Item: Asana
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Asana is used across the organization by different departments and project teams. It mainly addresses project management needs for projects within the organization and helps to provide a way for project teams to track progress, assign tasks, communicate across different teams, and manage the timelines related to projects. Overall it helps with project coordination and many teams elect to use it.

Pros and Cons

Great user interface, attractive and fun to use
Task assignment to individuals
Workspace customization to needs of the project

Better integration with the Microsoft suite of products
Better large scale visualizations
Difficult to adjust notification settings and sync across calendars

Most Important Features

Task assignment
User interface is pleasing to use
Task Management
Organizes ideas from team members in a coherent, easy to navigate way

Return on Investment

Relatively easy to start up and use, saved time compared to team members needing to onboard onto a complex software tool
Saved a lot of team members’ time on tracking tasks and assigning tasks
Less gaps during product development due to the ability to track and organize ideas/proposed tasks in one place

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Teams, Planview Projectplace and Miro

Asana is the best for task management, it’s easy to use and streamlined for team members to use with minimal intervention. It’s a lot nicer to use compared to similar products like Projectplace although there is some difference in features. It has much better features in terms of tracking and task assignment than Microsoft Teams which is the alternative, but does lack the seamless integration.

Key Insights

Do you think Asana delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Asana's feature set?

Yes

Did Asana live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Asana go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Asana again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Miro, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Google Drive

Likelihood to Recommend

Asana is great for organization across a team or across a project since its UI is much better and easier to use than more complicated project planning interfaces and project management software. It’s less well suited to manage projects across an organization since it doesn’t handle budgets or integrate with things like Microsoft project as well so it’s strength are more towards project vs portfolio management.

Asana - friendly interface that’s great for team task management

Overall Satisfaction with Asana