Pointing the Way to the Future of Project Management: How the Past and Present Point Towards Project Management's Future

Abstract

Projects were completed successfully well before the idea of project management as its own discipline existed. This paper will look at three significant construction projects from the late 1800 and early 1900's, each unique in its time due to size, scope, or technology. The lessons learned from those projects, coupled with a look at project management history in general, will be checked against a current project management theory to determine if the focus of today's project management education has project managers pointed in the right direction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2003
Accession Number
ADA417213

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  • Robert J. Ballister Jr

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  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Gantt Charts
  • Lessons Learned
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Organization Theory
  • Personnel Management
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  • Project Management
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  • United States

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