Item: Asana
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Asana was first introduced to me by a director of another functional area who had used it at a previous job and loved it. Since I was managing the requests for new application acquisition at that point, I got to try it out and see how it worked in action. Our Commercial Partners division currently uses Asana as their primary Project Management application. It is used to ensure that all project management tasks are aligned and everyone knows what they are assigned to accomplish for the said project.

Pros and Cons

Super easy to assign task list items to members of my team.
Task finished checkmark is a way visual representation of what is done and off your plate.
Multiple ways to sort the tasks, by date or by priority.

Integration: Our company uses Sharepoint, and I wish there was an easy integration for that.
Customize notification. I wish there was a more detailed way to customize notification for certain projects or tasks.
Calendar Syncing is really hard to do, especially with team members using a different system.

Most Important Features

Assigning Tasks
Project Management
Progress Tracking
Notification System

Return on Investment

Progress Tracking for Projects is really important for quarterly reports.
Proper notifications to the concerned party is super helpful to everyone on the team.
Better Time management - which saves time & energy for everyone.

Alternatives Considered

Slack, Trello, Cisco Webex Board Series, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams and GoToMeeting

Asana is amazing for a remote team, that we are currently as its accessible seamlessly to all our team member no matter where they are in the world. Its very easy to onboard new members to this platform as its very intuitive and easy for new people to get a hang of it. It has every functionality of a good solid project management tool that you can need to manage a small to medium sized team.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Asana go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Asana again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Airtable, Dropbox, Microsoft Yammer, Basecamp, Wrike, Huddle, Atlassian Confluence, Nomadesk, Zoho Analytics (formerly Zoho Reports), Agile CRM, Azure Application Gateway, Oracle Access Management, Accenture People + Work Connect, SAP CRM, Nimble, Oracle API Manager

Likelihood to Recommend

Asana is one of the best project management software applications that I have used in my career as a Product and Project Manager in multiple industries. It provides a plug n play approach to the new application onboarding. It's pretty intuitive and the basic functions are very easy to get accustomed to, for a more robust system, a person has to do a deeper dive into the functionalities. However for a medium sized team I think this is a wonderful application. It keeps everyone on task and it's simple to add a task and assign it and track progress.

Project Management made EasyPeazy

Overall Satisfaction with Asana