Course Length:
3 hours (with 15 min. break)

Prerequisites:
A basic knowledge of Windows and/or Macintosh.

Provided Courseware:
Primer (PDF), FastTrack Schedule training file

Course Objective:
This course is for anyone who is looking to manage their tasks and resources in greater detail. This class will teach you how to create advanced dependencies between tasks and manage if projects are finishing on time and on budget.

Course Outline:

1. Creating and Defining Resources: Set standard and overtime rates for your resource and individual work calendars.
   
2. Allocating Resources: Assign your resources to tasks effectively.
   
3. Tracking Resource Costs: Track your resource cost per task and per resource.
   
4. Spot Allocating: Modify an individual resource's allocation per day, week, month, etc.
   
5. Advanced Linking of Bars and Milestones: Setup project start date, constraint dates, constraint types and link types between tasks.
   
6. Linking/Locking Bars and Milestones: Create and modify dependencies between tasks.
   
7. Tracking Revisions and Project Status: Track where your project has started early or fallen behind and the percent your activities have been completed.
   
8. Exporting from FastTrack Schedule: Email your schedule to a client who does not have FastTrack Schedule, post it to the web, or use it to create a PowerPoint presentation.