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Task & Time Management

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Task & Time Management

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Set up and manage Asana tasks with full data—assignees, due dates, dependencies, and custom fields—to keep projects organized and on track.

  • Build an effort-based workload view using story points to plan team capacity and prevent over-allocation across sprints.

  • Configure a real-time KPI dashboard with color-coded thresholds that gives leadership instant visibility into project health and risks.

  • Document dashboard design decisions and KPI methodology in clear, professional writing that supports stakeholder communication.

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April 2026

Assessments

33 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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There are 15 modules in this course

Learners will identify key features of task management in Asana to build foundational understanding for effective project coordination.

What's included

2 videos1 reading2 assignments

Learners will create structured tasks with subtasks and dependencies in Asana to implement effective project workflows and coordination systems.

What's included

2 videos1 reading2 assignments

Master Asana's time management tools to set, track, and manage project deadlines effectively.

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3 videos1 reading3 assignments

Learners will explain effective data entry methods and populate tasks with proper details and attachments in Asana.

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2 videos1 reading1 assignment

Learners will apply bulk editing techniques and utilize custom fields with tags to enhance project organization and searchability.

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1 video2 readings2 assignments

Learners will explain the critical importance of status tracking in project management and apply Asana's tracking features to monitor task progress effectively.

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2 videos2 readings3 assignments

Learners will identify different types of goals that can be tracked in Asana to establish foundational understanding of goal hierarchy and organizational alignment.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment

Learners will set a project goal and regularly update its progress in Asana through hands-on practice with goal creation, configuration, and progress monitoring.

What's included

2 videos1 reading3 assignments

Learners will navigate Asana's interface efficiently to access dashboard customization features.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

Learners will build personalized Home dashboards with saved searches, goal widgets, and workload charts, then analyze team performance improvements.

What's included

1 video3 readings3 assignments

Learners implement effort-based capacity planning using custom Story Points and Workload view in Asana.

What's included

1 video2 readings2 assignments

Learners compare planned vs actual effort for sprints and adjust future estimates where variance exceeds 20%.

What's included

2 videos2 readings3 assignments

Configure a real-time KPI dashboard (scope, budget, risk) that auto-updates from custom fields.

What's included

2 videos1 reading2 assignments

Perform risk-trend analysis and escalate any metric drifting >5% negatively.

What's included

2 videos2 readings3 assignments

You will design and configure a team productivity dashboard in Asana that integrates task infrastructure, effort-based workload management, and real-time KPI tracking into a single leadership-ready deliverable. The project simulates a workplace request from a VP of Operations and requires learners to translate raw task data into actionable visibility. By combining task setup, deadline management, data entry, status tracking, goal setting, dashboard customization, workload balancing, and KPI monitoring, learners produce a portfolio-ready artifact that demonstrates end-to-end project management competence in Asana.

What's included

3 readings1 assignment

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