Introduction to project management/IPM101/Context/History

How far back do you think project management goes?


 * 2570 BCE: The Great Pyramid of Giza completed
 * 208 BCE: Construction of the Great Wall of China
 * 1917: The Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt (1861-1919)
 * 1956: The American Association of Cost Engineers (now AACE International) formed
 * 1957: The Critical Path Method (CPM) invented by the Dupont Corporation
 * 1958: The Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) invented for the U.S. Navy's Polaris Project
 * 1962: United States Department of Defense mandate the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) approach
 * 1965: The International Project Management Association (IPMA) founded
 * 1969: Project Management Institute (PMI) launched to promote the Project Management profession
 * 1975: PROMPTII method created by Simpact Systems Limited
 * 1975: The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Fred Brooks
 * 1984: Theory of Constraints (TOC) introduced by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt in his novel "The Goal"
 * 1986 Scrum named as a Project Management Style
 * 1987: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) published by PMI
 * 1989: Earned Value Management (EVM) Leadership elevated to Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition
 * 1989: PRINCE Method developed From PROMPTII
 * 1994: CHAOS Report first published
 * 1996: PRINCE2 published by CCTA
 * 1997: Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) invented
 * 1998: PMBOK becomes a standard
 * 2001: The Agile Manifesto written
 * 2006: "Total Cost Management Framework" released by AACE International
 * 2008: 4th edition of PMBOK Guide released
 * 2009: Major PRINCE2 revision by Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
 * 2012: ISO 21500:2012 Standard for Project Management released
 * 2012: 5th Edition of PMBOK Guide released