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244 posts by ActiveCollab Team

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ActiveCollab Solved Our Communication Problems

Written by Suleiman Leadbitter, lead frontend designer & project manager at SuljamI currently run a small team in digital design, development, and consulting agency called Suljam, based in the UK in Peterborough's FutureBusinessCenter. We build web and mobile applications while also doing user experience ...

Customer Stories 2 min read

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Why We Switched From Asana

Processes are important. I run DigiSavvy, a Los Angeles WordPress development agency, so I know the value of standards, workflows, and procedures.I know I need a project management process and that I should probably read those books about Agile. I also know I should probably take that nail out of my ...

Customer Stories 3 min read

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Divide & Conquer: A Simple Approach to Complex Management

Written by Irina Gutnik, marketing manager at GBKSoftMost of our customers come to us with just a bare idea or a set of problems they want to solve. Therefore, 90% of our projects start from scratch: no detailed concepts, mockups, wireframes or specifications. Considering that we usually run from 4 ...

Customer Stories 2 min read

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2016 Recap

A year in reviewIt's always a pleasure to take a step back and reflect on the past year. While 2016 wasn't as exciting as the last year (after all, you don't get to launch a completely new product every day), it improved in every regard since 2015.2016 was great for several reasons: we started to listen ...

Recaps 4 min read

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Boosting Productivity With ActiveCollab

Written by Alice Jakins, Digital Traffic Manager at New Media PublishingDialogue, New Media Publishing’s digital arm, was formed to service existing digital platforms and to roll out new project work. With more and more work streaming in, we realised we needed a workflow solution to help us deliver ...

Customer Stories 2 min read

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How One Team Mastered Automation

Written by Médéric Beaunier, CEO of aparticulaRead how aparticula, a European agency specialized in branding and web development, automated creating projects, how they keep their inboxes notification-free, and what else they do to make work easier - and more fun!We started using self-hosted ActiveCollab ...

Customer Stories 3 min read

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How I Stopped Wasting 80 Hours a Week

Written by David Robertson from Premium IT SolutionsI used to spend 60-80 hours a week just on keeping everyone updated. The key word here is “used to”. My company, Premium IT Solutions, managed projects for 10 years. Most of our projects were for very large financial institutions and we were collaborating ...

Customer Stories 2 min read

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Activecollab Blog Is Coming Back Home

Why you shouldn't move your company blog to MediumWe moved our whole blog to Medium in July 2015. Now we're moving it back where it belongs - on our website. The reasons we're moving are strictly business related.Don't get us wrong, we love Medium and we'll continue to publish there. But here’s why ...

Product 4 min read

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We Left Basecamp and Never Looked Back

Mark Gjaltema, Chief Rebel from Rebel Projects, shares his storyWhen Rebel Projects started to grow a few years ago, we went looking for an online collaboration tool. Since we only work with freelancers and with no physical office, this tool would be the backbone of our company.We tried a simple setup ...

Customer Stories 2 min read

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Legacy Beta Share Their ActiveCollab Story

Written by Logan LindquistLegacy Beta provides value for customers by building engaging and dynamic web-enabled applications. With over a decade of industry experience, LegacyBeta has the knowledge to meet all needs. They’ve worked with several top 10 Fortune 500 companies, as well as leading United ...

Customer Stories 2 min read

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Infostud Shares Their ActiveCollab Workflow

Customer story written by Ivana Tomas, Projects and IT process development consultant at InfostudInfostud is responsible for a family of useful websites everyone in Serbia knows about — for everything from finding jobs and student information to automobiles and travel. Their total monthly traffic exceeds ...

Customer Stories 2 min read