Project, task, or subtask?

Before you start, however. many clients wonder when it’s best to create (or not create) a project, task, or subtask when adding work to Asana. Here’s a visual guide to help you figure things out quickly:

• Create projects for large collaborations with multiple milestones and stakeholders who need to see information in different views (it could be a campaign, a launch/event or an editorial calendar/process).
• Create tasks if you need to formulate an individual task for one person that can be completed in minutes or working days (such as writing a blog post or fixing a bug in a program), if you also need to track it in different views.
• Create subtasks to break down the task or split up the work (e.g., check keywords for search engine optimization to be used on the blog or analyze the frequency of the bug). You can view subtasks only in the context of the overall task. (That said, we do not recommend creating more than five subtasks or multiple levels of subtasks!)

If you need a more detailed explanation of this structure, additional tips are given here.

Creating a Project

Even if you don’t know how to do anything else in Asana, understanding the process of creating and using projects will greatly improve your team’s performance and eliminate outdated spreadsheets, confusing email correspondence, and protracted meetings trying to get the same information.

Create a project. In Asana, projects are within groups and contain collections of related tasks. Projects can be used for everything from time-bound initiatives (like launch) to ongoing processes (like maintaining an editorial calendar) to information processing (like incoming design requests). You can switch between list, board, timeline and calendar views at any time. Save time with templates. Our templates are based on the most reliable and proven workflows in Asana. They include guidelines for setting up projects and moving tasks around as you go. You can also create your own templates.

Systematize your project

Once created, structure your project so that it is well organized and easy to work with.

Group similar tasks into sections. Examples of sections: by deadline, stage of work, type of task, etc. 2Clearly assign responsibilities by assigning tasks and specifying due dates. Then each employee will know exactly what he or she is responsible for and when the work is to be completed.

Supplement task information with custom fields. Custom fields are like columns in a spreadsheet. They are designed to collect information for each task. You can also filter and sort tasks by these fields. Status, priority, cost, etc. fields are useful.

Sort, filter, and save your project view. Don’t want to see completed tasks in the project list? Want your project to appear as a calendar when you open it? Use the project toolbar to filter, sort, and save your project.

Creating a project schedule

Now that the foundation for a project has been laid, Asana will help you create its schedule and workflow so that your team can move the work from start to finish clearly and seamlessly.

How to do it:

• Make project plans with the Chronology feature, which allows you to generate a Gantt chart-style view. This helps you plan and visualize each stage of a project. The timeline clearly shows the duration of each task, its due date, and its dependencies. Tasks can be moved around with ease to avoid overlaps and conflicts.
• The definition of dependencies between tasks allows you to always start work on time. If you’re waiting for a colleague to finish a task, Asana helps you keep track of its status so you can start your part of the job on time. It also means you’ll spend less time reconciling a blocking task and know right away that it’s done. The Chronology feature makes it very easy to establish dependencies between tasks.
• Split the work into subtasks (if needed). Many customers ask why tasks can have only one performer. This is done for a clearer distribution of duties. However, if the task involves preparatory work and additional steps, or if you just need to ask another colleague to complete it, subtasks can help to break the task into separate elements, which will simplify management and show the distribution of responsibilities.

Create a project overview that allows you to provide your team with a project task where all other plans and tasks are, and clearly spell out responsibilities within the project so that this information can be checked off at any time.

Move the work forward

Once your group starts working together, Asana becomes even more useful for project management. You can easily provide status updates in the context of the work your team is doing. In doing so, you’ll only receive notifications about what’s important to you.

How to do it:

• In the task comments, you can keep participants informed of how the work is progressing (or that it is blocked), and to answer questions and provide feedback.
• Publish status updates using project data and provide task burnout charts and progress on the project. You can also reference tasks, projects, and colleagues in the update (and celebrate their successes) using @mentions. All project participants are notified of updates. They can also leave comments.
• Create milestones to highlight key project goals and milestones. This way you will show your team what goals they need to achieve and help managers monitor the project against the milestones.
• Optimize checks and approvals with our approval workflow. If visuals are part of your project, you’ll be comfortable tracking feedback with our Corrections feature.
• Add rules to automate manual work such as assigning tasks, updating custom fields, moving completed tasks, etc. You’ll save time and make sure everyone follows the correct procedures.

Control information across multiple projects with portfolios. Portfolios are ideal for those who need to manage multiple projects or monitor the progress of specific initiatives in a single view and in real time.

Preparing for the next project

Yay! You’ve successfully completed a project in Asana. However, don’t rush right into the next one. Take time to analyze the completed project.

How to do it:

• Keep in mind that Asana is constantly introducing new features and improving the app, so your team still has discoveries to make that may change the way you think about using Asana-it’s okay and, in fact, perfect!
• Take any experience you have with your project and transform it into a template. This will avoid repeating mistakes and make your plan even more reliable next time.
• Transfer the project to the archive. Now that the project is complete, send it to the archive and focus on the tasks at hand. The project and all the information it contains will not be deleted, it will simply be removed from the project list.
• Celebrate with your team. Asana has lots of ways to show appreciation and show that you like something.

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Amazon may have one of the most widely used online bookstores. It’s very easy to find the book you want, buy it digitally, and use it quickly on your cell phone or in an e-book. With the Kindle app, you can sync all these readings with your Amazon account on all your devices. Let’s take it step by step.

The first thing you have to do is install the app from the Google Play Store. Once that’s done, you just need to open it and log in to your regular Amazon account with which you buy books and other products.

