Hi @Mike_O_Connell and thanks for reaching out.
I do understand where you’re coming from; our Forum champions (and other members of our Global community involved in the Forum) are doing a tremendous job at unblocking other users by creating paths where Asana doesn’t provide a built-in solution. I hear you when you say that these work well power-users but are more difficult for newer users; this is something we’re aware of, and rest ensured that we don’t see these workarounds as solutions; behind the scenes, our team is working on a more intuitive solution to resolve this. I’m also aware we received feedback on this topic for a while now, but while making subtasks automatically attached to their parent task project seems like an easy fix, it is, in reality, a lot more complex and touches many parts of our back end system.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback with us and to let us know how challenging it can as an Asana leader in your company to position these workarounds; we appreciate your transparency and honesty.
On my end, I’ll make sure to loop you in as soon as I get an update, but if there is anything else I can help you with in the meantime, please let me know!