FastTrack Schedule is the TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award, and stands head and shoulders among a sea of competitors in the Mac project management software field. With this software, you can do just about anything when it comes to project management, and it features great interface that allows for full customization. Resource management is smooth and well integrated with your preexisting Mac system, and you’ll easily be able to compose professional reports for each step of your project from start to finish.
The dashboard is the key to unlocking the potential for this Mac project management software. The developers have taken what is used most in project management and organized them logically into the toolbar. These menus help you bounce between screens, instantly generate reports, filter data, monitor workloads and import media. This toolbar helps this application move beyond a two-dimensional application and enter the realm of fully formed implementation tool.
This Mac project management software also bridges the chasms between computers with its universal programming. This application will work on both Intel and Power PC Macs, and even reach into the world of Windows-based PCs and Linux systems. For your Mac, you can integrate a wide array of outside media via the iMedia toolbox, and if you want to integrate even more third-party hardware or software, the developer support team is close at hand to help you do so.
Thanks to the dashboard, you have easy access to your resource overview with this Mac project management software. The first step to any project is assembling your resources, and here it’s a snap. It pays to take care with entering your resource details, as you’ll have everything you need to delegate effectively and efficiently. This program is designed to be an essential tool for any effective leader. If you have a preexisting team assembled, and have all their information compiled in your address book, this Mac project management software will easily import their details, saving your precious time.
This valuable information can then be easily accessed for each of your resources. Each resource has a clearly outlined hourly work schedule. Each assigned task, and the time necessary to complete these tasks is compiled and computed. The workloads for your resources are presented in a color-coded bar graph, making it easy to delegate and assign tasks. You can ensure that your team is best utilizing their time, and you can make sure no one is getting burnt out from an unfair workload.
This Mac project management software offers the widest range of tools necessary to stay on top of your assignments and projects. The reporting feature is the highlight of this application. Reports (all "Office Space" jokes aside) are the best way to communicate between team members and monitor your progress through each step of a project. Reports can be tedious and cumbersome, but with FastTrack Schedule you can almost instantly generate an array of reports for immediate printing. If you’ve taken care entering all your numbers at the onset of the project, then the software will take care of the rest, creating professional and appealing documents. This frees up your time to prepare for the meetings and phone calls. The reports include cost and resource documents, but also completed tasks, incomplete tasks, upcoming tasks and milestones. These are all easily accessed through the FastSteps button that's front and center on the toolbar.
Seeing the big picture is the best way to successfully tackle those big projects. This Mac project management software makes it easy for you to keep an eye on every detail. There is a wealth of data with every project as it moves from planning to implementation to completion, and these figures are easily filtered and recombined to help you understand where to focus your attention. The master schedule is color coded and presented through an interactive Gantt chart, giving you a clear view of where you stand as your project moves forward. You can quickly take the data presented in the master schedule screen and convert it into other important documents through the layout feature. This recombines your data into different setups, allowing you to find the necessary data easily depending on the situation.
At any time, all the layouts, screens and menus are fully customizable, allowing you to easily import other files and media, alter layouts and change documents settings. This makes it easy for your software to fully conform to your projects and needs as they present themselves down the line.
This Mac project management software allows for easy startup, cutting down on the time between purchasing this application and implementing it with your next project. Time and energy spent on learning how to use this application is minimal, and the website provides a collection of project templates to help reduce that length of time even further. These templates are split up by industry, including business, construction, education, green and marketing. There are others industries too, which sends a clear message that everyone can benefit from this Mac project management software.
Using this application is a breeze. Once you load up the proper template for your project, it’s a simply a matter of inserting the proper information in the proper places. This application will do the rest, calculating costs and workloads, generating reports and helping you to keep tabs on your project. The large workspace allows you to truly grasp the larger picture of your project, between the task list or the resource list. If there is too much to look at, you can easily apply the filtering utility to hone in on specific parts of your project. Overall, this software makes it easy for you to push your projects to the next level, by drawing together your figures and deadlines into one neat package so you'll be ready to sing with productivity.
Returning to the templates, this software makes your projects run smoothly. The developers have created a great tool by eliminating the problems that can arise from wrangling unruly software. The tutorials are another tool for streamlining your project planning. Both on the website and in the software, you can access video tutorials that walk you through the features. The videos are short and easy to digest, making the education process painless if you want to brush up on your working knowledge of this software. Complementing the tutorials are tutorial practice files. Here you can work along with the tutorials or experiment on your own before you start crunching your own numbers.
The actual support features accompanying this software are accessible and are a great resource should you run into problems. The traditional support features provided through the developers come in a three-tiered system.
The standard support, which is free, covers the basics from installing and licensing issues to program error messages and accessing the FAQs and knowledgebase areas of the website. If you prefer something a little more substantial, and have it in your budget, you can opt for premium support. This subscription service walks you through all the areas that are covered under the standard support umbrella but also includes printing and publishing reports, basic functionality and troubleshooting any problems that might arise. If you don’t want to chock up the subscription fee for your project, you can also opt for the “per-incident technical support” service. These can be purchased online, for integrating third-party products, development, template designing, network installation and training.
FastTrack Schedule is the clear leader in the Mac project management software field. This application gives you a clear vantage point as the leader of your projects. Stay in control and one step ahead of the snags with this application.
