Filtering by project & team would be great! I wonder - would there be a way to filter for multiple projects at once? Or would we need to filter for one, and then another, and then another? It’d be better if I could add a few projects to my filter and also be able to save that as my default view.
Even better would be inboxes on the projects themselves (for any related tasks, conversations, and project updates) and on the teams (for any related tasks, conversations, and project updates on any projects within the team.)
The idea I’m trying to convey is that If a notification was read in a project, then it would not show up on the team or in the general inbox list. If it was read in a different project (because the task was multi-homed), then it wouldn’t show up in other projects once it was read. If it was read in a project inbox or in a team inbox, then it wouldn’t show up in the general inbox.
This would be a game changer. It would allow people to work where their work is (in the project) and to prioritize work and respond quickly on the work they’re thinking about without being distracted by all the noise in the inbox.
I’m thinking about workflow for my team who is using Asana. If a user is working in a project and they can glance up to see the little orange dot on a project inbox, and then they immediately read that message & respond, it will be much more efficient (and much saner!!) than a user clicking into the main Asana inbox (now they’ve left their project and their eyes/brain have already seen whatever was on top in there and now they’re interrupted/distracted) and to filter for the project they’re currently thinking about.
If they stay in the project and there are inboxes on projects (and on teams, and in general - so nothing gets lost, but there is a funnel of priority) then they have absolute control over what messaging they’re reading first. They can create projects and multi-home tasks that they want to follow (not the tasks that they are randomly @'d on, which would just be in their general inbox) and prioritize their work.
If this existed, then I could always go to projects, both for work & for messaging. This would allow me to prioritize projects, which is the most important lever for prioritization. If my project work is on track & my project messaging up to date, then I could come up to the main inbox to read what’s there, and it would be fine as a chat feature. Nothing would be lost, but I would be able to prioritize and able to stay focused on the most important work in front of me.
I’m very grateful for the inbox filter (@Marie - thank you for that!!) and it has made life easier. However, even with the current inbox sort function, people can’t skim, filter further, or prioritize what messages they are reading. I hear all the time about people staying up well past midnight just to read their inboxes. This does not help them get their work done, but they are worried that there are messages stuck in their inboxes that are relevant to their work, so they are combing through all the messages.
Right now in my organization projects & tasks are signal, while inbox is noise (even with the inbox filtering). I am encouraging people to work out of their projects and tasks, but they are still (very understandably) staying up all hours of the night trying to make sure they didn’t miss anything crucial in all the inbox noise and trying to be responsive to everything that’s in there, since there is no practical way for them to prioritize response on priority projects.
@Marie - what I’m suggesting here is similar to inbox filtering per team/project, but not exactly the same. Do you know if there’s another thread somewhere about having inboxes on projects or on teams? If so, could you direct me there? I’d like to add a vote.
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