As a discipline, Project Management developed from different fields of application including construction, engineering, and defense. In the United States, the forefather of project management is [[Henry Gantt]], called the father of planning and control techniques, who is famously known for his use of the [[Gantt chart|"bar" chart]] as a project management tool, for being an associate of [[Frederick Winslow Taylor|Frederick Winslow Taylor's]] theories of [[scientific management]], [http://principles-of-scientific-management.blogspot.com/] and for his study of the work and management of Navy ship building. His work is the forerunner to many modern project management tools including the [[work breakdown structure]] (WBS) and resource allocation. | As a discipline, Project Management developed from different fields of application including construction, engineering, and defense. In the United States, the forefather of project management is [[Henry Gantt]], called the father of planning and control techniques, who is famously known for his use of the [[Gantt chart|"bar" chart]] as a project management tool, for being an associate of [[Frederick Winslow Taylor|Frederick Winslow Taylor's]] theories of [[scientific management]], [http://principles-of-scientific-management.blogspot.com/] and for his study of the work and management of Navy ship building. His work is the forerunner to many modern project management tools including the [[work breakdown structure]] (WBS) and resource allocation. |