Jelena Slatinac
Content Writer
Jelena brings a taste of Italy to our team. She knows the difference between fame and mastery and keeps asking the difficult trivia questions. We're still waiting for some pasta, though.
The first step in eliminating waste is to identify it by breaking down all business processes visually and finding opportunities to get rid of any activities that don't add value to customers. The Lean methodology defines seven types of waste that need to be eliminated so that processes can be optimized.Two ...
Project Management • • 5 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
It’s time to face the music: the world has changed. As one of our users put it: “Uncertainty ahead!!”, and it’s true. We don’t know where we’ll be by the end of the year. We don’t even know when we’ll be able to get back to our offices!But until we do, teams are still working together ...
Team Collaboration • • 3 min read
They’re finally here! New budgeting types have been released to everyone, and we know some of you have been eagerly expecting them. Time is money, so we won’t waste any of it, but rather get down to business right away.Three is the magic numberBefore: no budgeting types, you could only choose whether ...
Product • • 2 min read
We’ve been keeping you updated on every step we take, month after month, in our monthly recaps. The latest features we’ve been working on required a lot of sweeping up, or as we like to call it, “spring-cleaning”. The team made many changes to the time tracking process, with a particular goal ...
Product • • 3 min read
Have you heard? We’ve been working on Timesheets! In our previous posts, we’ve been talking about the (Team) Timesheet, while we’d like to get on a more Personal note now.It’s important to know where your team’s time goes, but it’s crucial to be aware of your own whereabouts in a time continuum ...
Product • • 2 min read
Experiment [noun] - “A procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.”Before you even start thinking about performing an experiment, its value must ...
Project Management • • 3 min read
In our previous post, we talked about setting a S.M.A.R.T. goal and said we'd give you an example from our own yard, so here it is!This is how we do itWe thought it would be nice to suggest you try out ActiveCollab in your native language. So, if you’re from Portugal and you’re visiting our site ...
Project Management • • 3 min read
Automating work has been a dream for managers worldwide for decades. Getting rid of tedious assignments such as creating the same assignments repeatedly, rescheduling them according to unpredictable circumstances, and fitting together regular activities with occasional ones is ActiveCollab's goal. We've ...
Product • • 3 min read