CHARTING TIME: TIMELINES AS TEMPORAL BOUNDARY OBJECTS.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 October 2002
Elaine K. Yakura
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This article investigates the use of visual artifacts to represent time. Timelines, or “Gantt charts,” are widely used for scheduling, budgeting, and project management, and they are woven into the...
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