Histroy of Gantt charts
The most famous feature in MS Project is definitely Ghant chart. Gantt charts are useful tools for planning and scheduling projects. Gantt Chart allows you to assess how long a project should take to see how remedial action may bring the project back on course, lay out the order in which tasks need to be carried out, help manage the dependencies between tasks, determine the resources needed, monitor progress. You can immediately see what should have been achieved at a point in time.
You probably use it on daily basis, but have you ever wonderd why is it called Gantt chart? No? :) Well I have, so I will explain anyway :)
Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919) was a mechanical engineer, management consultant and industry advisor. Henry Laurence Gantt developed Gantt charts in the second decade of the 20th century. Gantt charts were used as a visual tool to show scheduled and actual progress of projects. Accepted as a commonplace project management tool today, it was an innovation of world-wide importance in the 1920s. Gantt charts were used on large construction projects like the Hoover Dam started in 1931 and the interstate highway network started in 1956.
Henry Gantts contribution to the management process is honored today through the The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal. The award established in 1929 is given for distinguished achievement in management and for service to the community.