Once you sign in, Amazon Kindle will make you do a little quiz to find out your taste in reading and rate some popular books you may have read. You can skip this step with no problem. The app will then give you some sample books so you can start testing your reading skills.

En la start screen In Amazon Kindle, you can see as if it were an eBook, the last book you read, and an excerpt from the books in your library. You can also find recommended books and lists by genre related to the readings you have on your device below. In the center tab of the bottom panel, you’ll see the book you’re currently reading and can access it directly, on the page where you left off.

En la library tab you will be able to see all the books you have bought and downloaded. You can sort them in different ways: as a list, as a grid, or by collection. You can also sort by title, author, and recent reads.

In the store tab, you have all the books on sale through Amazon in Kindle format for your app or your ebook. You can buy them directly from the account you logged in with and get them instantly on your cell phone.

To start reading, you just need to click on any book you have in your library. You can use it to personalize your reading experience by enlarging the font, placing markers, searching for words, or taking notes. Enjoy reading!

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Teams bring together people, content, and tools related to different projects or outcomes in an organization.

You can create closed teams that are for invited users only.

They can also be public, that is, open to all employees in the organization (the number of participants cannot exceed 5000).

A team is intended for uniting a group of people who closely cooperate with each other to perform the set tasks. Teams can be created for specific projects (such as launching a new product or creating a project management center) or exist on a permanent basis, reflecting the internal structure of the organization (such as by department or office location).

Conversations, files, and notes in channels are visible only to team members.

Channels are dedicated team sections that help to organize conversations on certain topics within the team, projects, disciplines, etc.

In team channels all team members can openly communicate with each other.Private chat is visible only to team members.

Channels are most useful when you add apps to them that include tabs, connectors, and chatbots that give participants additional capabilities.

Teams Participants, Roles, and Options

Once Microsoft Teams is activated in your organization, designated team owners can invite any other employees to join the team. Team owners in Microsoft Teams can easily add employees to the organization by their names. Depending on your settings, you can add guests from outside the organization to teams. More information: Guest access in Microsoft Teams.

Team owners can also create teams based on existing Office 365 groups All changes in the group will be automatically synchronized with Microsoft Teams. Creating a team based on an Office 365 group not only makes it easier to invite and control participants, it also allows you to synchronize the team files with Microsoft Teams.

Team Roles

There are two main roles in Microsoft Teams: team owner, the person who creates the team, and team members, the people who are invited to join the team by the owners. Team owners can designate any team member as a co-owner already at the time of the invitation or at any time after being added to the team.Having several owners allows you to distribute responsibilities for managing team parameters and composition, including sending invitations.

Team settings

Team owners can manage whole team settings directly in Microsoft Teams. This includes the ability to add a team avatar and manage members’ permissions to create channels, add tabs and connectors, @mention the entire team or channel, and use GIF animations, stickers, and memes.

Microsoft Teams administrators in Office 365 have access to global system settings in the Microsoft Teams Administration Center. They can change the settings and defaults that owners see in their Teams settings. For example, you can enable the default “Shared” channel in all Teams for announcements, discussions, and resources common to the entire team.

Teams Teams are a prototype of a company’s organizational structure

You can create Teams according to the organization structure. This solution is best suited for managers who want to increase employee morale, get feedback on specific teams, optimize the inclusion of new employees, create organization plans for different staff categories and make them more transparent.

Before creating channels, teams, etc., we recommend considering the goals of the projects and the employees to be achieved. Once you have created a team, add these specialists to it so they start working with each other.

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What is Duolingo?

It’s an app that helps you learn a language in a fun way. Each lesson consists of exercises on listening, translation, speaking and grammar practice. Exercises are accompanied by theoretical material. All of this together will help to tighten your grammar, increase vocabulary and improve pronunciation.

Pros of

Free access. Access to absolutely all of the training, materials and tasks is absolutely free. Given that other applications of this kind are rarely free, this is an undeniable advantage. Auditioning. First of all, it is good that it is there. Secondly, it’s great that the audio can be listened to both at normal pace and in slow motion, which is invaluable for beginners or for those who have difficulty hearing speech.

Pronunciation. Repeat the phrases you hear and the app will analyze whether you’re doing it right.

Learning materials. Each lesson is accompanied by theory, whether it’s the gender of nouns or the subjunctive mood.

Constant repetition of vocabulary in different lessons. Words will be repeated throughout different levels, which increases the chance of memorizing them.

Minuses

There are disadvantages to even the good stuff and probably the biggest disadvantage of Duolingo is that its value is overrated. On the official website, in the description on Google Market, and in the application itself, you can find the information that 34 hours of practice in Duolingo can replace an entire semester of study at university. Of course, different universities teach differently, but by and large this information is from the series “how to lose weight in a month by 10 kilograms without diets and exercises”. Remember that no app, even the most wonderful, will not replace systematic lessons with a teacher.

Well, a few lesser disadvantages

Not all suggestions make sense and therefore have little applicability in practice. Here is in what life situation can be useful phrase “Your bear drinks beer”? They even made t-shirts like that.

The lessons are not systematic. Even though there are reference materials, you won’t get a clear picture in your head.

There is no practice of the productive skills: writing and speaking. The former is only present as a translation of short sentences, and the latter is essentially pronunciation practice. Too easy for high levels. There isn’t much new vocabulary, so something else is worth trying at levels above Intermediate.

Bottom line

Duolingo is a great app for vocabulary training and it will help you get into the habit of learning every day in an easy and fun way, but don’t expect miracles from it.

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