Ideas, insights, and inside looks at how modern teams collaborate, manage work, and scale smarter – with a dash of product updates and stories from the trenches
I am Dr. Michael St. Pierre, an Executive Director of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association. I manage a team of seven people located in seven different states here in the U.S. We use ActiveCollab to manage 100% of our projects, daily work, and long-term planning. Recently, a team member said to me ...
Customer Stories • • 3 min read
Slack time tells you how much wiggle room a task has before it delays the whole project. Knowing how to calculate it helps service businesses stay flexible, spot risks early, and keep timelines from slipping when things get messy. But how to do it properly?
Project Management • • 7 min read
You would often hear project managers using issue management and risk management interchangeably. However, did you know that these two concepts are entirely different and need to be handled differently?A skilled project manager should oversee issue and risk management and have strategies to deal with ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to another edition of ActiveCollab's monthly recaps! Last month, we presented the new Project header, along with the "Add" button, as well as the option to schedule notifications on the mobile app. This month, we'll talk about more exciting options we've added to the Project page ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Starting a private school was much different from starting a regular startup or an IT company, which was the case with my previous business endeavors. Owning and running an eLearning design and development company was a challenge. Still, with so many useful web solutions and people knowing how to use ...
Customer Stories • • 2 min read
The term agile is used quite loosely today, but what does it really mean? Can a strategy or a team be agile by simply following a step-by-step development plan?Many organizations have evolved, and their professionals need to be familiar with agile more precisely. By knowing agile's fundamental principles ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
If you chose ActiveCollab to manage your projects, we bet you've done a great job organizing your team's tasks. Dishing out assignments and setting up due dates should come as easy as losing track of time while watching video clips of sassy huskies.We're sure you're already familiar with some tricks ...
Product • • 2 min read
Deliverables are the tangible results your project promises, the stuff clients actually care about. From documents to designs, knowing what counts (and what doesn’t) keeps teams aligned, clients happy, and scope creep from sneaking in through the back door. But in project management...?
Project Management • • 7 min read
Project managers who have been in this business for a long time know that plans are very variable. Even the best-thought-out plans can go astray, and one delayed task can derail the entire project.That's why experienced project managers use management flow to keep everything in line. If you want to avoid ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
Hi everyone,Welcome to the new edition of ActiveCollab's monthly recaps! In February, we talked about applying templates to projects and improvements to the mobile app. This month, we'll talk about the Project page, the mobile app, our uptime during March, and what we plan to work on in April.Project ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Stakeholder mapping is an important term when it comes to handling different types of stakeholders and their influence on your project. Once you have successfully implemented a stakeholder map, you will easily bypass obstacles and navigate your way around potential problems.Depending on your business ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
Hi everyone,Welcome to another edition of ActiveCollab's monthly recaps! In our previous post, we talked about the project page header and the mobile app's progress. This month, we have an interesting topic: templates! Also, we'll talk about the mobile app and our uptime during February.Apply a templateHowever ...
Recaps • • 2 min read