ApproveThis manages your Axosoft Integration approvals.

When Project Management Meets Actual Decision-Making

Let’s be real: software teams already have enough on their plates without chasing down signatures or wondering if Karen from accounting even opened that budget approval email. Axosoft keeps your sprints moving, but approvals? That’s where things grind to a halt. ApproveThis doesn’t just “integrate” – it plugs directly into how teams actually work. No more switching tabs to beg for sign-offs. No more stale projects waiting on someone’s OOO reply. Just code moving forward because the paperwork finally caught up.

Why This Combo Doesn’t Suck

Axosoft’s great at telling you what needs to get built. ApproveThis handles the part where adults sign off on reality. Together? They automate the invisible work that burns dev hours. Think:

• Project kickoffs that don’t stall because legal hasn’t blinked twice at the scope
• Client change requests that get a yes/no before the sprint ends
• Budget approvals that happen while the team’s still in the meeting

For teams shipping code, this isn’t about “workflow” – it’s about removing the crap that makes devs hate process.

Use Cases That Actually Matter

1. Killing Scope Creep Before the First Commit

New Axosoft project? Cool. But without approvals, that “simple feature” becomes a monster. Connect Axosoft’s New Project trigger to ApproveThis, and suddenly:

How it works: Project gets created → Approval request auto-generated with scope/docs → Stakeholders approve via email → Axosoft project unlocked.

Who cares: Agencies tired of clients backseat-driving after development starts. Now the contract terms are baked into the approval gate.

2. Clients Who Can’t Mess Up Your Board

External approvals suck because clients use PDFs, carrier pigeons, whatever. But when ApproveThis gets a New Request, it can auto-create customers in Axosoft. No more “Who’s this email from?” – their approvals are now part of your system.

Real-world win: A SaaS company cut onboarding from 3 days to 4 hours by linking contract approvals to client setup in Axosoft. No license needed for the client’s approvers – they just click a link.

3. No More Zombie Tasks

That Axosoft item stuck in QA limbo? ApproveThis kills the guessing game. When an approval happens, it auto-updates the item’s status. Denied? Task gets flagged. Approved? Moves to “Ready for Deployment”.

Dev team sanity saver: One team reduced daily standup time by 40% because the board actually reflected reality. PMs stopped playing detective.

4. Work Logs That Don’t Lie

Freelancer logged 8 hours on “research”? Yeah, right. Auto-trigger approvals for Axosoft work logs over 4 hours. Approvers get the details, approve/reject via email, and only then does it sync to billing.

Accounting’s new best friend: A consultancy stopped overbilling clients by 22% by requiring lead dev approval on all contractor logs. No Axosoft licenses needed for external contractors – just email approvals.

Features You’ll Actually Use

ApproveThis isn’t just a “yes/no” button. It’s built for how software teams actually work:

• Approval Thresholds: Auto-approve small change requests (<$500), but escalate big ones. Perfect for minor bug fixes vs. major feature changes.
• Vacation Delegation: Karen’s on PTO? Her approvals auto-reassign. No more waiting for someone to check Slack.
• Calculated Fields: Auto-calculate sprint impact scores or budget burn rates right in the approval request. Stakeholders see the data, not just the ask.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Via Zapier, obviously. Here’s the cheat code:

1. Connect Axosoft and ApproveThis (takes 2 minutes)
2. Pick your trigger (New Project, Work Log, etc.)
3. Map Axosoft data to ApproveThis fields (protip: use Calculated Fields for estimates)
4. Test with a real project → approval → Axosoft update

Most teams have this live in under an hour. No API coding, no “contact support” – it just works.

Who Gets Their Life Back

Dev Leads: Stop being the approval bottleneck. Let stakeholders decide, while you focus on code reviews.

PMs: Your Axosoft board finally tells the truth. No more “I thought that was approved!”

Finance: Budget approvals happen before the sprint, not during. Less spreadsheet panic.

Clients: They approve via email like civilized humans. No training, no logins.

The Bottom Line

ApproveThis + Axosoft isn’t about features – it’s about shipping faster because the paperwork isn’t holding you hostage. For teams between 50-5000 people, this is how you scale without adding more meetings.

Get started with a free trial, or book a 10-minute demo to see how approvals actually get done.