When did we actually start using project management basic principles?
Even though the main PM Bodies – IPMA, PMI and guidelines such as PMBoK and PRINCE were developed in the late 20th century, project management principles existed and were used though not under an consolidated format.
All the major construction works starting of with the pyramids had ‘embedded’ project management – high level split of work a.k.a WBS, division of the levels of work to manageable size item a.k.a Activities, sequence set for all the activities a.k.a Dependencies, resources allocated – labour force, materials and a set of equipments etc.
Project Management is a part of everything we do on a day to day basis, it up to us to tailor the guidelines and to create the fit for purpose methodology for our projects, alongside with the proper tools, techniques and software systems.
