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
Where do I start? That’s the first question you’ll ask yourself. The minute you sit down to create a project schedule, you’ll become overwhelmed and baffled by the sheer amount of things (tasks) you’ll have to get in order and alignment.For most project managers, project scheduling is one of ...
Project Management • • 10 min read
Every project deserves its own private launch party – an event where the gang gets together to meet, celebrate and initiate the work they’re about to take on as one team. In the real world, that party would be called the project kickoff meeting. A more or less formal meeting with a snazzy presentation ...
Project Management • • 10 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to the latest recap of ActiveCollab’s updates! In May, we talked about user cards and discussions. The latter will also be a topic this time, along with budget intervals, labels, and task lists.Budget IntervalsWe’ve covered the new feature extensively in a dedicated blog post ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
An idea without a purpose is not an idea worth pursuing. At least not in project management. Every project is an ambitious venture. To take your idea and give it legs, it needs to pass the project initiation phase with flying colors. This means you need to construct and develop an irresistible business ...
Project Management • • 10 min read
You’re project has gone into implementation mode. While everyone on the project team gets knee-deep into their action items, you, the project manager, try to stay across all the moving parts. The deadlines, the budgets, the roll out of deliverables that have dependent tasks attached to them, and the ...
Project Management • • 9 min read
Staying within the defined scope of your project helps you deliver on the deliverables you agreed upon within a reasonable timeframe. However, out-of-scope happens to be one of the biggest challenges project managers face during project management. Since no project is immune to out-of-scope, you need ...
Project Management • • 7 min read
Before a problem or challenge can be solved, it needs to be fully understood. The same goes for product launches and marketing strategies. If you want a product or campaign to deliver, you need to know exactly what the customer wants, and what the business can endure.Forbes tells us two key reasons why ...
Project Management • • 10 min read
We have great news for all those agencies and freelancers working on a retainer. As the title says, ActiveCollab now has a new feature in the project budget area!Retainer DefinitionBefore we get started, let's pause for a moment and define what's a retainer. Sometimes, service providers find clients ...
Product • • 3 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to May's edition of ActiveCollab's updates! Our previous recap discussed the Self-hosted upgrade and the development of version 8.0. This time, we'll talk about user cards and pinned discussions.User CardIn ActiveCollab 8.0, it will be possible to open a user's card throughout ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to another ActiveCollab recap! In our previous post, we talked about the Search box improvements and easier task navigation that will be available in the upcoming new version. This time, we'll discuss the upgrade for our self-hosted users and the progress we've made in developing ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Don’t you just wish putting together a high-performing team was as simple as getting the best individuals together and then watching as magic takes place? Unfortunately, that sort of thing only happens in the movies.Or does it? When you really think about it, people not getting along at first, but ...
Team Collaboration • • 8 min read
You have probably uttered the phrase “greater than the sum of its parts” so many times in your life without giving it much thought. But as cliched as it might sound, that is the exact philosophy behind every great team.Research shows that 97% of workers and employers believe that a lack of team alignment ...
Team Collaboration • • 8 min read