Project Management - A Brief History

Background

1950 marked the beginning of the modern project management. Before 1950, projects on an ad hoc basis and have been using Gantt charts for the most part, managed or informal tools and techniques. At that time, the project has developed two mathematical models: 1) "program evaluation and control technique, developed by Booz-Allen & Hamilton, under the U.S. Navy Polaris missile submarine, and 2) Critical PathMethod (CPM), developed in joint ventures both DuPont Corporation and Remington Rand Corporation for the management of maintenance projects. These mathematical techniques quickly spread into many private enterprises.

As a discipline of project management developed from different fields of application, including design, engineering and defense. In the United States, the forefather of project management is Henry Gantt, called the father of technical planning and control, which istool called known for his use of the "Gantt chart" project management. The study of implementation and management of marine construction is legendary. His work is the forerunner of many modern project management tools.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) was created in 1969 to serve the industry in the interest of the project. The principle of MRI is that the tools and techniques of project management are common among the generalProject implementation in the software industry, the construction industry. The PMI authorized the development of what should be) a guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide rules and guidelines of practice that the profession is widely distributed.

The International Project Management Association (IPMA), a European group, has a similar trend and led to the competence center IPMA (ICB). ApproachThe ICB also begins with a basic knowledge and experience adds just thinking on the subject, the skills and interpersonal skills. Both organizations are currently developing a project management with ISO.

Project management is a big problem. Too far to put in a short article. I have several good books at the end of this article or visit www.projectmanagementprofiles.com For more information aboutProject management.

Brooks, Fred (1995). Man of the month, 20th Anniversary Edition, Adison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-83595-9.

Whitty, S. Jonathan (2005). A memetic paradigm of project management. International Journal of Project Management, 23 (8), 575-583.

Heerkens, Gary (2001). Project Management (Briefcase Books Series). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-137952-5.

Berkun, Scott (2005). Art of Project Management. Cambridge, MA: O'ReillyMedia. ISBN 0-596-00786-8.