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
Most people aren't born with leadership skills; they must be earned through hard work and practice. You can lead your team in many different ways! In fact, a great leader often chooses to combine a couple of management styles, depending on the situation and need.If you want to motivate your team members ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
Requirements Traceability Matrix is a document that traces and identifies user's requirements with test cases. RTM captures all the requirements proposed by a client and requirement traceability in one form. With the help of the Requirements Traceability Matrix, you are showing the relationship between ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
Hello everyone, Welcome to our latest monthly recap! We'll be talking about what progress we've made with our features throughout the month, as well as where our focus will be during June. In April, we had a couple of interesting improvements: default client visibility, project names within the Stopwatch ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Communication is one of those things that is deceptively simple. It’s a walk in the park when it’s going well, but it can feel like a Herculean endeavour when it’s not. But we can all agree that it’s essential for the success of any agency or business.According to 74% of employees surveyed, they ...
Team Collaboration • • 8 min read
To stand out among your competitors, you need a strong team. A-players. Die hards. You might have that already, but are they synced? How do they perform together?Regardless how good individualy they are, if they're not working together, you have a bunch of high functioning silos and taking a responsibility ...
Team Collaboration • • 6 min read
When someone mentions risk, we often associate it with a dangerous chance or hazard. But risks aren't necessarily negative! In fact, risk represents a thin line between an opportunity and a threat or the difference between loss and a prize.Many would say that risk can either make or break your company ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
Time management and keeping track of schedules are essential tasks that fall under the responsibility of the team leader or project manager. Sometimes, they require a little help in the form of calendars. They allow them to supervise project-related events, milestones that will happen during the project's ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
If you want to run a successful company or agency, you and your team members need to be on the same page. Otherwise, you'll run into misinterpreted situations or misunderstandings. What is the force that keeps everyone moving? Many would say that communication is the key to success.You can't expect to ...
Team Collaboration • • 4 min read
Hi everyone!Welcome to another edition of your monthly dose of ActiveCollab updates. Back in March, we talked about the Early Access Program for our latest feature, the in-app Chat, browser notifications, and a new option within task dependencies.This month, we're still on the subject of Chat, plus some ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Teamwork and collaboration aren’t twins. They’re more like cousins. One’s about working together to hit a shared goal, the other’s about combining brainpower to spark new ideas. Knowing when to lean on which can make or break your project flow. So, how to choose?
Team Collaboration • • 7 min read
Lack of communication is one of the major complaints in project management. To be a successful project manager, you must be an excellent communicator. This type of skill is hardly ever perfect and requires continuous improvement.You can rely on communication skills to some extent, but incorrect methods ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
Push and pull communication are two sides of how info flows. Push is all about broadcasting—think emails and updates. Pull? That’s when people seek out info themselves. Knowing when to push and when to let your team pull makes agency comms smoother and more effective.
Project Management • • 7 min read