Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada, and is located about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from BC's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland.
Henry Gantt, a mechanical engineer, invented the Gantt chart in the 1910s. He designed his chart so that production foreman could watch schedules to ensure the work was being done on time. Gantt charts were used when building the Hoover Dam and for organizing large projects.
Both Ishikawa and Deming use this diagram as one the first tools in the quality management process. Ishikawa also showed the importance of the seven quality tools: control chart, run chart, histogram, scatter diagram, Pareto chart, and flowchart.