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
Time tracking is a vital feature for companies and freelancers that charge by the hour, but also for those who need an accurate assessment of the activity’s duration. In ActiveCollab, your teams can track time on tasks and projects and choose the job type they’re working on.We’re introducing many ...
Product • • 2 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to the latest news on ActiveCollab’s updates! In our previous post, we talked about recurring tasks and custom availability. This time, we’ll show you how we incorporated the custom availability feature throughout the app and created a better way to control time tracking.ActiveCollab ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Off the top of your head, how many team values can you think of? Well, you’d be surprised how many there can be. Yes, the term might seem straightforward and self-explanatory, but how would you define team values? Let’s be straightforward here – if you’re not 100% certain what team values are ...
Team Collaboration • • 11 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to the latest edition of ActiveCollab’s recaps. During the summer, we worked on improving ways to manage recurring tasks. In September, we continued work on recurring tasks and incorporated them into the Workload.We also made the user's capacity configurable per day and brought ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Projects get transferred from one person or group to another in business every day. Whether the current project manager decides to quit or the project is moved to another department, this is very common in organizations today. Still, that doesn’t make it simple or fast. Transferring important projects ...
Project Management • • 6 min read
Let’s do some numbers, shall we? According to research, organizatons that use tried and tested project management practices waste 28 times less money than those that don’t implement them. That is a staggering difference. One of the project management practices that contributes to that figure is lessons ...
Project Management • • 9 min read
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Customer Stories • • 2 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to the summer edition of ActiveCollab’s recaps! In our previous post, we talked about discussions, labels, and task lists. This time, we’ll focus on the new features that will allow you to manage recurring tasks and notes with more ease in ActiveCollab 8.Managing Recurring ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Being a good team player isn’t about saying yes to everything or playing nice 24/7. It’s about showing up, speaking up, and stepping up when your team needs you most. It’s not just collaboration. It’s contribution with purpose. But which qualities should you be after in real world?
Team Collaboration • • 8 min read
Breaking down tasks into manageable pieces isn’t busywork, but it’s how you stop projects from spiraling. When your team knows exactly what to do (and in what order), everything moves faster, smoother, and with way fewer Slack meltdowns.
Project Management • • 7 min read
Don’t you sometimes feel so overwhelmed by your workload that throwing your computer out of the window seems like a perfectly reasonable solution? Indeed, when you have a lot on your plate, it might be challenging to focus on a single task, and actually get down to work. Assuming you know what’s ...
Project Management • • 7 min read
“I’ve never had a project delayed”, said no project manager ever. Why? Because that, right there, is mission impossible, and every project manager knows it.Delays are your non–negotiables in project management. They will test your patience. They’ll test your leadership skills. They’ll push ...
Project Management • • 10 min read