How do you handle working with a company full of people who don’t understand what it takes to truly manage a project?  When they want to manage a project, but couldn’t tell you when you’d use a PERT chart versus a Gantt Chart? When they don’t want to resource load and distribute shared assets across the organization (and don’t want to pay $1,000 a seat for features they’ll never use…) AEC Software has a solution that fits just such a need: FastTrack Schedule 9.0.

Since 50% of FastTrack Schedule’s users are not very experienced with project management software, they designed their project management software with ease-of-use as a paramount concern.  Since every project manager, whether one by training or by task, needs to show project estimates and project completion to the stakeholders and project sponsors. AEC’s FastTrack has a reporting module that works perfectly for this.  It also integrates with other mainstream project management tools like Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

Their project management software handles project consolidation as well - empowering you to manage several projects within a single project file.  The resources layout tool enables you to track the contributions of project participants over time, including scheduling project personnel and resolving conflicts which undoubtedly arise when you have someone who’s 250% allocated.  The reporting piece allows you to archive a snapshot of the project and drop it into a PowerPoint presentation so you can mail that off to all of the stakeholders..

But here’s something you don’t frequently get with other project management software — It’s cross-platform.  This means that your back-office team can see the share project files with the creative team so devoted to their Macs.  Now, finding Mac Project Management Software is frequently hard enough, but here you get a solution that works all around.  I know people will be excited to hear that there are more choices when looking for Project Management Software for the Mac.

The price of FastTrack Schedule is $350 per license. You can learn more about their product at AEC Software.