H. L. Gant

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H. L. Gant

Henry L. Gant, enjoyed working as a mechanical engineer. Henry L. Gant associated with making his eponymous graphical scheduling and control chart. Gant are used to reveal scheduled at the same time as actual project progress. Accepted as a commonplace project management device today, the Gant diagram was a modernization of earthwide importance back then, based on H. L. Gant's work while ship building during WWI. Gant diagrams were used to schedule and monitor large construction projects like the Hoover Dam started in 1931 and the US interstate highway network launched in 1956.

Henry Laurence Gant Biography

Henry L. Gant was born in Calvert County, Maryland, USA. He graduated from McDonogh School in 1878 and Johns Hopkins College. After working as a teacher and draftsman, he pursued mechanical engineering. In 1887, he joined Frederick W. Taylor in the scientific management of Midvale Steel and Bethlehem Steel, working together there until 1893. Later in his career as a management consultant, in addition to the Gantt charts, he devised the 'task and bonus' method of wage payment and created methods of monitoring worker efficiency and productivity.

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