Asana vs Innovation Cloud

Asana

In cooperation with another system to act as the brains, like our proprietary CMS, Asana can be a magnificent tool for gaining task-completion efficiency. There is maybe AskCow or one or two others that may rate as comparable, but Asana wears the crown as far as I'm concerned. I would and have recommended it to others to speed up their production efficiency. For most any other purpose, though, you kind of need to shoehorn things into tasks almost as a hack. It doesn't inherently work well for sales or development, mainly because there aren't any different types of views. The flexibility simply isn't there, but for its primary purpose you just can't go wrong.

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C-Level Executive in Product Management

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Innovation Cloud

We used it mostly for its functionality of handling ideas. We brainstormed almost everyday, and that was made much easier with Innovation Cloud.

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Partner in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Asana

7.8

Innovation Cloud

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Task Management

9.1

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Resource Management

7.8

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Gantt Charts

6.5

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Scheduling

8.5

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Workflow Automation

7.5

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Team Collaboration

9.0

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Support for Agile Methodology

8.5

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Support for Waterfall Methodology

8.5

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Document Management

6.8

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Email integration

7.4

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Mobile Access

7.8

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Timesheet Tracking

6.1

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Change request and Case Management

8.4

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Budget and Expense Management

7.0

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Asana

6.2

Innovation Cloud

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Project & financial reporting

5.5

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Integration with accounting software

7.0

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Pros

Assigning deadlines to staff that you're working with directly to make sure they meet them in order to achieve success.
Making sure we know which team member has completed a project so we do not take on that project or have to wonder if it has been completed or not.
Keeping all projects organized so we meet deadlines and move quickly on to other tasks.

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Employee in Marketing

Consumer Electronics Company, 11-50 employees

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Idea Sharing
Idea Management
Mobility

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Partner in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Cons

I think Asana could do a better job of touring new users through the functionality. It's not necessarily intuitive for when there is a button to do something or when you simply press Enter. You do see tooltips with hotkeys at the bottom of many pages, so that definitely helps.
One problem, and I'm not really sure if it's on Asana to fix this, but actually getting people to take the time to use any project management tool can be trying. Folks are already trying to get their work done and have their own pen-and-paper ToDo lists, or keep a running list in their email. So to get people to take the time to use this project management tool might take some convincing. However, I think once they start using it they'll find out how beneficial it can be.
One feature I guess I haven't seen is the ability to create a private ToDo list that only you can see. Allowing the user to privately add tasks and prioritize them without being open to the whole company/management.

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Dylan Edwards

Web Administrator

Stearns CountyInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Team Management
More openness

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Partner in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana10.0

Based on 32 answers

The more familiar I become with Asana, the more it helps me with organization and task management. As I learn new functions and implement them in our organization, I become more and more committed to staying with Asana. Familiarity and proficiency have increased dramatically with time and use. I wouldn't want to start over with a different organizational, team collaboration software partly because of the learning curve with something new.

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Shauna Chymboryk, MPA

Internship

DentucationE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Usability

Asana6.0

Based on 5 answers

This is the best task management App for teams I have used

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Asana8.4

Based on 2 answers

Working with Asana on a daily basis

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Support

Asana8.3

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They don't fix everything, but they have certainly gone the extra mile for us. When we were frustrated with a recent change that altered our default view of every project, changing it from all projects being visible to just incomplete projects being visible, they wrote a custom script to change all of our default views back for us, so we didn't have to manually click 3,000 times (we have over a thousand projects).

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C-Level Executive in Product Management

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We “beta” tested several softwares across our company. Asana was a great fit for our small corporate team. But when we rolled it out company wide, it didn’t stick. We eventually ended up using Airtable - which has worked out well for us.

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Tyler Collum

Corporate Director Of Human Resources

Duke HospitalityHospitality, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

Asana8.2

Based on 1 answer

I used this tool on a daily basis at work and it runs as a solid rock

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Allows us to keep on top of grants and sponsorships that we might otherwise miss and keeps track of our answers, comments, and files from one year to the next.
Allows us to see when we need to report to the government and makes sure we don't accumulate any late fees.

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