Project Management - Introduction

Introduction 

Project Management Evolution:

19th Century - Civil engineering projects were generally managed by creative architects, engineers.
1950 - Organisation applied formalised technique.
1956 - American association of cost engineers was formed.
1967 - Inter nation Project Management association was founded (Europe)
1969 - Project Management Institute (USA)

Henry Laurence Gantt was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for developing the Gantt chart in the 1910s. He's knows as forefather of Project Management.

Henry Laurence Gantt

Gantt charts were employed on major infrastructure projects including the Hoover Dam and Interstate highway system and continue to be an important tool in project management and programme management.

The critical path method (CPM) is a project modeling technique developed in the late 1950s by Morgan R. Walker of DuPont and James E. Kelley, Jr. of Remington Rand.

The Project evaluation and review technique (PERT) developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it is commonly used in conjunction with the critical path method (CPM).

Project Manager:

Cost, Time & Scope of work are the primary function of project manager.

Qualities of Great Project Manager:

1. Coomunicatons
2. Works well with people
3. Thinks big & detail picture of project
4. Likes to : Manage people, follow process, Document things, Planning & execution

What is Project management:

1. It is temporary group of activity for a unique product/goal
2. Different from operations & management
3. Combination of business & engineering
4. Need to manage cost, time, scope, issue & risks
5. Need to businesses & technology savoy