A view of Asana task management software, including assignees, due dates, priorities, and approval stages.

Why team tasks fall through the cracks

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How Asana works as task management software

Get every task into one list, with an owner and a due date

Turn a request from a meeting or message into an Asana task, then add an owner, due date, files, and comments to keep the details with the work. Use subtasks to track each step of a larger assignment. Use time tracking to record expected and actual time when effort matters. In My Tasks, each teammate can see their assignments across projects.

The creation of a task in Asana.

Make priority and ownership visible, not assumed

The assignee is visible on each task, and custom fields let your team mark priority or request type and sort work accordingly. When two departments need to track the same assignment, multi-homing lets you place that task in both projects without making separate copies. An update in one project appears in the other, so everyone sees the same owner, details, and progress.

A list of tasks in Asana, including assignees and the task stage

See where work stands without asking

As a task management system, Asana lets your team see upcoming work in List, Board, Calendar, or Timeline project views. Dependencies show when a task is waiting on another, making blockers easier to spot before a deadline arrives. For a broader picture, status updates bring progress and changes together for stakeholders. Managers can check what’s due and what’s held up without collecting a round of individual updates.

A view of upcoming, in progress, and completed tasks in Asana

Automate the parts of task management nobody should be doing by hand

Rules let you assign tasks or notify teammates when work reaches a new stage. Workflow Builder helps teams set up those handoffs, while custom templates preserve the steps for processes they run repeatedly. Recurring tasks keep routine work on the calendar, and together these features make Asana a task management tool that adapts to how your team actually works. For processes that span multiple teams, explore how Asana supports workflow management.

A product launch template in Asana

Built for the teams that assign, track, and finish work together

A team prioritizes tasks with asana

Assign work effectively

Handing out work all day and tracking it becomes a second job. Asana provides managers with task delegation software that records an owner and due date for every assignment, while each teammate sees their work in My Tasks. As employee task management software, Asana gives managers one place to see who owns what and watch it move, instead of asking about it.

Blackboard status updates take just 15 minutes with Asana

Blackboard’s UX design team previously tracked requests across several tools, making it hard to see priorities and gather updates. After bringing requests into Asana, the team reduced the effort needed for updates and quantified their work, so they know where they’re overallocated and where to improve resourcing.

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My monthly status update used to take me an hour or two, and now it takes just 15 minutes. Asana Portfolios has decreased the amount of bespoke updating we do.
Joannie Wu

Design Manager, Blackboard

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Put your team’s tasks in one place

Every week used to start with a round of “Where are we on this?” messages. With Asana, you can open your team’s task list and see what’s due, who owns it, and what needs attention. Teammates can update their work in the same place. When someone asks for a status update, the answer is already there.

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