Asana

What differentiates Asana from other similar products?

Breadth of collaboration features to communicate with team members

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

High customization

What do you dislike most about this product?

Steep learning curve

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure reporting/analytics fits business' needs

What differentiates Asana from other similar products?

Asana is used in several sectors. My colleagues in the department manage our work through Asana and also collaborate on projects with other departments. It allows us to control deadlines and meet obligations on time. We also monitor new ideas so that we always have a record of them to follow up. Not having projects tracked runs the risk of being forgotten when other obligations arise.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We have Slack and Outlook as part of our solution, so we can monitor our project no matter what and read everything in one place (Slack). It is very helpful to divide projects into tasks and assign completion dates, who is responsible, among others. Asana sends reminders to the project owner in order to keep everyone focused and facilitates monitoring. The Asana practice allows anyone to break projects into smaller parts and assign them to other people.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Subcontract notes, discussions, and attachments sometimes go unnoticed if they are carried out from the main project dashboard. Email alerts can be overwhelming. They are under your control, but at first, they can be annoying, until you set how often you want to be called. It would be more helpful if this was included during the sign-up process. The inbox can be confusing if you only use Asana in its project dashboards and only visit it occasionally. It would be helpful if it would clear itself once you have assigned a project to a task as completed.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you work with a multidisciplinary team that has several projects on the go frequently, Asana is a kind of life-saving board. Everything can be brought together in one place. Delegation is convenient. Communication happens in the present moment. If employees and you have responsibilities that don't vary on a daily basis, it's probably not something that's necessary in your company. It is possible to modify it and turn it into "checklist software," but it wouldn't be worth paying for if it wasn't used to carry out projects.

What differentiates Asana from other similar products?

Intuitive use and easy to share functionality across a team

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Collaborative tasks

What do you dislike most about this product?

Inability to set a time for weekly recurring tasks to reappear in to-do list

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure the team works to adopt it, it's a great and effective collaboration tool.