Sign Up and Create Your Organization

Getting your team onto Strova takes about five minutes. This guide covers signing up, completing the onboarding wizard, and understanding what's set up by default.

Step 1 — Create Your Account

1. Go to the Strova sign-up page and enter your name, email address, and a password.
2. Click Create Account. Strova will create your profile and a new organization automatically — you are its Owner.
3. Check your inbox for a confirmation email and verify your address.

You are the Owner. As the org owner you have full control over billing, members, teams, and settings. You can invite Admins later to share management responsibilities.

Step 2 — The Onboarding Wizard

After signup, Strova walks you through a three-step onboarding wizard. You can revisit any step later from Settings, so don't worry about getting everything perfect right now.

Step 1 of 3 — Timezone & Working Schedule

Strova uses your working schedule to determine:

• Which days a standup is expected from each member
• Whether an update was submitted on time, during the grace period, or late

Configure the following:

Setting	What it means
Timezone	Your organization's primary timezone (used for cutoff times)
Working days	Which days of the week standups are expected
Working hours	The window during which members typically submit
DSM cutoff time	The time after which a submission is considered late
Grace period	Extra minutes allowed after the cutoff before marking as late

Don't worry — all of these can be overridden at the team level or individual level later.

Step 2 of 3 — Create a Team & Invite Members (Optional)

You can create your first team and bulk-invite members right from the wizard.

• Team name — Give your team a clear name (e.g. "Backend", "Mobile", "Growth").
• Invite members — Paste email addresses or enter them one by one.
• Allow self-selection — If enabled, invitees can pick which teams they join after accepting.

You can skip this step and set up teams later from the Team Management page.

Step 3 of 3 — Choose Your Trial Plan

Select which plan you'd like to trial for 15 days, free:

• Startup — One team, unlimited members, AI reports, KPI scoring.
• Business — Unlimited teams, readonly (viewer) members, and project hours tracking.

Not sure which to pick? Compare plans in detail.

Step 3 — The Owner Checklist

Once onboarding is complete, your dashboard shows an Owner Checklist — five progressive steps to help you get the most out of Strova:

1. ✅ Complete onboarding (done!)
2. ✅ Invite your first team member (required)
3. ☐ Submit your first daily update
4. ☐ View your team's DSM Board
5. ☐ Explore the analytics dashboard

The checklist stays visible until all steps are complete. You can tick them off at your own pace.

What's Next?

• Invite your team members to get everyone set up
• Submit your first daily update to see the AI in action
• Understand roles to know what owners, admins, and members can do