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Project Management Final Exam (Project Slippage (June 2005 - delay for 6…
Project Management Final Exam
Howard Hughes
born 1905 in Texas, USA
built his own radio transmitter (11 years old)
Aerospace Engineer
Film Producer
Founded Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932
Test piloted his aircraft (Surviving two near fatal crashes)
Set a new airspeed record of 353 mph (566 km/h) in 1932
American Airline Major shareholder
Mental Health declined (obsessive - compulsive disorder) or OCD
He died in the age 1970
Spruce Goose
H-4 Hercules
Designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company
A flying boat with 4 engines on each wing
Birch Wood as main construction material
Largest Wingspan: 97.5 m or 319 feet
Designed to carry 750 soldiers or 1 Sherman Tank
Length 66.6 m
Height: 24.1 m
Project Delays
Due to getting restricted materials
Due to Hughes' obsession with perfection
Contract limited to one aircraft
Aircraft only completed after war
Airborne at 70 feet
217 km/h and 1.6km distance
No need for aircraft because no more war
Scope of the Spruce Goose
Project Budget estimate at $23 million
Scheduled for 2 years, started in 1942
3 aircraft to be built
Aircraft with the largest wingspan that has ever flown
Designed to carry 750 troops and 1 sherman tank
Designed to take off and landing on water
Constructed of birch wood
Range to cross the North Atlantic Ocean
Concorde Specifications
100 passenger capacity
Cruising Velocity: 2,140 kmph or Mach = 2.04
Droop Nose for greater visibility
Nose retracted to reduce drag during flight
Sonic Boom
aircraft travels faster than sound (creates loud sound)
Sonic boom is generated when the aircraft passes the pressure waves
Travels twice the speed of sound
Length: 202 ft
Wingspan: 84 ft or 25.6 m
38,000 lb thrust
Max Range: 4,500 mi
Max Altitude: 55,000 feet
Unit cost: 157 million
Concorde History
First flight in 1969
Entered commercial service in 1976
20 Concorde aircraft were built
Routes: Target Atlantic route between Europe and USA
Can fly between Paris to New York in less than 3.5 hours
Initially banned due to sonic boom in USA
1st Supersonic Commercial Aircraft
Concorde Risks
Project Failure
In 2000, concorde crashed in Paris Charles de Gaulle to New York
100 passengers, 9 crew and 4 ground people killed
due to metal strip puncturing the tires
fragment of tyre hit fuel tank (EXPLODE)
Pilots shut down one engine (no climb)
Sonic Boom (sound)
Funding Limitations
Selling Difficulty
had to fly at subsonic speeds entering specific routes in US
Only Air France & British Airways operated Concorde
Airbus A380 Specifications
Typical Passenger Capacity: 555
A380 Avg Price: $375.3 Million
Wingspan: 79.8m
Length: 73m
Height: 24.1 M
Flight Crew: 2
Rolls royce Engine: 81,500 lb
Max operating Speed: 0.89 Mach
Long range cruising speed: 0.85 Mach
A380 History
made by Airbus
Ultra high capacity passenger aircraft
First flight, 2005
First commercial flight, 2007 - Singapore Airlines
Project Slippage
June 2005 - delay for 6 months announcement
June 2006 - second delay
October 2006, third delay
Complexity of 530 kms of wiring
Complex interior design
High degree of customization of each airline
Rolls Royce availability problems
Additional training required due to new technology
3 Senior supervisors left midway the project
Company share price dropped
Delay in full production capacity
Slippage (Project Delays)
Factors (impacts proj. sched.)
Team members are not committed to their roles
Non-realistic goals (causes unmotivated team)
Under trained staff (must be trained earlier)
FUNDS are needed for training
Divided attention of employees/ too much roles
Outsource certain activities to experts
Divide work to reduce scope of the project
Project changes too frequent (effects orig. schedule)
Too high of a standards
Project Teams
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Project Team
Project Team
Project Team
Stakeholders
Government Regulatory Bodies
Airport Authorities
Higher Management Level
Employees
Suppliers
Society
Shareholders
Airline Companies
Passengers
Project Resources (5 M's)
Money
Manpower
Materials
Machinery
Methods
Project Management Process
Define
Plan
Impement
Control
Transition
Handing over the project to client