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Gantt Chart: 1890s-Present
The history of Gantt charts:
1890s
1912
1910-1915
1922
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1890s
Karol Adamiecki, a Polish engineer, creates the first known “Gantt chart”, then referred to as a harmonogram.
1912
Herman Schurch, a Swiss civil engineer, utilized the Gantt chart concept for construction projects.
1912
1910-1915
American mechanical engineer, Henry Gantt, created his own version of Adamiecki’s and Schurch’s project schedule to track tasks against time, which he named the “Gantt chart”.
1910-1915
1922
Wallace Clark published the book The Gantt Chart: A Working Tool of Management.
1922
1922
1929
1931
1910-1915
1922
1929
1929
1931
1956
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1929
Walter Polakov, a Russian mechanical engineer, used the Gantt chart format to craft the first Five Year Plan in the Soviet Union.
1929
1931
1956
1990s
1931
The Gantt chart was leveraged to help construct the Hoover Dam.
1931
1956
1990s
1999
1956
While building the U.S Interstate Highway System, the Gantt chart is again used.
1956
1990s
1999
2012
1990s
With the rise of the Internet, Gantt charts were able to be created, edited, and shared across teams, departments, and resources, making it a popular feature of many web-based applications and tools.
1990s
1999
2012
Present Day
1999
Robert Klein identifies Gantt charts as “one of the most widely-used management tools for project scheduling and control.”
1999
2012
Present Day
1956
2012
Nearly all Gantt charts are created on software, making it easy for project managers to adjust schedule changes and increase productivity without having to reformat or recreate Gantt charts from scratch.
2012
Present Day
Present Day
Online Gantt chart software has risen to the forefront of project management. Features like collaboration, shareability, and flexibility have all become important aspects of effective Gantt charts.
Present Day
1929
1931
1956
1929
1931
1956
1890s
1920 - 1915
1922
1929
1931
1956
1990s
1999
2012
Present Day
2012
Present Day
2020
