Operations · Easy
Turn chat requests into tracked tasks
Requests made in chat get lost once the conversation scrolls away. Creating a task from the message keeps a link to it, with an owner and a due date.
Software used
What happens
When
Someone asks for something in a Slack message.
Then
- You create an Asana task from the message.
- Updates on the task are posted back to Slack.
How the tools connect
With a built-in integration. Asana lists Slack as an integration on its website.
Set it up
Add the Asana app to your Slack workspace.
Link a busy channel to the matching Asana project so updates post there.
Agree as a team that requests only count once they're a task.
Menus change, so these steps say what to do rather than where to click. Each company's help pages have the current screens.
Watch out for
- Too many notifications get ignored. Send only completed and overdue tasks to busy channels.
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