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
On a scale of 1-10, how good of a project manager (PM) are you, and what makes you so great? You’d probably say it’s your project delivery success rate. And you would be right. But do you know what gets you there? The Project Management Institute says highly effective PMs get results thanks to the ...
Growth • • 11 min read
Effective teamwork is at the heart of every organization's success. Whether you're running a digital agency, a basketball team, or even a dungeons and dragons campaign, chemistry makes your teams great. Therefore, it's no wonder that most modern businesses center on understanding the characteristics ...
Team Collaboration • • 4 min read
Despite the holiday season, we've been keeping busy! We have some neat updates for you.Here's July's short-list:Column view improvements based on feedbackBudget alertsA new date pickerTime tracking tweaksThe refurbished Column viewWe launched the new & improved Column view but left room for additional ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
One of our teams has been intensely focused on budgets and all their aspects, for months now. In April, we released new budgeting types. If you can't be bothered to read the full post, here's a quick recap: you can now choose between three budgeting types when creating a project. Fixed price - set up ...
Product • • 2 min read
Strategic project management is the next big thing within the project management community. A popular and growing trend that is slowly sweeping the business world. The main idea of the concept is based on project management teams learning how to support their company's strategy and deal with the business ...
Project Management • • 4 min read
My name is Ryan Li, and I am the co-founder of DigiSomni. We are focused on bringing 3D VR solutions to businesses and communities of every size. Using the open-source platform Vircadia, many groups and organizations hold their meetups and events virtually with full presence and effect despite Covid-19 ...
Customer Stories • • 1 min read
Hello everyone,Two and a half years ago, we announced ActiveCollab 5.14, which specified new requirements needed to run ActiveCollab on your server. At the time, we switched from PHP 5.6 to 7.1 and started requiring MySQL 5.7.Today we are announcing upcoming requirement changes that will affect ActiveCollab ...
Product • • 2 min read
Happy summer, everyone. We hope this month's recap finds you well! Here's this June's shortlist:A refurbished Column viewStopwatch on a projectGet paid bundle tryoutColumn viewA vital part of ActiveCollab since 2015, the Column view has been significantly refurbished. Just as we did with new budgeting ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
The Column View rework was one of the most anticipated feature updates for many of our users. The whole user interface was rebuilt from the ground up with loads of aesthetic improvements and performance upgrades. Our goal with this update was to maintain a similar look and feel for all those who loved ...
Product • • 2 min read
For a long time, I used to think about roadmaps as lists of features that are to be built at a reasonable timeframe. Once published, I felt committed to pursuing that plan. Combine that with our limited capacity in the early years (less than ten people working on the product), and you'll understand why ...
Product • • 3 min read
It seems one month is work in progress, and the next is filled with palpable results. Last month could be classified as the former of the two, this time. In April, we rolled out quite a few new features, such as Default billable status, Duplicate task lists, and New project budgeting types, which we’ll ...
Recaps • • 3 min read
Asynchronous communication lets your team work together, without working at the same time. Think fewer meetings, more breathing room. When used right, it boosts focus, respects time zones, and keeps projects moving without constant pings. But when to use it actually?
Team Collaboration • • 8 min read