History of Project Management

PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited Nainital, Uttrakhand, India

The concept of management came after Industrialization when scientific way of handling works started developing. The projects are being executed since the human found fire.

How we developed big projects in ancient time with no machinery and limited resources? How we devised the concept of project management and who was the first person to use it?

Posted: Nov 6, 2015 1:16 PM

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MAEN QADDOURAH Project Director| AJ SAUDI Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

you need a Historian.

Posted: Nov 7, 2015 4:09 AM

PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited Nainital, Uttrakhand, India

Thanks Maen. If anyone has idea. The purpose of this question is to know whether we are only developing towards technology aspect of project management. Do we had all the knowledge that time? What could have been done better than that?

History is important because the lesson learnt really helps. Why we need to discover the same things always when someone has a solution? We can add it or create a new one if required.

Posted: Nov 8, 2015 1:03 AM

Muhammad Uzair Muhammad Uzair| University of Peshawar Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Some researchers have already tried to trace roots of modern project management in history. Following is one such video that you may like:
www.pmcoachonline.com/2010/12/history-of-project-management-book-trailer-video-clips.html

Posted: Nov 8, 2015 3:32 PM

Muhammad Uzair Muhammad Uzair| University of Peshawar Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Some researchers have already tried to trace roots of modern project management in history. Following is one such video that you may like:
History

Posted: Nov 8, 2015 3:35 PM

Muhammad Uzair Muhammad Uzair| University of Peshawar Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Some researchers have already tried to trace roots of modern project management in history. Following is one such video that you may like:
History of Project Management - Book Trailer

Posted: Nov 8, 2015 3:36 PM

PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited Nainital, Uttrakhand, India

Very nice videos, a wonderful presentation of Project Management History.
Thanks a lot for sharing.

Posted: Nov 9, 2015 1:17 AM

PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited Nainital, Uttrakhand, India

@Muhammad : In this video the project management is presented with current methodology. Moreover it should be same. But Is there any book which present the methodology. Do we have any written documents which present the Project Management? How they actually did these?

Posted: Nov 9, 2015 1:21 AM

Muhammad Uzair Muhammad Uzair| University of Peshawar Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

The presentation is actually based on a book. Going through the book will give you an idea that though we perceive the current tools, techniques, methodologies etc of project management to be of this era, however, they have been practiced over thousands of years. In short, we might have documented them formally today, but they have been there for a long long time.

Posted: Nov 9, 2015 5:35 AM

PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited Nainital, Uttrakhand, India

Thanks a lot Muhammad. Discussion with you was a very good learning..

Posted: Nov 9, 2015 6:17 AM

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