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History of Project Management

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The Project Management Hut

Swansea University Author: Merrie Barron Orcid Logo

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Could the Great Wall of China, the pyramids, or Stonehenge have been built without project management? It is possible to say that the concept of project management has been around since the beginning of history. It has enabled leaders to plan bold and massive projects and manage funding, materials a...

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Published in: The Project Management Hut
ISSN: 2a1cdb40-6136-4636-9512-1fb800d18679@2
Published: 2009
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34169
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Abstract: Could the Great Wall of China, the pyramids, or Stonehenge have been built without project management? It is possible to say that the concept of project management has been around since the beginning of history. It has enabled leaders to plan bold and massive projects and manage funding, materials and labour within a designated time frame.
Item Description: Name:History of Project ManagementID: 2a1cdb40-6136-4636-9512-1fb800d18679@2License:Creative Commons Attribution License (by 3.0)
Keywords: project management, Critical Path Method,Frederick Taylor, Gantt chart. Henry Gantt history, Hoover Dam, ISO, Manhattan project, PERT, Pert network chart, PMBOK, PMI, Polaris Program, Evaluation and Review Technique
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering