Asana onboarding, screen by screen: from signup to a first task

The hero reads "The OS for human-agent teams" over "Supercharge your teams to get things done". Under it sit Google and Microsoft buttons and an email field with Continue, plus the terms notice, so a visitor can sign up from the homepage itself. The header holds Products, Solutions, Learning & support, Pricing, a language picker, Log in, Contact sales and Get started. A cookie banner at the bottom left offers OK (all cookies) or Manage settings; rejecting optional cookies takes Manage settings, then Reject All in a second dialog.

"You're one click away from less busywork" over "Try Asana for free. No credit card required." Google and Microsoft buttons, then one field labelled Work email (placeholder name@company.com) with Continue. Below: Log in for existing users, and "By signing up, I agree to Asana's Terms of Service and Product-Specific Terms and acknowledge the Privacy Statement."

"We emailed you a code" and "We sent a six digit code to <the address>. Enter the code below:", one large code box, Verify, and Resend code. The email (subject "Action Required: Reserve your Asana account") held the code and a Verify email button.

A five-part progress bar at the top (Step 1 of 5). "Welcome to Asana! Let's get you set up." Full name and Password (at least 8 characters, with a strength label that read Very strong), a box "Get feature updates and tips via email (recommended)" ticked by default, and Get started, disabled until both fields are filled. The footer, below the part of the screen shown here, says which address you're signing up as, with a link to use a different one.

Step 2 of 5. One free-text field, placeholder "E.g. Marketing director, Business owner", and Continue. A footnote at the bottom of the screen, below the part shown here, says: "We collect this information to personalize your experience and contact you about relevant Asana products."

Step 3 of 5. The question repeats the job title just typed. Six answer chips (Software/SaaS, Financial services, Healthcare/Biotech, E-commerce/Retail, Manufacturing, Media/Entertainment) and a field "Or describe it in your own words" with the placeholder "e.g. I manage products in fintech". Continue. Below the part shown here, Back sits at the bottom left, beside the same footnote about personalising and contacting you.

Step 4 of 5. "Pick one below to start with. You can always create more later." Three cards for a product manager: Feature launch ("One feature from kickoff through release and post-launch monitoring."), Product roadmap ("Prioritized features and initiatives across quarters.") and Feature requests ("Inbound customer and internal feature ideas under review."). Below them a free-text field with the placeholder "e.g. Competitive analysis and feature benchmarking against rivals". Continue stays disabled until a card is picked; Start with blank project is the other way out. There is no field for the project's name.

Step 5 of 5. "Start small by adding a trusted teammate to Feature launch to learn how Asana works with you." Three Teammate's email fields; the first is focused and prefilled with "@" and the signup email's domain. The only button is Go to Asana; there is no Skip. Grey text at the bottom: "You are starting a 14-day Advanced trial. No credit card required. Once your trial ends you can continue with a free Asana Personal plan."

The Feature launch project opens in List view under a dialog headed "The Quarterly Release: Q3 2026": "Maximize productivity with AI built into the way your team works", about prebuilt AI Teammates and integrations, with See what's new and a close button. Behind it the project is already filled in: three sections (Discovery & planning, Build, Launch & monitor), seven tasks with due dates from today to 30 November, the first two assigned to Robin, and two custom fields, Owner function (Product, Design, Engineering, Marketing) and Risk level (Low, Medium, High). Tabs: Overview, List, Board, Timeline, Dashboard, Calendar. The sidebar shows "Advanced trial, 14 days left" over a yellow Add billing info button. The search box at the top carries the organisation's name, blurred here. A bar at the bottom asks to select a default view.

With the dialog closed, the template project fills the screen. A bar at the bottom reads "Welcome to your first project in Asana! Select a default view." with List (preselected), Board, Calendar and Timeline, and Continue.

The bottom bar becomes "Explore your project, 0 of 8 completed": Add a task, Assign task, Change due dates, Organize with sections, Add a custom field, Power up your project, Add your team, Filter and sort work, with a close button. Asana has already opened an empty row, "Write a task name", at the top of Discovery & planning with the cursor in it. A tip beside it: "Add a task. Tasks capture everything that needs to get done. Create your first one to start organizing your work." with Got it.

"Brief customer success" sits at the top of Discovery & planning, with no assignee, due date, Owner function or Risk level, above the template's tasks that have all four. The checklist reads "1 of 8 completed"; Add a task has moved to the end with a green tick, and Assign task is now first. No confirmation message.