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Very robust. The free version is better than expected.
What do you like best about the product?
Tracking, organizing and searching through multiple projects in one cohesive platform. It saves me from wasting tons of time searching notes, emails etc., to remember who wanted what.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's a bit too robust. Adoption has been very difficult among my organization. Not always intuitive and a bit daunting to new users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Saves me tons of time tracking all the threads of multiple projects. Deadlines keep projects tracking and the multiple user conversations keep everyone informed, which has been particularly useful with staff distributed in various locales.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The onboarding is the most difficult process. Adoption has been reluctant with the result that we continue to use multiple tools to communicate, although I rely heavily on Asana. Even after more than a year, I don't use, much less know all the features available, but it's highly doubtful I could wean colleagues off their Outlook Calendars to use Asana's instead. So...if you don't have the buy-in off the top, or tech-savvy colleagues, it could be a struggle getting widespread adoption.
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Helpful to consolidate all projects and priorities
What do you like best about the product?
My favorite part of Asana is the seamless flow of information from all my team members to me, across multiple platforms. For example, our project manager can be on his phone while travelling, and he can check up on what has been completed and what is still outstanding. The platform is very easy to use and someone with no experience at all can pick it up in less than a day. Plus they have all these fun plug-ins haha. The snow fall for winter, the bats that fly around, and of course, Tab B.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't much I dislike. I wish that some of the search functions were even more customizable, but we have learned to work around what we have. Maybe a few more report options, and an actual app for the Desktop, because sometimes you either forget to open the web browser, or, even if you have it automatically start, you may accidentally close it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before, the project managers used to have to manually type up the list of priorities each week. That would take up hours of their time. Of course, setting up the program the first time is pretty time consuming, but once you get a solid template, it becomes very easy to see the work flow, and realize what is needed for another step to be completed, etc. And the weekly meeting notes are now automatically populated and print directly from asana, all you have to do is adjust a few of the dates and you are good to go. So it has greatly improved the communication between our team members, especially since our company has grown from 7 employees to around 30 in the last few years, and many are now working remotely. Communication is key to meeting deadlines, and that's what Asana provides for us.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
When considering Asana, it is very helpful to just give it a shot. The trial is free up to a 15 member team? I think. It was 15 members free when we first started, so that might have changed, but if you have multiple teams in your company and you are a larger company, it is worth a shot trying it out on one of the teams. You will quickly see them fall in love with it.
Asana has helped our team IMMENSELY
What do you like best about the product?
Things I like best about Asana: It;s user-friendly, intuitive, effective for task management cross-functionally, fun extras, and the software is scalable. Also love that Asana can integrate with TimeCamp (our internal time-tracking and billing system).
What do you dislike about the product?
On very rare occasions the site will be down and we won't be able to do any work until the issue is resolved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Asana to help me manage multiple client accounts with multiple projects per client. The asana task structure helps streamline projects, keep everything organized, and has integrations with other software that we use on a daily basis (dropbox & timecamp)
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana is flexible and intuitive. The product is well designed for managing team workflows and task-management. We had the free version, but moved to the paid version a few months ago. Asana has almost replaced the team's need for internal email and google chat.
Love it but missing a few basic features.
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ease of use and the simple UI that lets you create task lists by just you using the keyboard. I also like the fact that you can create projects that are only seen by certain teams. And that to create teams you simply add people to it. No profile set-up, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is missing a few key features. One to speak of is the ability to limit who can delete tasks and projects. Everyone one the team has the same permissions. So, as a "inspect who you expect" tool, it is hard to hold someone accountable to tasks. Of course, you can recover deleted task and projects from the recently deleted section, but what I just pulled in the permissions to create a hierarchy?
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving the problem of juggling multiple projects at the same time. Some projects have team members in common. Other projects have only a couple of team members plus one additional team number from outside the company. Asana works well to keep a steady and healthy workflow inter-team and cross-team.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Build your current projects first before adding your team members for optimal success of implementation.
Easy, intuitive and good for small teams
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to have oversight of both my tasks and those of my team members is very important. It's easy to set deadlines and stay on track. It has also seemed to have adopted certain elements from trello and other productivity tools which have helped create a more complete product.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are better tools for more graphic-intensive projects. All users on the same domain are automatically included in the same account. This is ok for smaller teams, but for larger more disparate teams this seems like it could create some organization issues.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have a distributed team so it is important that the entire team is able to keep track of what the others are working on. It promotes accountability and allows us to adapt as needed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
We did trials of a few different options, and our trial with Asana helped cement our decision. If your team is small enough it can stay free and if you're looking for a way to manage your projects, no reason not to try it.
Asana is a must-have for our marketing team!
What do you like best about the product?
Asana has been extremely helpful for keeping our marketing team organized! I love the interface — it's very intuitive and easy to use, the new board style layouts are great, and the hidden features like the celebration unicorns and background themes bring joy to my work day. Creating, assigning, and completing our marketing projects/tasks in Asana is fast and easy and keeps us productive and on track with our goals. I literally use Asana all day long every day and I'd be lost without it!
We also use Asana to organize training/onboarding activities for new employees company wide which has really helped us to streamline that process. The new employees are impressed on their first day at work when we present them with their own personal Asana board full of training tasks, FAQs, etc.
