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Requirements Management 101: Your Step-by-Step Guide

Requirements management helps you ensure your final project deliverable meets the needs of stakeholders. Simply put, a requirement is something stakeholders want or need, and requirements management helps you fulfill that need. Read on to learn how requirements management works, then do it yourself with six simple steps. It’s Friday night and you’re about to order pizza. You’ve got the phone in one hand and a list of requests from your friends in the other.

How Asana drives impactful product launches in 3 steps

There’s no secret recipe for the perfect product launch. It takes weeks, months, or even years of careful planning and coordination across teams. With more than 20 years in product marketing and experience working on countless launches, Eric Bensley, Head of Product Marketing at Asana, knows firsthand the value of a successful launch. According to Bensley, "there's nothing more critical for product marketers than a product launch.

How to streamline compliance management software with work management tools

Compliance management software streamlines the process of complying with industry regulations and internal policies by automating tasks like documentation, monitoring, and reporting. Compliance software helps companies avoid costly fines, reduce risks, and maintain a strong reputation by ensuring they consistently meet regulatory requirements with minimal manual effort. Drowning in regulatory paperwork? You're not alone.

Kanban vs Scrum vs Agile vs waterfall: What's the difference?

If you’re not sure which project management methodology or framework will be the best to manage your team, we’re here to help. Learn everything about Kanban, Scrum, Agile, and waterfall—what they stand for, how to use them, and the benefits and drawbacks. We’ll also explore key comparisons, such as Kanban vs Scrum and Agile vs waterfall, to help you identify the right fit for your cross-functional team. Waterfall. Agile. Kanban. Scrum.

How to Asana | Getting started

Welcome to Asana. Let's get you started in just a few minutes. Everything starts with a project. Create one from scratch, use a premade template, or import an existing spreadsheet. With your project created, it's time to add tasks. The actionable, bite-sized pieces of work needed to get your project done. Give every task an assignee and due date so it's clear who's doing what by when.

How to Asana | Asana hierarchy

Asana is the only work management platform that connects all of your team's work. From big goals, down to the day-to-day tasks needed to achieve them. Everything starts with projects and tasks. Whether you're launching a product, handling work requests, or managing a marketing campaign, Each initiative lives within a project. Projects are made up of tasks. Actionable, bite-sized pieces of work. Assign tasks to team members and set due dates to keep everything on track.

How to Asana | Plan your day

Plan your day the Asana way with My Tasks and Inbox. Rather than tracking to-dos in emails or your head, start by visualizing your day's work in My Tasks. Here, you'll see all the tasks assigned to you across every project in your organization. Create new tasks for work you need to get done, organize your tasks with sections, or group them by things like due date or project. And choose your favorite view. Open the detail pane to find all the context you need to start working. And when you're done, complete the task.

How to Asana | Navigating Asana

New to Asana? Let's take a quick tour. From the top bar, you can access your settings, search for work, or create new items. Use the sidebar to move between different spaces in Asana, and invite teammates. Star important items to add them to your sidebar, and collapse it if you need more room. From any project, click on the right side of a task to see its details and add comments. Focus on today's task by using full-screen mode.