Why use Asana?

Owned by Andrea Price (Deactivated)
Last updated: Apr 19, 2024
2 min read

  1. Why are some NACHC staff adopting Asana?

    1. It fills a gap - we don’t have a common platform to manage our projects. We use Excel and other common tools, but project management software can really help with cross-team, cross-division projects.

    2. To answer questions - What are we doing, when, and who is doing what. How is our whole portfolio looking? Are we on track to meet our goals for funded projects? Can we get visibility into what’s going on?

    3. Why Asana? Other tools: Excel, Confluence, Jira, Teamwork.com - we are using Asana because it is meant for project management and has an easy user interface and visual look.

  2. Do I have to use it? No. But others may want you to so that they can assign tasks to you and keep track of those tasks. So you don’t have to go all in, you can just respond to tasks but not use it to organize your own work.

  3. Does it integrate with Salesforce? Yes. Jira? Yes. Outlook? Yes.

  • Using Asana with CAD Comms for product development eliminates the back and forth on email is critical for version control, makes it easy to communicate and keep things all in one place.

  • Asana makes it possible that when someone goes out on leave, others can pick up the template and know what to do, example that Liz set up a template for an event before going on leave, Emily and Caryn were able to see what tasks needed to be done and when. It facilitated a smooth handover

Andrea’s why: To enter data once and use it multiple times.

 

Example of a team communications plan

  • In-person or video conference meetings with defined meeting agendas for real-time communication.

  • Asana to communicate asynchronously about work, like clarifying task details, updating project status reports, or sharing key project documents.

  • Direct messages in Slack for synchronous communication about day-to-day updates and quick questions.

  • Slack channels for asynchronous, team-wide updates.

  • Email to communicate with external stakeholders.

 

 

 

 

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