This is a step-by-step guide for Project Managers and Remote Leaders who aim to stop assigning tasks manually, and start assigning efficiently.

1. HOW TO ASSIGN
TASKS TO YOUR TEAM
WITHOUT THE NEED
FOR EMAILS
Asana Tutorial by Lars Ramos

2. "When you delegate work to
a member of the team, your
job is to clearly frame success
and describe the objectives."
- Steven Sinofsky

3. Do you assign tasks
to your team
manually
through emails and
it takes too much
of your time?

4. You're at the right
place. Here's
the solution to
your problem...

5. WHAT IS
ASANA?

6. Asana is...
A tool that helps the
team to create projects,
assign work to
teammates, specify
deadlines and
communicate about
tasks
Designed to improve
team collaboration and
work management

7. Let's start
learning Asana!

8. Open your browser and go to asana.com

9. Click the "Try for free" button

10. Create an account

11. Type your email address here

12. Click the "Try for free" button

13. Verify your email address

14. Click here to open your Gmail

15. Click here to open your Outlook

16. Click here to open your Yahoo!

17. Click the email from Asana

18. Click the "Verify email address" button

19. You'll be redirected to this welcome page

20. Type your full name here

21. Type your password here

22. Click the "Continue" button

23. Click the dropdown arrow

24. Click to choose the kind of your work

25. Click the "Continue" button

26. Click to choose how you currently manage your work

27. Create your first project

28. Type your project name here

29. Click the "Continue" button

30. Add tasks to your project

31. Type the tasks here

32. Click the "Continue" button

33. Create groups/sections for the tasks

34. Type the name of groups/sections here

35. Click the "Continue" button

36. Choose the layout of your project

37. Click here to choose the "List" layout

38. Click here to choose the "Board" layout

39. Click here to choose the "Calendar" layout

40. Click here to choose the "Timeline" layout

41. For this tutorial, click the "List" layout

42. Click the "Continue" button

43. Great! You created your first project

44. Now, add your team members

45. Type the email addresses of your team members here

46. Click the "Take me to my project" button

47. Click the "Let's get started!" button

48. Click "Home"

49. Welcome to your Asana dashboard

50. In the Home tab, see your tasks above

51. See your projects below

52. To open your project, click your project

53. Welcome to your first project in Asana

54. Start adding details to the tasks of your project

55. Click the task you created

56. The Task Settings will open

57. This is it! Assign the task to your team member

58. Click the "Unassigned" option

59. Click to choose the member you assign for the task

60. Done! So easy right?

61. Now you don't need to send an email for each task!

62. Let's keep adding details to the task

63. Click here to change the date

64. Click the start and end date in the calendar

65. Now the due date was changed

66. Click here to change the priority of the task

67. Click to choose from high, medium and low

68. The priority of task was changed

69. Type here to add description of the task

70. Click here to add subtask

71. Click here to assign another member to the task

72. Type name of member here

73. Click to choose the member to be assigned

74. Another member was assigned on the task

75. Click here to add an attachment

76. Click here to add a subtask

77. Click here to copy the link of the task

78. Click here to like the task and show support

79. Click here to view more options

80. Click here to close the Task Settings

81. There's another easy way to assign tasks

82. Click the human icon next to the task for assignment

83. Click to choose the member you'll assign for the task

84. You assigned another task

85. Keep going and assign tasks to your team members

86. All done!
Enjoy using Asana. 😊

87. MEET THE AUTHOR
Lars Ramos is a Philippines-based virtual
professional, also known as the Leading Virtual
Project Manager. She has almost eight years of work
experience on project management and lead teams of
up to 17 experts. She currently helps businesses plan
and execute projects, lead and train remote workers,
and create and simplify workflows.

88. “The really expert riders of
horses let the horse know
immediately who is in
control, but then guide the
horse with loose reins and
seldom use the spurs.”
- Sandra Day O’Connor