Henry Laurence Gannt Accomplishments
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| Henry L. Gannt |
H. L. Gannt, pursued the profession of mechanical engineer and management consultant. Mr. Gannt is most familiar for producing his self-named easily-viewed scheduling and management chart. Gannt charts are drawn to reveal projected and real project progress. A commonly accepted project management instrument these days, it was a modernization of international importance back then, founded on H. L. Gannt's work while ship building during WWI. Gannt charts were used to project and control projects for construction on a massive scale such as the US interstate highway network in 1956 and the Hoover Dam started in 1931.
H. L. Gannt Biography
Henry Gannt 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 diagram, he devised the 'task and bonus' method of wage payment and created methods of monitoring worker efficiency and productivity.
