What's new in Asana | April 2026
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Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management
Collaborating To Help Teams Work Better In The Modern Workplace
The latest News and Information on Project Management, Methodologies, Productivity and Tools.
Moving From Spreadsheets to OneDesk: Why It's Time to Upgrade
When you first start a business, spreadsheets are a great way to stay organized. They are flexible, easy to use, and free. But as your team grows and you take on more clients, relying on spreadsheets to manage your operations usually leads to more work, not less. If you feel like you are spending too much time updating rows and columns instead of focusing on your actual work, here is why a PSA (Professional Services Automation) tool like OneDesk is a better fit for your growth.
How Project Managers Can Manage Visual Assets Across Teams
For modern teams, work doesn’t just live in tasks and timelines. It lives in files. From campaign creatives and product mockups to brand assets and videos, visual files are at the center of almost every project. But while teams are producing more assets than ever, managing them effectively is still a challenge. Files get scattered across tools. Versions get mixed up. Teams spend more time searching than actually working. That’s where project managers step in.
How to Manage Marketing Campaigns in Asana: AI-Powered Planning, Tracking, and Execution
From brief to launch, here's how to plan marketing campaigns, coordinate teams, and track progress with AI to streamline approvals, assign work, and keep everything on schedule.
Asana Timesheets and Budgets
Track time and manage project costs right inside Asana. The Timesheets & Budgets Add-On now includes future time logging and approvals, task-level enforcement, auto-filled timesheets, time entry categories, and API support for validation and approvals. The best part? Existing Asana customers can now try it free for 14 days — your admin can unlock it today.
The Maturity Gap Webinar: What 300+ firms reveal about their operations
The data is in – and it's not pretty. After surveying 303 agencies and consultancies through the Business Maturity Quiz, Scoro & The Handbook have launched The Maturity Gap Report, revealing just how wide the gap really is between the firms where operations is a strength and everyone else. In this webinar, Harv is joined by operations consultant Manish Kapur and FinOps expert Rich Brett to walk through the headline findings – and what they actually mean for the way your business is run.
Resource management in Excel: when spreadsheets help (and when they hold you back)
I’ve seen so many leaders try to manage their growth using basic spreadsheets. It’s the logical starting point: it’s familiar, accessible, and you can build a functional-looking plan in no time. The problem is that a plan that looks organized isn't the same as one that actually scales. What works for a small group quickly falls apart the moment the team starts to grow and the complexity kicks in.
Workforce capacity planning: How to stop guessing and start forecasting your team's capacity
Every operations leader I know has the same Monday morning ritual. You open your inbox, find three new project requests, and immediately start wondering: do we actually have the people to deliver this? That's not a scheduling problem. It's a workforce capacity planning problem. And it's the difference between confidently saying "yes, we can start next week" and crossing your fingers that nobody burns out before the deadline.
Launched: Saved Views Tab in Asana
The best features aren't built in a vacuum—they’re built with our community. A huge shoutout to Asana Solutions Partner Richard Sather for flagging the need for a more streamlined way to toggle between project views. Because of his input, we’ve officially shipped the Saved Views Tab! It’s cleaner, faster, and built to help you find exactly what you need in seconds. ️ Thank you, Richard, for helping us make Asana better for everyone.
Operations teams are working harder than anyone - The data shows why that's unsustainable
Why 51-hour workweeks and low AI adoption signal a burnout trajectory, not high performance.