To track or not to track? Employee monitoring possible with Asana

It can also be useful to track different kinds of output data, like the number of words you write, if you’re a writer, or your number of Github commits, if you’re a coder (which Exist also collects). Tools like Word Counter, Asana, Trello, Zapier, IFTTT, Gyroscope and RescueTime can work in concert to arm employees with information about how they’re working.

If so inclined, you can use this kind of data to help manage yourself and understand what works for you. But, as with any kind of data collection, it’s going to have its limitations, the number of words you write, or emails you send are easy to measure—but they might not actually be important. Quality can be hard to quantify.

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Signup Page Design Practices for Frictionless Forms Like That of Asana

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Popular Email Client Newton Now Connects with Asana

Popular email client Cloud Magic is now Newton. Cloud Magic was already a clean, fast, reliable way to navigate and triage email. With a reliable push notification system, and versions for both iOS and Mac, Newton had developed into a mature ecosystem. Now that they have built their app into a huge success, the creators of Newton felt that it was time for the next stage of development.

Among its plethora of power features, it has connected apps that allows users to finish their workflow without leaving their email. They can add important emails to their favorite productivity apps like Todoist, Evernote, OneNote, Pocket, Trello, Zendesk, Salesforce and Asana.

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Asana and other SaaS Apps We Use at Databox to Grow and Drive our Business

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Asana is helping Organization Administrators as it announced new security features. Admins can now enforce stronger password requirements for members. Apparently, poor or weak passwords are the cause of two out of three data breaches. This is according to a recent report that investigated business data breaches. Moreover, Admins can now force a company-wide password reset in case of emergency or to further ensure security. These new features are available to organization admins in Premium accounts.

New Password Strength Controls

Asana is providing its users more options for their password standards. Admins can set an organization’s standard to “simple”. Accordingly, this will require users to create passwords that are 6 characters long. “Strong” passwords should be at least 8 characters from at least 3 of the following types:

• lowercase
• uppercase
• numbers
• symbols (!@#&)

Furthermore, users can choose to log in via Google SSO or via SAML, if the organization has its own system to manage identities of its members.

When to Use […]

Asana is a popular productivity tool that helps teams track work the most efficient way. Teams are able to collaborate and stay on the same page, saving time while doing more work. However, every business is unique. Each organization has requirements that are rarely served by only one tool. The solution is in integration. Integration with other productivity, communication and reporting apps make it possible to satisfy work requirements effectively. Users do not need to switch between applications. Also, they can keep information in one place.

Tracking Work Easier with Integrations

Asana integrations enable users to track projects and teams easily by allowing them to use their favorite tools for their specific needs. Some of the most popular integrations are:

• Slack
• Dropbox
• Google Apps

Some of the integrations were made by Asana due to feedback and requests such as mobile apps for iOS, iPad and Android, Chrome extension, Box and others. Partners build the others such as HipChat, SupportBee, GitHub, and InstaGantt, among others. New ones are periodically added […]

Asana helps teams get things more done in and outside the office. In April this year, they launched offline access for their Android app. iOS users immediately asked when they can expect something similar. Finally, that day has come. Asana launched offline access for their iOS app a few days ago. Users have been able to create tasks, check notifications, read comments and complete tasks on the go even before with their iPhone and iPad. Now, they can continue write ideas, perform workflows and track work on the go, without Internet access.

Actions You Can Perform Offline

Users can download the latest iOS app to start using the new offline features. Accordingly, users can create a task or complete one while offline. They can archive or unarchive their inbox story. They can also change a tasks’s assignee and due date. Users can also edit a task name while offline. They can create a project, add or remove projects, and add a comment. Some other things they […]

Asana is a free tool mainly used by teams of all sizes to move their work from scratch to finish and get the desired results. It is used in a variety of industries and we shall now look at some brilliant uses of this great product. Asana has been described as one of the top cloud services that can be used for SMBs in the first article. It’s also one of the best free tools that entrepreneurs should be using to create a conducive and relaxing business atmosphere according to a team of strategic and creative marketing professionals. The last article discusses on how the software can be used by freelancers to save money and time.

Asana One of The Best Cloud Service For SMBs

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A Sneak Peak of Asana’s Custom Fields (in beta)

Custom Fields is a project setting that allows you to create new attributes to sort and filter your tasks. As the name suggests, these fields are completely custom and can contain anything you like including plain text, numbers or a drop-down menu. One basic use of Custom Fields could be to create a field with a dropdown menu for priority e.g. High Priority, Medium Priority and Low Priority. Similar to before, you could then sort your project tasks by priority and hit all the high priority tasks first. The great thing about Custom Fields is that regardless of what you do or how you work, Asana now gives you the ability to track it.

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A Simple Brand Style Guide – Asana and 2 other Examples

Nothing helps ensure the integrity of your brand quite like a brand style […]

Asana online project tracking software announced the latest feature called custom fields. It started rolling out the feature in beta last July 2016 to selected customers. Apparently, the new feature is available to Asana Premium customers only. This release is another one of the company’s ways to empower teams to do great things together. Of course, better teamwork includes being able to track anything. Custom fields allow users to extend the capabilities of tasks to help teams plan, manage and track.

Track All Things with Custom Fields

Customers of Asana come from a diverse selection of organizations and industries. Consequently, tracking of work through tasks has reached a breaking point where additional information needs to be tracked with it. Custom fields are the solution to this growing requirement. Users are able to configure their application with custom fields. As a result, they are finding it easier to track software bugs, purchase orders, job applicants, editorial calendars, and more. Users can use custom fields, for example, to track the […]

Asana project tracking and team productivity software recently released a feature that is essential in project management – task dependencies. Projects are usually made up of a sequence of tasks performed by a number of resources. Among these tasks, resources and due dates, logical relationships are created such that dependencies exist between activities. In a typical project, a task can be started usually after another task has been completed, where the successor task is said to be dependent on the predecessor task getting done first. Asana simplifies the implementation of task dependencies by allowing users to mark their task as waiting on another task or tasks. This new feature is only available to Teams and Organizations on Asana Premium (paid accounts).

Task Dependencies

Asana enables teams to collaborate on projects in an organized way by allowing each team member to start working on tasks assigned to them at the time they should, but not before they can. Clear understanding and visibility are provided among team members. The PM […]

Asana is an online tool used for organization, project management and tracking by different companies and their different departments, including sales and marketing. First in our news collection is an article that gives readers 4 ways to automate the sales process and increase the number of opportunities to find clients. Indeed, there are a multitude of tools available for different purposes, so next, we found a list of the top 10 free business apps you’ve never heard about, or maybe you have but did not know they are free. Finally, a great tip on how to use technology to get organized, with specific tips and tools such as Asana to help today’s worker, whether at the office or working remotely, get organized, meet deadlines and be in control of timelines.

4 Ways To Automate the Sales Process (Besides Your CRM)

In this Huffington Post article, sales and marketing expert Holly Berrigan, together with Elevate, a global professional women’s network, discussed how salespeople are normally spending the hours […]