Asana Integrations with Timely: Sync vs. Time Tracking

Timely offers two powerful integrations with Asana to enhance your project management and time tracking capabilities. These integrations serve different purposes and are available on different subscription plans. Here’s a detailed breakdown of each integration:

1. Enhanced Asana Sync Integration (Premium and Unlimited plans)

The enhanced Asana Sync Integration is a new feature that allows you to sync Asana Users, Projects, Tags, and Tasks directly into Timely. This integration goes beyond simple time tracking by enabling seamless project management across both platforms. Available on Timely’s Premium and Unlimited plans, this integration ensures that all your work in Asana is reflected in Timely without the need for manual updates.

Key Features

• Sync Users, Projects, Tags, and Tasks: Automatically sync all relevant Asana activities into Timely, ensuring that your projects and tasks are always up to date in both tools.
• Real-Time Updates: Manage projects and update tasks in real time, maintaining full visibility over project progress.
• Log Time Seamlessly: When you log time against a synced Task in Timely, it automatically updates the tracked time in Asana.
• Tag Synchronization: Tags from Asana will appear in Timely as individual tags, helping you keep everything organized.

How to set up the sync integration

Setting up the Enhanced Sync Integration is straightforward:

1. As a workspace admin, go to the Settings < Ecosystem section in Timely.
2. Select Asana under the Sync Integration section.
3. Follow the prompts to connect your Asana account.

Who can benefit?

• Companies that bill by the hour
• Digital agencies, consultants, and accountants
• Remote teams
• Project management consultants and managers

2. Time Tracking Integration for Asana (Available on all plans)

The Time Tracking Integration for Asana is designed to help you track the time spent on your Asana projects and tasks. This integration, available on all Timely subscription plans, automatically logs your activities in Asana as “Memories” on your Timely timeline, giving you detailed insights into how much time is being spent on various tasks.

Key Features

• Automatic Time Tracking: The time spent on Asana tasks appears as Memories on your private Timely timeline, allowing you to track your work effortlessly.
• Detailed Task Tracking: Each memory shows the tasks completed and the time they were done, helping you estimate project durations more accurately.
• Optimized Project Management: By tracking time spent on tasks, managers can better estimate project timelines and improve overall project delivery.

Benefits of Time Tracking in Asana

• Improve Project Estimates: Accurate time tracking helps avoid under-estimating project timelines, reducing unexpected costs and improving team efficiency.
• Profitability Insights: Understand the balance between billable and non-billable work, allowing you to forecast capacity and profitability more effectively.
• Client Satisfaction: Keep clients informed with accurate data on project timelines and delivery capacities.

Who Can Benefit?

• Companies that bill by the hour
• Digital agencies, consultants, and accountants
• Remote teams
• Project management consultants and managers

Optimize Project Delivery with Timely and Asana

Using Both Integrations Together
Timely and Asana together provide a comprehensive solution for managing and delivering projects. While Asana excels in project management, Timely adds depth by providing robust time tracking and project control capabilities. The Enhanced Sync Integration and the Time Tracking Integration complement each other, helping you stay on top of both project management and time management.

• Project Management (Asana): Plan, brief, and assign deliverables with ease.
• Project Control (Timely): Track time, manage resources, and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

By integrating both tools, you create a complete automation loop, minimizing administrative tasks and maximizing productivity.

Summary

• Enhanced Asana Sync Integration (Premium and Unlimited Plans): Ideal for those who need real-time synchronization of Asana projects and tasks within Timely.
• Time Tracking Integration for Asana (Available on All Plans): Perfect for tracking time spent on Asana tasks to improve project estimates and profitability.

Both integrations are powerful tools that, when used together, offer a full spectrum of project management and time tracking capabilities.