Name/Title
1982- VisiSchedule by Visicorp v1.05 (1/2025)Tags
VisiCorpDescription
VisiCorp, originally founded as Personal Software in 1976 by Dan Fylstra and Peter R. Jennings, was a pioneering software company known for several influential products1. One of their notable programs was VisiSchedule, released in 1982.
VisiSchedule was an automatic project scheduling and job costing program designed to replace hand-drawn time line schedules with printed ones. It was based on the Critical Path Method (CPM) and treated a project as a series of jobs, each with specific attributes like duration, cost, and prerequisites2. The software linked these jobs into an overall project schedule, making it useful for industries such as construction, research, and product development2.
VisiSchedule could allocate costs, specify start dates, slack times, holidays, and deadlines for each task. It produced comprehensive summaries, calendar time charts, milestone reports, and other detailed outputs. The program was written in UCSD Pascal and used the Apple II’s facilities for menu setup and cursor control2.
VisiCorp’s success with VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet for personal computers, led to the company’s renaming in 1982. VisiCalc’s popularity was a significant milestone in personal computing, and VisiCorp continued to innovate with products like VisiSchedule and Visi On, the first graphical user interface for the IBM PC.Acquisition
Acquisition Method
EBayDate
Jan 6, 2025
