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Topic: Tracking chart for Apollo project development
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jklier
Member Posts: 90
From: Austin, Texas
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 02-24-2022 09:13 AM
   
In one of my many books on Apollo, I remember reading about the tracking system they used for the many components being worked on by all the entities involved. The status was tracked on a large display board. I'm looking for a good source of information on this tracking system. I've been scanning back through my books but have not found it yet. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 70
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Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 02-24-2022 09:30 AM
I assume that you are referring to the Gantt charts. |
NavyPilot
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Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 02-24-2022 05:55 PM
They also used PERT (Program/Project Evaluation & Review Technique/Tracking) charts. Hope this helps the search. |
jklier
Member Posts: 90
From: Austin, Texas
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 02-25-2022 04:59 PM
Thanks! I'll start my search with those. |
sev8n
Member Posts: 262
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 02-26-2022 07:09 PM
From Gantt: The first Gantt chart was devised in the mid 1890s by Karol Adamiecki, a Polish engineer who ran a steelworks in southern Poland and had become interested in management ideas and techniques.Some 15 years after Adamiecki, Henry Gantt, an American engineer and project management consultant, devised his own version of the chart and it was this that became widely known and popular in western countries. Consequently, it was Henry Gantt whose name was to become associated with charts of this type. edit: I initially misread this as "1980s" and assumed that Apollo development pre-dated Gantt charts. |
NavyPilot
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posted 02-27-2022 02:38 PM
I had always heard that PERT charts were developed and fielded by the Navy in the latter 1950s during the Polaris missile development. For what it's worth, Wikipedia tends to confirm this. So, within the national missile community, there may have been cross-pollination that made its way into NASA via the numerous USAF missile command veterans in its ranks.The concept of critical path management is widely understood today, but PERT was an early framework in establishing it as a means to deliver on time. I think that in this case, NASA was more of an exploiter of best in class rather than an innovator. |
RobertB
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From: Israel
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 02-28-2022 06:11 AM
I'd suggest "The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs" by Stephen B. Johnson.I think this covers what you're looking for. |
oly
Member Posts: 1347
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 02-28-2022 09:01 PM
Are you wanting information regarding the planning of the Apollo moon landing project or the Saturn V development program?NASA's Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations (SP-4204) has some good detail regarding the Apollo Program, while Stages to Saturn (SP-4206) has some good information regarding the Saturn V program, including Chapter 9: Coordination: Men and Machines.  |
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