Timeline of Project Management - 20th Century

20th Century

• 1910s The Gantt Chart developed by Henry Laurence Gantt (1861–1919)

1950s

• 1950s The Critical path method (CPM) invented
• 1950s The US DoD used modern project management techniques in their Polaris project.
• 1956 The American Association of Cost Engineers (now AACE International) formed
• 1958 The Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) method invented

1960s

• 1965 International Project Management Association (IPMA) established as International Management Systems Association (IMSA)
• 1969 Project Management Institute (PMI) launched to promote project management profession

1970s

• 1975 PROMPTII methodology created by Simpact Systems Ltd (source: PRINCE2 manual)
• 1975 The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Fred Brooks published

1980s

• 1984 The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt published
• 1986 Scrum was named as a project management style in the article The New New Product Development Game by Takeuchi and Nonaka
• 1987 First Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide published as a white paper by PMI
• 1989 PRINCE method derived from PROMPTII is published by the UK Government agency CCTA and becomes the UK standard for all government information projects

1990s

• 1996 PRINCE2 published by CCTA (now OGC) as a generic product management methodology for all UK government projects.
• 1997 Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt published