The latest paper in our series on the origins of project controls has been published in the March edition of Project Management World Journal [1].
This paper traces the origins of accounting, through cost accounting, to cost engineering. Download the full paper from: https://mosaicprojects.com.au/PMKI-ZSY-020.php#Process1 [2]
This is the part of a series of papers looking at the origins of the structures underpinning Earned Value Management (EVM):
1. The History of Scheduling [3] (these papers are stand-alone, but the schedule is a key support to EVM)
2. The Origins of WBS & Management Charts [4]
3. The Origins of Cost Engineering [2]
4. The Origins of EVM (full update planned for mid-year)
As always, we are happy to receive feedback and additional information to help improve this history resource which is freely available to everyone: https://mosaicprojects.com.au/PMKI-ZSY.php [5]