We also use Asana to organize training/onboarding activities for new employees company wide which has really helped us to streamline that process. The new employees are impressed on their first day at work when we present them with their own personal Asana board full of training tasks, FAQs, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be helpful if we could eventually switch projects between the list layout and the board layout, copy tasks between list and board layouts, etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We rely solely on Asana to track all of our marketing projects, tasks, deadlines, ideas for future projects, etc. We also use Asana for training/onboarding new employees company wide. Organization, sanity, increased productivity, collaboration, and time savings have been our biggest benefits.
Keeps my team updated and progressing by knowing the status of any project at a glance.
What do you like best about the product?
Asana is a fantastic project management software that reduces email and keeps the team on the same page when it comes to the status of every project in the pipeline.
For external clients, we are able to cut down on back and forth emails about every project, since only the team members and clients associated with a project are included in that workspace and project. We can update the project and only need to review a project when we have a task or want to review status (which is most of what I'm doing managing projects).
For internal clients, we are able to work on projects for each division that treats our projects like we do external clients. This means that projects for growing and maintaining the business happen because Asana displays them objectively and gives us a progress indicator in the dashboard.
For external clients, we are able to cut down on back and forth emails about every project, since only the team members and clients associated with a project are included in that workspace and project. We can update the project and only need to review a project when we have a task or want to review status (which is most of what I'm doing managing projects).
For internal clients, we are able to work on projects for each division that treats our projects like we do external clients. This means that projects for growing and maintaining the business happen because Asana displays them objectively and gives us a progress indicator in the dashboard.
What do you dislike about the product?
The app is a bit slow in loading sometimes for me, which is a bit of friction to logging in sometimes. Otherwise, it's best for me to log in through the mobile app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As I said before, this allows us to work on external client projects efficiently, my team manages their tasks even in the software (while I managing it outside of Asana, but both options are available), and we manage internal client projects as well effectively.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're looking to implement a project management software and want to manage multiple staff, vendors/consultant, and clients, Asana is great. You should identify the workflows ahead of time, and create clear policies for identifying status of each project daily and weekly, and who's responsible for doing so.
Everyday I save time and feel more in control.
What do you like best about the product?
Working in Asana quickly puts me in control of any project--within the context of all the other projects already underway. It's design makes it easy to focus on what you want--and to see the big picture whenever you need to. With Asana, it's easy for me to know 'the next right thing to do' for myself and for others.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'd like the ability to shift tasks between projects. Currently, that's not supported without lots of cutting/pasting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
project management > everything is under control
changing priorities > at-a-glance view of the to-do list by calendar, list, project, etc. makes this possible
customer service > pre-kick-off and post-deliverables part of our work are already greatly improved
changing priorities > at-a-glance view of the to-do list by calendar, list, project, etc. makes this possible
customer service > pre-kick-off and post-deliverables part of our work are already greatly improved
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Asana adapts to your processes. You need to be willing to adapt just a little to achieve the most success. Most people enjoy some of their less-than-best-practices. Asana works better in teams if you can leave those 'bad' practices behind.
A modern and fun tool for project management
What do you like best about the product?
I am a huge fan of Asana. As a manager, it makes it so much easier for me to assign tasks to my team, monitor their progress, and ensure tasks are getting done on time. I'm very impressed with how fleshed out Asana is, even for the free version. Along with creating projects, you can assign tasks to specific users, add or change due dates, add notes, make comments, and tag other team members on tasks so they can also receive updates when a project is completed.
Also, there's something wonderful about Asana's celebrations, whether I'm getting a flying unicorn or a yeti for completing a task.
Also, there's something wonderful about Asana's celebrations, whether I'm getting a flying unicorn or a yeti for completing a task.
What do you dislike about the product?
Well, I've become so reliant on Asana that I go into panic mode when Asana is momentarily down. Asana does have a few quirks, which I think is because they're a newer platform. If I try to copy/paste text into the headline of a task, it won't show up in the project. There are a few other similar issues that aren't major, but they're a little frustrating. However, the pros certainly outweigh the cons.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Overall, Asana helps our marketing team stay on schedule, keep aware of short and long-term projects, and collaborate. It's definitely made me more productive and it's easier to know what I need to work on each day.
I've always considered myself a very organized person, but Asana helps me take that to the next level, ensuring that I never fall behind or forget about a task.
I've always considered myself a very organized person, but Asana helps me take that to the next level, ensuring that I never fall behind or forget about a task.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would highly recommend Asana for smaller teams who want to assign, manage, and track tasks. As for official project managers at an agency, it may not offer all the elements that a paid platform may provide, such as Trello or a similar one. However, for a marketing team, it's a great tool.
Great tool for group project managment!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the tagging and task following capabilities.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really wish you didn't have a pay just as much as Asana it's self for the time tracking. I think that is a core feature that should come with basic membership. It would be so nice to allocate a time amount to a task so that the team can see workload in that way. Too much to do is our biggest issue right now and we need a way to prove that.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Organization and simple project management where huge issues as our team grew. This has helped all of us work together, keep on track, and helps nothing to fall threw the cracks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Always do your research, but asana is what was best for our team.
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