Asana
Keeps team work visible — who's doing what, by when — across lists, boards, timelines and calendars.
What it is
About Asana
Asana lets teams break work into tasks and subtasks, assign owners and due dates, and view progress through multiple layouts (list, Kanban board, timeline and Gantt, calendar). It supports dependencies, custom fields, automation rules and portfolio-level reporting across multiple projects, making it a common choice for cross-functional marketing, operations and product teams. It sits in the same market as Trello, Monday.com and Jira but leans towards general work and project management rather than software-specific workflows.
What you can do with it
Capabilities
Break projects into tasks, subtasks and dependencies with owners and due dates
Visualise work as lists, Kanban boards, timelines (Gantt) or calendars
Automate repetitive workflow steps with rules
Track cross-project progress via Portfolios and custom dashboards
Integrate with Slack, Google Workspace and hundreds of other tools
How to learn it
Learning Resources
Asana Academy (official free training and certification)
Asana's own help centre and template library
YouTube tutorials on Asana project setup and workflow automation
Practise by managing a personal project (e.g. house move, event planning) end-to-end in Asana
Pro Tip
Use Asana's task dependencies and 'my tasks' view together — dependencies keep the project timeline honest, while the personal task list stops individuals from getting lost in other people's work.
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