is the every-day tool.
At its core, Asana is simple, which is great! However, for those who are new to the tool (or arena of task-team management tools), they have a hard time envisioning how they are to use it. We have orientation for each team-member and they often get excited but they still don't necessarily know how to best implement the tool. I call this the "spreadsheet-conundrum." Spreadsheets can be vastly intricate and helpful, or they can be simple, but the average user doesn't really know how to get from simple cells to complex systems, unless they have seen multiple iterations and spent good time with the tool. In other words, Asana has a learning curve, and that curve is partially set by the organization who uses the tool. It's a complex situation that is helped by Asana resources, but is solved primarily at the organizational level. The challenge is worthwhile for EVERY TEAM, but for some the challenge will push them back for a while.
Asana catalogues the work that we need to get done (tasks and projects), which helps free our brains to execute on those items. Additionally, through rules, custom fields, and other automations and integrations, Asana solves the problem of systems being too complex, or not being genuinely beneficial.
The interpersonal collaboration, sharing of infor and the interface with multiple other programs makes Asana the most used program for our team, handling a mulktitude of jobs
My only complaint with asana is the inability to inmport excel project management outlines from others.
Remote workers across 5 timezones can easily see tasks, updates, and due outs.
User-friendly Asana Intelligence is the in-thing in Project Management! No more fumbling with strategic planning. Now we've got a sure-fire base to work with, based on historical performance, real-time data, risk assessment and critical goals. Now even more than before, implementation, integration and features are guided by AI. Strategic planning, coordination and management has just got easier.
With AI implementation, things have got absolutely easier. Plus, there's always its outstanding user support. Can't complain.
Now with AI, there's strategic planning, coordination, management, that's more assured and reliable. No more guesswork. Now outcomes have improved, operations better streamlined.
I love that Asana provides a place for me to keep an organized list of jobs, tasks, work-related projects, etc. You can make notes under the individual items on your list, and add collaborators to either view your progress, or contribute.
I can't think of anything I dislike, since all of the reasons I use the program have had my needs met.
Asana helps me keep the things in my brain organized on a tracked list. It also helps me remember the notes about something specific that I would otherwise forget as I can make notes under the individual tasks.
The layout of tasks is easy to read and quickly see what is required of me to do / give instructions! I have used quite a few other tools and enjoy how fast Asana is and the UI is pretty.
I wish it offered a better discount for NPO and adoption to porting items over from Monday.com
What is actionable and ready to work on. Providing project updates and all resources related to a project in one nice/easy to use location.
Our marketing team functions like an in-house public relations, events planning and marketing agency for a large nonprofit. We take and process requests from multiple departments, some with short turnaround and some with longevity. Some projects also have extensive outside vendor involvment. Being able to bring all of those moving parts under one umbrella to collaborate across teams, and even outside of our organization with partner vendors to stay on track with projects, provide real-time feedback and edits, and meet deadlines has been simply incredible. Before organization-wide adoption of Asana, this would've involved countless email changes, notebooks, and a myriad of spreadsheets, and files all over the place. Trying to keep things straight--especially during the height of our very busy fundraising campaign season was a nightmare before we had the task management system that Asana provides to us.
It's not really a tool problem. But we organizationally have had some challenges with individual teams or departments who have been slower to adapt or implement Asana into their work flow. This has presented challenges at times in keeping things moving along as you'd like when others aren't in the system checking for progress and responding to requests as needed. I do think the inbox feature could be improved a bit. Sometimes it gets so cluttered it's hard to find what's new and needs your attention now--especially if you're coming back from being out of the office for any extended period of time. I don't have any strong feelings about what would make this better, I can only share that sometimes it's been tough to weed through and find what I'm looking for.
As mentioned previously, really just being able to have a solid workflow and established timelines has been huge. We have used the feedback feature with our contracted graphic designer a lot. It's been a tremendous asset in being able to clearly illustrate what changes we need to be made and getting those things addressed in a timely and efficient manner. It's also just a great way to have one place to keep everything, versus having multiple programs or places to track various projects and components of them.
By integrating it into my work process, I can improve collaboration, increase productivity, and have greater oversight of the different aspects of my advertising campaigns. Its user-friendly interface, quick implementation, reliable support and adaptable integration options allow me to foster collaboration by utilizing its extensive features, such as comments and attachments, to share important documents, receive feedback, and provide updates on advertising projects. This ensures efficient communication and helps me stay organized in my work.
While there may be a slight drawback in the inability to access certain features without a paid subscription, the vast array of features available with the free plan is truly remarkable. Additionally, it is worth highlighting that customer support is readily available and dedicated to solving any issues that may arise.
By using Asana, I am able to prioritize tasks effectively and promptly address the important aspects of my advertising operations. This allows me to efficiently manage my workload and improve collaboration with others. Asana also enhances project visibility, optimizes resource allocation, and provides me with tools to plan and manage my campaigns efficiently.