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2570 BCE
Responsibility in The Pyramid of Giza
Records show that there were managers accountable for the completion of each side of the pyramid. No records on how it was organized -
208 BCE
Division of labor in the Great Wall of China
Emperor Qin Shihuang had organized labor into three groups: soldiers, common people, and criminals. -
The Gantt Chart
Henry Gantt created a scheduling diagram implemented in the construction of the Hoover Dam in 1931. It is still used today. -
The American Association of Cost Engineers
The precursor of the AACE International and pioneers in planning and scheduling, cost estimating, cost and schedule control. -
The Invention of the Critical Path Method (CPM)
The Dupont corporation developed a technique to predict project duration by analyzing which of sequence of activities has the least amount of flexibility in the schedule. -
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Created by the Department of Defense, the WBS was a part of the Polaris mobile submaride-launched ballistic missle project. The WBS is a hierarchical tree structure of deliverables and tasks to be performed in a project. It is still used today. -
The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Published by PMI
The 1st Ed. of the PMBOK was published in 1987 and was the first attempt to standardize accepted PM information and practices. -
PRINCE2
The updated version from 1989, PRINCE was originally developed for Information Systems and Information Technology projects to reduce cost and time overruns. PRINCE2 became more generic and applicable to any project type. -
ISO 21500
The international standard for guidance on Project Management. It was intended to provide generic guidance, explain core principles and what constitutes good practice in project management. -
PMBOK 6th Edition
The latest iteration of the PMBOK Guide that includes some Agile concepts.
