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The document provides an overview of the history and present state of project management. It discusses how project management has existed as long as humans have worked together to achieve goals. Over time, project management tools and methodologies have evolved from early construction projects to modern practices like Gantt charts, PERT/CPM networks, and professional standards set by organizations like PMI. Project management skills are now recognized as useful in many industries and careers.

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Chapter 1

The document provides an overview of the history and present state of project management. It discusses how project management has existed as long as humans have worked together to achieve goals. Over time, project management tools and methodologies have evolved from early construction projects to modern practices like Gantt charts, PERT/CPM networks, and professional standards set by organizations like PMI. Project management skills are now recognized as useful in many industries and careers.

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Project Management:

Past and Present

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Project Management Past and
Present
• This chapter introduces project management as an
important activity in many different careers and
industries.
• The chapter presents a brief overview of the history of
project management tools and project management
professionalism.

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Careers Using Project
Management Skills
• Everyone carries out projects, every role in every
organization.

• Projects can be any size from one-person doing his or


her homework to thousands of people working together
with billion-dollar budgets.

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Project management skills
• Planning
• Communication
• Delivering results
• Monitoring risks
• Managing resources

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Industry sectors
• Business owners
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Arts, Media and Entertainment
• Building Trades and Construction
• Energy and Utilities
• Engineering and Design
• Fashion
• Finance
. . . continued on next slide

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Industry sectors (continued)
• Health and Human Services
• Hospitality, Tourism and recreation
• Manufacturing and Product Development
• Education
• Public Services
• Retail and Wholesale Trade
• Transportation
• Information Technology

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History of Project Management
• Early methodologies not well-documented, but results
still stand: the pyramids, Stonehenge, mass human
migrations
• Late 19th century
• Construction of intercontinental railroad, other large
projects
• Early 20th Century
• Frederick Taylor created Scientific Management of
industrial processes
• Henry Gantt developed a bar-chart approach to
illustrating timing of project tasks and progress
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History of Project Management
(continued)
• Mid-20th century
• CPM and PERT methodologies identified the importance of
task sequences, task dependencies and the concept of the
critical path.
• Project management as a profession
• Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded
• Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) was created

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History of Project Management
(continued)
• Today
• Increasing recognition of project management as a
specialized set of skills applicable to many different industries
• Project Management certifications: PMP, CAPM,
specializations
• PMBOK is in its 7th edition
• Variations on methodologies:
• phased (waterfall approach)
• Agile methods
• The importance of integrating projects into portfolios and programs

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Summary
• Project management has existed as long as humans have worked
together to achieve goals
• Project management skills are useful in all careers
• Project management takes place in all industries
• Project management tools and methodologies have evolved over
the past century and a half:
• Scientific management
• Gantt chart
• Pert/CPM network diagrams
• There are associations of professional project managers that set
standards for the practice of project management
• PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge or PMBOK, currently
in its fifth edition.

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Questions?

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