Item: ActiveCollab
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ActiveCollab allows us to manage each of our sprints (which last two weeks) and our tasks within those sprints. Tasks are assigned accordingly, and we can track our time as well as the progress of each task and any impediments if necessary. We can also see tasks that other people are working on and add time to those (or view the status) if needed. We can categorize tasks where appropriate and get an idea of how long future tasks in that type of category will take.

Pros and Cons

Track time for projects
See which tasks are easily assigned
Move tasks over from one project to another
Add notes for a particular project that carry over
Categorize tasks appropriately

Does not maintain default categories for tasks
Makes information difficult to share with others not on AC
Relies on other people to track their time correctly in categories for estimates
Mobile app is very hard to use and not user-friendly if you are working with multiple projects

Most Important Features

Tracking time
Categorizing time
Assigning tasks
View status of tasks

Return on Investment

Able to see what tasks each team member is working on
Able to get an idea of where our time is going
Able to estimate upcoming projects better on how long they will take
Able to see what tasks were worked on in a specific period of time (over the past 6 months, etc.)

Key Insights

Do you think ActiveCollab delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with ActiveCollab's feature set?

Yes

Did ActiveCollab live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of ActiveCollab go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy ActiveCollab again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

ActiveCollab is great for managing all scrum/sprint tasks. We organize our sprints into projects and name them with the week and the sprint the project will cover. It can get cumbersome to have all the sprints, but we generally only focus on the current or previous sprint, so we don't need to categorize the others. We also keep a backlog of tasks that are not in a sprint. ActiveCollab allows you to move tasks in and out, so this backlog has been useful. If you have a lot of projects you are juggling at once, this may be a more difficult interface to use, or you'd have to categorize things very well in order to find them. ActiveCollab works great on a desktop, which is how I primarily use it. However, I found the mobile app frustrating and not user-intuitive. I try to avoid using the mobile app whenever possible and just enter my time via the desktop.

Works great for our sprint/scrum tasks, just be aware of limitations and avoid the mobile app

Overall Satisfaction with ActiveCollab