This report documents and summarizes the development of the pavement maintenance management system from 1974 through 1983. The most important aspects of the development are discussed, step by step. These are: development of the Pavement Condition Index, development of maintenance and repair (M & R) guidelines, validation of the M & R guidelines, development of initial prediction models, development of consequence system programs, development of final prediction models, and adoption of the PAVER pavement management system.