Asana grows.
Standards stay.
Connect departments, people and decisions in a governance model. With clear standards and autonomy for every team to move forward.
Autonomy across departments.
Consistency across the whole.
The CoE defines how Asana is administered, adopted and improved—without concentrating every decision in one person.
A standard for growth
Projects, templates and conventions that connect departments.
Clear responsibilities
Who decides, who administers and who supports each team.
Prioritized improvement
Improvements organized around business needs.
Governance put into practice.
A model to guide decisions, support teams and sustain expansion.
Strategy
Business priorities guide Asana’s evolution.
Governance
Roles, criteria and routines for clear decisions.
Platform
Consistent architecture, templates and administration.
Training
Champions and training to support adoption.
Continuous improvement
Metrics and a backlog for purposeful improvement.
A foundation for operations.
Documents and agreements that make the model applicable to your organization’s daily work.
CoE guidelines
Purpose, scope and decision criteria.
Roles and responsibilities
Sponsorship, owners and internal champions.
Permissions matrix
Access and administration rules.
Template library
Shared templates and conventions.
Administration guide
Routines and guidance for administrators.
Review cadence
Forums, indicators and improvement prioritization.
Start with the foundation. Improve with a method.
- 01
Foundation
Define roles, essential standards and governance agreements.
- 02
Scale
Extend the model to new departments with support and autonomy.
- 03
Optimization
Review usage, prioritize improvements and refine operations.
Each party has a clear role.
The CoE needs executive sponsorship and departmental participation to work.
Asana
The platform and features available in your contracted plan.
TaskWork
Model design, standards and training support.
Your organization
Sponsorship, owners and priority decisions.
Before setting it up.
When does it make sense to create a CoE?+
When several departments use Asana and need shared standards, responsibilities and decision criteria. It is also useful when planning an organization-wide expansion.
Are CoE and Managed Asana the same thing?+
No. The CoE defines the governance model. Managed Asana provides ongoing workspace support and improvement. The two can complement each other.
Does the CoE take away departmental autonomy?+
The aim is to define common standards and clear boundaries while preserving each team’s needs. Decisions that need to be shared are agreed during model design.
Can governance also include AI?+
Yes. The model can cover owners, usage criteria, human review and access rules for AI workflows, depending on scope and available features.
Grow with a
shared model.
Let’s understand your situation and design the governance your operation needs.