To work with the service, an organization needs to create a project and assign executors to it. A project in Asana can be viewed as a list of tasks or as a kanban board. The kanban board allows you to organize work on the project, employees will see the tasks that need to be done and their priority. Tasks in Asana are the main element of optimizing the workflow in the team. They allow you to move step-by-step to achieve the goals of the organization. You can add descriptions to tasks, prioritize them, attach files, assign due dates and executors, and add tags.
In Asana, project participants have a dashboard where they can view the tasks they need to complete or already completed, view statistics, and add charts and widgets they need. The organization can view the project plan on the charts, there they can also view the workload of employees and build further actions.
Asana features:
- Workspace branding.
- Chat and comments on tasks.
- Structuring a project through folders and sections.
- Email verification.
- Notification system.
- Intelligent search.
- Access control.
- Integration with popular services for work: Microsoft Teams, Jira, Gmail and others.
Interesting facts
Asana was founded in 2008 by Dustin Moskowitz and Justin Rosenstein, former Facebook employees.
The name “Asana” comes from a Sanskrit word meaning a special body position in yoga. It reflects the company’s philosophy of focusing on improving productivity and efficiency.
Asana provides integration with many other tools such as Slack, Google Drive, and Microsoft Teams to facilitate communication and file sharing.
Asana has a built-in time tracking feature that allows users to track how much time is spent on tasks.
Asana has an app for mobile devices – this allows users to manage their projects and tasks on the go.