Asana Software

Organized workspace and communication with other advisors.

Pros

Over the past few months of using Asana, I've noticed the product is being updated regularly. New features are coming in to make Asana functional for a wide variety of users.
The interface is easy to understand, and exceptionally easy to use. We were able to train co-workers quickly on how to use the platform.

Cons

The search functionality is useful, but it is limited to paid versions. Without the search functionality , there is a risk of creating tasks that can fall into an "abyss." When creating a task, you need to make sure to assign a user and project. Otherwise, it becomes a free-floating task assigned to nobody. Making this mistake is easy, and it costs us time.

Pros

Asana has a lot of great features, such as a great calendar visualization and task management list system. Additionally, the mobile app provides the most of the same functionality as the web app, which is nice.

Cons

The setup is less in line with a traditional sprint and kanban project management approach, which makes it less applicable for all scenarios. In this case, Trello and Jira have proven more useful.

Pros

I liked the checklist option. It allowed projects that had various steps and owners to be broken out clearly among individuals.

Cons

I least like this software due to its ability to easily misunderstand projects that may have similar attributes and get lines confused.

Super smooth project management and easy communication among the team!

Pros

I think the quick commenting/communication tools available are one of the strongest points of the software. It helps everyone stay in touch and up-to-date on the project.

Cons

A card feature? I think some kind of card feature could be nice. Or at least a layout option for one.

It helps us to work with more organization and it's great for small teams management.

Pros

When you work with people everyone is important to achieve the main goal, so it's important to have organization between members. With Asana you can keep tracking and distribute activities with deadlines, organize files and assign tasks to people so every effort can deliver huge projects.

Cons

It's great for working with small groups, for larger teams it's a little difficult to manage and keep the progress. It should give you reports and dashboards to keep an eye on the whole project.

Pros

I am able to stay on top of projects easily with this app. I really enjoy being able to have my team comment and check in on projects as they happen.

Cons

The lack of a true desktop app is a big burden. I'd like to be able to set a repeat backtrack due dates but that's an add-on that I don't want to invest in yet

I work in a large organization so using this internally with small team helped us avoid some of the bigger cumbersome tools and allowed for real time collaboration and ease of use to see who was doing what in an easy manner. Working with teams in different countries this helped us see progress and needs across the project.

Pros

I like the ease of use the software provides when working on small teams this software handles things tremendously well especially if your team is remotely located in different locales/timezones

Cons

The way everything that is done remains there and you can look at older things and have a nice wrap up of all work done on the project

Pros

I like how simple Asana is to use, but also how detailed it can be. It seems to have struck this beautiful balance between user interface and a wide range of features. Neither a compromised at any point.

Cons

I honestly cannot think of one thing that I don't like Asana. I guess, if I had to be picky, I get a lot of emails from asana when another team member updates a task. I can't seem to find my ideal balance of email notifications.

Pros

Asana helped me team keep track of a big curriculum review project. It was easy to assign tasks with dues dates and the notifications were helpful to let teammates know when they fall behind.

Cons

The software took some time to set up and get everyone in the team added and assigned to the correct projects. Once the big task was complete, we discontinued use.

Pros

Great for logging and structuring your projects and task lists. The 'email yourself a task' feature is superior to competitors. Great tagging and reminder features.

Cons

You can end up with an unrelenting mass of to dos if you capture everything in Asana. It would be helpful if they could prompt you to delete or archive inactive tasks every 3-6 months.

Quick and easy task management- and outshined other free options we had tried. Team needed to familiarize themselves with the structure a bit- the GUI and use... but once using it daily, it became VERY useful, and could select the type of reminders/updates sent to your email inbox. Love the ability for users to assign tasks to each other, or to know when a subtask was completed in order to further progress on a parent task.

Pros

The interface seems quite intuitive with tasks and subtasks, each able to be individually set with dates and owners. Makes it quite quick to set up task maangement without a large learning curve and share with a team almost immediately to be up and running in minutes.

