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Perhaps the best-known application of graphic analysis to scheduling is the Gantt chart. Henry Laurence Gantt was an early follower of Frederick Taylor . . . and a major proponent of scientific management. . . . Developed in 1917 to aid in the war effor

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Perhaps the best-known application of graphic analysis to scheduling is the Gantt chart. Henry Laurence Gantt was an early follower of Frederick Taylor . . . and a major proponent of scientific management. . . . Developed in 1917 to aid in the war effort, the widely praised Gantt chart focused on progress toward scheduled goals, rather than on actual quantities.

Citation Source: 
Yates 1989

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology