When project management first entered the business vernacular in the 1950s and early 1960s, early adopters of project management initiatives included the construction and utilities industries as well as major defense programs. These large, bureaucratic, command-and-control organizations focused on project planning and controls and utilized tools such as Gantt charts, network diagrams and PERT. Since then, countless new industry trends have emerged. Organizations have flattened out, matrixed organizations have taken root, and new information technology has allowed people to communicate more effectively and reduce cycle times across all business processes. As a result, management began pushing…
Feb. 15-16-2012 | Chicago
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