Asana

Pros

Keeping track of the projects that I am working on and the deliverables that are needed for marketing projects is incredibly helpful - especially the calendar option!

Cons

It took a while to become accustomed to the process and I really had to take a moment or two to figure out how to make this tool work the best for our team.

Pros

It's much more simple than other alternatives, it's easy to use, and has a great design and good features, especially for to-do lists and task management.
It's competitive in terms of price, and it's a good value for money.

Cons

It lacks functionality, and I'm not sure that it's a good fit for companies that are looking to scale up.

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Pros

- Being able to create rules and automations- Task creation window - Animations and stickers to show gratitude when a task is completed

Cons

- UX is poor, it's too complex and always a window within another window which is distracting- Task hierarchy is too simple, doesn't allow for much flexibility- The different project views are not optimized - you can't edit the view based on your needs - Notifications are confusing

Pros

I've used the Asana solution to manage several projects over the course of my career. From experience, I can say that this tool guarantees ease of use, allowing me to delegate tasks and track the progress of my team's work without getting in the way. The software enables my staff to meet deadlines for the completion of activities. In short, thanks to this online project management and collaboration solution, we've been able to increase our productivity.

Cons

Despite all the good things I think of the Asana management tool, I find that its interface could be less cluttered with options, as this aspect often poses difficulties for my team members. Indeed, my collaborators have difficulty finding and using some of the platform's specific functionalities.

Pros

Asana was selected in our organization because it provides a good balance between out of the box capability and is configurable without death by configuration. For daily task management, it has been a big hit with our team, with multiple additional departments requesting access early in the roll-out plan to manage their daily work. For our projects, it improved visibility of progress and has contributed to a better defined / more predictable project plan and outcomes.We've also had several positive interactions with the product team by participating in early releases on new features that were important to our company.

Cons

We've had a few challenges:* Translating our project management templates into Asana required significant rework to find the right level of task detail without micro managing every activity* There is no short unique identifier on individual tasks. It makes it hard to talk about the work that is captured in Asana in our development process.* Account team is not stable and only cares about upsell. We've worked with several people already in the first year+ of use. With each replacement, an intro call is arranged to talk about what we as the customer can do for them in terms of buying more licenses. * Pricing was not transparent with a bit of bait and switch. Volume discount provided to win our business was removed in the first renewal. Take it or leave it attitude from account rep leaves us with an incredibly bad taste in our mouth.

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