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Mountaintop Consulting Home  Mountaintop PM Portal Mountaintop PM Forum Office Location Contact us Project Management History Project Management Methodology Project Sizing Matrix  Alignment with PMBOK  Alignment with Prince 2 Project Execution Project Team Management Project Budget and Cost  Project Schedule Project Lifecycle Project Risk Project OH&S Management Tools and Templates InLoox Templates & Software Books and Software Whitepapers Previous Customers Legal - Terms of use Privacy Policy License Agreementt	Project Management History   We at Mountaintop Consulting believe in order to provide Successful Project Management one has to understand  and appreciate the History of Project Management.   As a discipline, Project Management developed from different fields of application including construction, engineering and defense. In the United States, the two forefathers of project management are Henry Gantt, called the father of planning and control techniques, who is famously known for his use of the Gantt chart as a project management tool, and Henry Fayol for his creation of the 6 management functions, which form the basis for the body of knowledge associated with project and program management.   Fayol   Both Gantt and Fayol were known as being associates of Frederick Winslow Taylor's theories of scientific management, and for his study of the work and management of Navy ship building. His work is the forerunner to many modern project management tools including the work breakdown structure (WBS) and resource allocations. Source: Wikapedia Gantt     The 1950s marked the beginning of the modern Project Management era. Again, in the United States, prior to the 1950s, projects were managed on an ad hoc basis using mostly Gantt Charts, and informal techniques and tools. At that time, two mathematical project scheduling models were developed: (1) the "Program Evaluation and Review Technique" or PERT, developed by Booz-Allen & Hamilton as part of the United States Navy's (in conjunction with the Lockheed Corporation) Polaris missile submarine program; [1] and (2) the "Critical Path Method" (CPM) developed in a joint venture by both DuPont Corporation and Remington Rand Corporation for managing plant maintenance projects. These mathematical techniques quickly spread into many private enterprises.   AIPM   The Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) is the peak body for project management in Australia.  Formed in 1976 as the Project Managers' Forum, AIPM has been instrumental in progressing the profession of project management in Australia over the past 32 years.   Mountaintop Consulting supports AIPM through membership and commitment because without belonging to a professional  body which provide s a project management framework and guidance the term - Successful Project Management - does not have a meaning. Previous Page  Top   Next Page
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