The Brief Story about Project Management

Project management has evolved many centuries of used. It was not until the 1950s that the literature began to reflect the evolving theory and practice of this discipline. An early rudimentary form of project management was used over the centuries in the creation of artifacts and cultural enhancements in world societies.
Project management, as a methodology for efficiency accomplishing work, continues to advance both in its application to different situations and in the refinement of the process for a wide variety of efforts. Examples of projects through artifacts and literature that span more than 5000 years demonstrate the utility and versatility of project management as effecting change in an organization through the judicious use of resources to create and deliver products, services, and organization change.
For more than 50 centuries, project management has evolved to become the principal means for dealing with change in modern organizations. Nowadays, project management is widely known and acknowledged as the means to convert resources to create something more valuable. People of many nations on earth embrace project management concepts and practices to design, develop, and deliver products and services.
As general there are five basic principles of Project Management, they are;
a) A study of the historical evaluation of project management can enhance an understanding of contemporary project management.
b) The practice of project management precedes the development of related literature in the field.
c) Project management has evolved from practice and theory of general management.
d) Changes in antiquity were aided and facilitated through early forms of project management.
e) Projects were the building blocks of change in ancient societies.
Although project management has taken nearly 5000 years to evolve to its current state, there are still improvements to be realized because of global nature of economy and the growing number of international projects. It is anticipated that project management will evolve to accommodate new needs and resultant demands for better efficiencies. All these change will take advantage of new technology for information interchange, raising the level of competence in project management for all participants, and changes to methodologies to bridge across processes. Project Management professional associations will play a major role in advancing the state of the art through volunteer efforts and sharing experiences.