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“History of Project Management”
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After the 19th Century
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the steel industry. The goal of the book was to give unskilled
workers the opportunity to work on new, complex projects by
learning skills rapidly through simplicity.
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entities created systems for project management purposes, but
it was not until the late 19th century when the newfound era of
computers and project management truly began.
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Frederic Taylor authored a publication on better project
management tactics to improve the efficiency of skilled
laborers. Many successful organizations still use these
tactics today.
PERT and CPM were two of the first mathematical formulas
for discerning project risk.
Computers gave project managers new ways to compute
risks and manage projects.
The Internet gave birth to mass communication and
efficiency across all projects and in greater detail to the
devices of today.
Conclusion:
Project Management was a major part of construction. There was not a
specific time when it started but with the ancient structures we can say
that there was management in all the structures. It may have took them
a long time before completing all of it, because of the tools and
manpower that they had but atleast they were able to finish them.
Another conclusion was that if ever there was never project
management the construction of structures would get longer, a lot more
expensive and would need more manpower.
Summary:
Project Manage has been used since the ancient time given the
structures like The Great Pyramids, The Great Wall of China, etc. It was
believed that the first TRUE project that used this method was the
Transcontinental Railroad when the modern era was starting. Because
we need to change our labor and tactics on building structure it was
better to have this kind of method that would give ease to everything.
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Henry Gantt used charts to monitor everything. Frederic Taylor was the
author of a book that gave better project management tactics to
improve the efficiency of these laborers. Now, in the modern era,
computers have become a essential tool in making it more efficient and
greater in detail.