Saylor Academy BUS 402 Project
Management Questions and Answers
History of Project Management <unit 1> --Project management has been around since
human beings began to create structures they wanted to last.
--Completing these large projects required organizing efforts to meet the exact specifications of
the end-users and stakeholders.
-- In 1911 Frederick Taylor, the father of scientific management, used scientific reasoning to
demonstrate we can complete tasks more efficiently when we break the work processes down
into smaller tasks.
-- Henri Gantt built on Taylor's work by creating the Gantt chart, an easy-to-use management
tool designed to track multiple tasks in large projects.
-- Similar tools include the program evaluation and review technique (PERT) and the critical
path method (CPM).
--With scientific management theory as its backbone and various tools available to keep track of
processes, project management methods have expanded across many fields.
Frederick Taylor <unit 1> The father of scientific management. They used scientific
reasoning to demonstrate we can complete tasks more efficiently when we break the work
processes down into smaller tasks.
, Saylor Academy BUS 402 Project
Management Questions and Answers
Henri Gantt <unit 1> Built on Frederick Taylor's work by creating the Gantt chart
2008 PMBOK knowledge areas <unit 1> Scope management,
Time management,
Cost management,
Quality management,
Human resource management,
Communications management,
Risk management,
Procurement management,
Stakeholder management,
Integration management.
Initiation process <unit 1> The project start-up, working with clients or stakeholders to
determine the project scope and defining the end product.
Planning Process <unit 1> Creating the appropriate schedules, budgets, and
communication tools they will employ throughout the project.
Management Questions and Answers
History of Project Management <unit 1> --Project management has been around since
human beings began to create structures they wanted to last.
--Completing these large projects required organizing efforts to meet the exact specifications of
the end-users and stakeholders.
-- In 1911 Frederick Taylor, the father of scientific management, used scientific reasoning to
demonstrate we can complete tasks more efficiently when we break the work processes down
into smaller tasks.
-- Henri Gantt built on Taylor's work by creating the Gantt chart, an easy-to-use management
tool designed to track multiple tasks in large projects.
-- Similar tools include the program evaluation and review technique (PERT) and the critical
path method (CPM).
--With scientific management theory as its backbone and various tools available to keep track of
processes, project management methods have expanded across many fields.
Frederick Taylor <unit 1> The father of scientific management. They used scientific
reasoning to demonstrate we can complete tasks more efficiently when we break the work
processes down into smaller tasks.
, Saylor Academy BUS 402 Project
Management Questions and Answers
Henri Gantt <unit 1> Built on Frederick Taylor's work by creating the Gantt chart
2008 PMBOK knowledge areas <unit 1> Scope management,
Time management,
Cost management,
Quality management,
Human resource management,
Communications management,
Risk management,
Procurement management,
Stakeholder management,
Integration management.
Initiation process <unit 1> The project start-up, working with clients or stakeholders to
determine the project scope and defining the end product.
Planning Process <unit 1> Creating the appropriate schedules, budgets, and
communication tools they will employ throughout the project.
