为了纪念史蒂夫·乔布斯，《纽约时报》曾提问:“史蒂夫·乔布斯对你有什么影响?”对项目经理来说，他的天才早在20世纪80年代中期就已得到认可。
MacProject是一个项目管理和调度业务应用程序，于1984年随第一台苹果麦金塔系统发布。它由黛布拉·威勒特(Debra Willrett)编写，最初是为苹果首次发布的丽萨(Lisa)电脑开发的一个软件应用程序，名为丽萨项目(LisaProject)。这是第一个用于项目管理的图形用户界面(GUI)。苹果的产品是第一个简化这个过程的产品。它为用户提供了在计算机上以PERT图的形式绘制项目的交互能力。
James Halcomb是使用关键路径方法的著名专家，他是MacProject的早期支持者。他曾经用手绘的网络图管理过无数复杂的项目。Halcomb立刻意识到WYSIWYG(所见即所得)图形界面的潜力，以及关键路径的创新计算机计算。带着一台可以放在飞机座位下面的定制尺寸的丽萨电脑，哈尔科姆走遍了美国，在他的CPM课程中展示了这项新发现的技术。他咨询了苹果软件的开发人员，从而得以撰写《用MacProject策划大计划》一书，这本书向一代Mac用户介绍了PERT和CPM。苹果电脑公司的座右铭除了“非同凡想”之外，也可以是“视觉思考”，尤其是在项目管理界。所有伟大的事业都有结局。以下是史蒂夫•乔布斯的几句临别赠言:“死亡的好处是，你知道不必为别人的选择而浪费生命。”“不要让别人的意见淹没了你自己内心的声音。最重要的是，要有勇气追随自己的内心和直觉。”
In memory of Steve Jobs, The New York Times asked “How did Steve Jobs affect you?” To the project manager his genius is recognized as far back as the mid 1980’s.
MacProject was a project management and scheduling business application that was released with the first Apple Macintosh systems in 1984. Written by Debra Willrett, it originally was a software application for Apple's first launched Lisa computer and was called LisaProject. This was the first graphical user interface (GUI) for project management. Apple’s product was the first to simplify the process. It gave the user the interactive ability to draw their project on the computer in the form of a PERT chart.
James Halcomb, a renowned expert in the use of the Critical Path Method was an early proponent of MacProject. He had administered countless complex projects on hand-drawn network diagrams. Halcomb instantly recognized the potential of the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) graphical interface along with the innovative computerized calculation of the critical path. With a custom sized Lisa computer that he could fit under an airplane seat, Halcomb traveled throughout the US demonstrating this new found technology in his CPM courses. He consulted with Apple’s software's developers to enable him to author his book Planning Big with MacProject, A book which introduced a generation of Mac users to PERT and CPM. The motto at Apple Computer besides “Think Differently” could have also have been “Think Visually” especially for the Project Management World. All great projects have an ending. Here are a few of Steve Jobs’ departing words: “The benefit of death is you know not to waste life living someone else’s choices”. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
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