Cons

Someimtes confusing in swtiching from main task to subtasks, in that the viewable area isn't quite clear as to the heirarchy - can make it easy to accidentally put in a due date in the wrong place, or assign the wrong level of task to a person. Sometimes drop-down menus seemed to fall below the viewable screen area- troublesome to scroll or be unable to select due dates from drop-down menus.

Pros

Most of all I want to emphasize the way of implementing this system to all of our projects. The supporting team significantly helped us with it, answered all the questions and prepared all the customization that we were needed. Usually, some new things and features in your company is just a headache for the first time, but that is not about Asana. I love so much that in spite of the big difference in all our projects(we are outsourcing company and work with different directions of the projects) we have all the important settings to lead each product the most comfortable way.

Cons

The Agile methodology realized the best way I have ever seen since I started working as a project manager, nevertheless, Kanban still needs some kind of finalization, the board and the abilities that it gives, unfortunately, is not fulfilled to all our expectations.

Pros

Powerful organization tools with an interface capable of facilitating high-level communication for teams both large or small

Cons

Takes some time to get used to the extensive features and layers to the program. Getting teams up to speed can be challenging

Great tool for Task Management. Love the phone app as well - makes it convenient to keep up with my projects no matter where I'm at!

Pros

It's user-friendliness. I was able to learn and start implementing a good portion of the features within about 30 minutes of signing up. Love the fact it's free for basic use. The flying unicorns after completing tasks is a nice touch also.

Cons

Nothing to NOT like really. For all you get with the free version - it really is a great product! Tons and tons of great features (i.e. Gantt chart, TimeTracker, file storage, etc.)

Asana keeps us very organized without overwhelming us with unnecessary features.

Pros

Easy to use interface. Great up-time. Good collaboration features and capabilities. Nice looking UI.

Cons

I often mistakenly create empty tasks because when you create a task and press enter it automatically starts another one so I have to click 3-4 times to delete that empty task. I wish pressing enter didn't start a new task.

I think I may become more of a fan the more I use the software. It really seems to be organizing my first project on it, so I'll keep you posted!

Pros

It's like a virtual project manager, so everyone involved with a project is kept totally in the loop without having to search through email to find all the relevant correspondence, which is an amazing time-saver

Cons

I've just started using it, and it's taking me a while to figure it out, so the biggest con is the learning curve.

Pros

Simple platform that is user friendly for beginners in project management. However the basic free is a bonus but not complex enough.

Cons

Offers a free basic option or you can upgrade to premium. Most will need to upgrade after a short time of using.

Pros

Asana's Pros according to my expertise are:

1-. Easy to manage, user friendly for none experienced user, can cover a lot of the Goals with its default features.
2-. Can give to your organization a pretty clear organization over the task assigned or received by the Project Managers.
3-. The time tracking makes Asana a great tool to set the reminder even tho for mobile user or growing project teams.
4-. Simplifies tasks and sub tasks according to the user needs, as a community tool can help you out to see the big picture upon the obstacles.

Cons

Cons of Asana.

1-. Premium features are overrated.
2-. Limited task distribution to multi users.
3-. Without a Project Timeline definition the calendar turns into a messy dashboard to get the task tracking.
4-. Tasks and Projects settings for cooperative or related purposes can be done using Asana.

Pros

It is very similar to competitor products, but it is not directly connected to an email system. it can be downloaded onto a desktop for easier use.

Cons

This program sends me emails regardless of if I have been assigned a task. This makes it confusing to know when I actually have to go into asana and when I do not.

Pros

Asana has been great for our company, its is a great way for management to assign out tasks or approve purchases that employees are requesting. Helps keep tasks moving along and accounted for.

Cons

The interface lacks customization on a per user basis. Every user has information that is more applicable to them and it would be nice if you could change it around to show the information you most want to see.