Asana vs Deltek TrafficLIVE

Asana

Asana functions particularly well in scenarios with well-established teams with well-established processes and a mature SDLC. The reason is that Asana can be configured to do many, many different things, and be used in many, many different ways, and with that power comes a lot of responsibility to figure out your process before you try and automate it. It's software, not magic.

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Kirk Brote

Senior Director of Product Experience

WuXi NextCODEBiotechnology, 501-1000 employees

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Deltek TrafficLIVE

Deltek TrafficLIVE is an invaluable tool for scheduling the work in our busy design studio.

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Verified User

Manager in Other

Cosmetics Company, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Asana

7.7

Deltek TrafficLIVE

6.8

Task Management

9.1

7.4

Resource Management

7.8

Gantt Charts

6.5

4.7

Scheduling

8.6

8.1

Workflow Automation

7.6

7.3

Team Collaboration

9.0

6.4

Support for Agile Methodology

8.5

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Support for Waterfall Methodology

8.5

7.1

Document Management

7.0

5.6

Email integration

7.1

5.5

Mobile Access

7.7

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Timesheet Tracking

6.1

7.5

Change request and Case Management

8.4

7.3

Budget and Expense Management

6.7

7.4

Asana

6.2

Deltek TrafficLIVE

7.4

Project & financial reporting

5.5

7.6

Integration with accounting software

7.0

Quotes/estimates

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8.0

Invoicing

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7.2

Pros

Cross-team communication is always a challenge, but Asana helps make information transparent and accessible to all members of the team.
It's easy to share with individuals outside of the organization and still control the flow of information.
Being able to link in other design resources like InVision prototypes is a huge time saver.
Integrating with Slack makes much of our necessary communication automatic.

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Kirk Brote

Senior Director of Product Experience

WuXi NextCODEBiotechnology, 501-1000 employees

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Drag and drop function to allocate work to team members easily.
Time tracking/entering very easy for team.

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Katherine Allard-Marette

Studio Manager

BandstandMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Cons

It's not that easy to change or update the name of the title. You need to click the arrow down button beside the title to edit. I believe it should be easier like just click on the current title and change it.
I would like Asana to put a feature like Facebook and LinkedIn where you know who's online and who's not online. Because if the person-in-charge is online you can communicate with him real time rather than waiting for him to respond later on.
I would be glad too if they add a voice call or video call feature so that if you have concerns and the person you would like to talk to is online you can speak with him right away. Some comments or revisions just needs to be explained through a call to eliminate misunderstandings.

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Brent Lionel Mausisa

Co-Founder

2for1 Virtual ExpertsInternet, 1-10 employees

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Improve report function and/or allowing customers to write their own reports.

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Katherine Allard-Marette

Studio Manager

BandstandMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana10.0

Based on 32 answers

Big fan of Asana. There are many free tools out there so difficult to take on more cost when we have free tools we can use

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Ian Mortimer

Senior iOS Developer

Savant SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 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

Asana Board is really awesome and assigning tasks is ultra easy. I can manage multiple projects without headaches.

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Jestin Sebastian

Software Engineer

Maximizer e-ServicesInternet, 11-50 employees

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Synergist - does the same thing, but the interface was far more complicated to use. Looked like a bit of a nightmare to use. Didn't get too far reviewing this one. Was too concerned about on boarding with our workforce.

Paprika - saw a demo, looked 'OK', heard bad reviews from friends in the same industry. Appeared to be plagued with the same issues as Synergistic. Paint to use.

Streamtime - Tested this thoroughly. Loved the interface, and very nearly bought this software over TrafficLIVE for that very reason. In the end it did not allow us to separate time into distinct categories such as 'estimated', 'quoted', 'scheduled', and 'actual'. In Streamtime, if you stretched the time next to a task, it seemed to also adjust the estimate as well. In contrast, Traffic separated time into these dimensions for every task, resulting in a far more useful data set for reporting.

Finally, Traffic was cloud based, which meant that I didn't need the added hassle of hosting and maintenance. In my opinion, Streamtime is suited to a smaller business, maybe 5-20 employees. It might have improved now but it's been two years since I reviewed it.

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James Carrington

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

DeleteMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Scalability

Asana8.2

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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

The best tool I have used for project management
ROI hit in few months, Productivity alot increased

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Jestin Sebastian

Software Engineer

Maximizer e-ServicesInternet, 11-50 employees

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Much more clarity as to how much time each different type of brief should take to complete as we can back reference as to how long it took last season.
It has lead to better customer service. We can visibly demonstrate where we are with jobs and who has been assigned. In the past verbally confirming the different stages did not always convince the project leaders that they were being given the actual real time.
From the Studio users point of view it has empowered them to manage their time more efficiently. If they receive a request to move onto another job their calendars can be reviewed to see if they are available or not.

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