International Project Management: Airbus A380/787 Dreamliner

Running head: INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT: AIRBUS A380/787 DREAMLINER
International Project Management
Airbus A380/787 Dreamliner
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Background................................................................................................................................3
Analysis of lessons learnt from the Airbus A380 & 787 Dreamliner project............................3
Recommendation on how the MAC project can be benefit.......................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Aviation industry has been always challenging for the great airline companies
including the giant and the small companies. This report will be emphasizing on the two
major companies of the aviation industry including Boeing and Airbus and how both
operated while being in a race of competition. International project management can be
defined as the Certified International Project Manager certification degree is planned for job
supervisors that intend to get verification of their understanding of international job
monitoring (Kerzner and Kerzner 2017). Boeing was the leading organization in the aviation
industry that was the voice behind all the operations and ways of working among the
different small and medium sized industries. It was statement that “When Boeing says every
airline company in the aviation industry listens.” However, Airbus had to survive and had to
take the top position among the various aviation industries. An innovation was introduced to
build the largest cargo and commercial flights those can carry much higher loads and
passengers as compared to any of the airline company. Boeing had the asset 787 that was the
largest available cargo and commercial flight and it was the biggest competitor for the Airbus
(Nicholas and Steyn 2017). Airbus implemented innovation through introducing the biggest
ever living flies those can carry much heavier load than the Boeing 787.
The accomplishment of such a vast project and plane will need certain management
and delivery of the operational activities among the different areas. There were various
constraints those needed to be considered by the Airbus while building such a large plane
including strength, material, human efforts, designing and the expertise from different
backgrounds those could allow the accomplishment of such a vast project (Harrison and Lock
2017). The Airbus setup a network of the different official places from where it was operating
the construction and the design for the plane. It was being managed internationally as no
doubt, outsourcing can be cost effective and far beneficial for the effective and efficient

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delivery and management of the operational activities required for the successful delivery of
the project (Binder 2016).
The purpose of this report is to explain the various international project management
strategies those could have been adopted by the Airbus for the management and delivery of
the construction and deployment of the largest plane ever.
Background
The Boeing was the giant and most emphasizing company in the aviation industry and
airbus was the one who wanted to clash and become the first in the race of the aviation
industry. The Airbus had to come with a product or service that can be helpful and efficient in
becoming the rank 1 among the different airline companies those are already present in the
industry and providing the services to the consumers (Hornstein 2015). Airbus decided to
build and develop the largest fleet that can fly in air without any disturbance and could
possibly allow better profits for the company. The major issue was behind the development
of the biggest plane and keeping most of the constraints considering the aerodynamic model
and design of the plane along with the security, strength, and luxury for the consumers. The
development of the different parts of the plane needed to be built and assembled at five
different countries in manner to manage the expertise and the expenses (Serra and Kunc
2015). However, the project faces a very big loss while it was identified that the outsourcing
led to a very big issue in the components design and delivery and manufacturing the entire
plane.
Analysis of lessons learnt from the Airbus A380 & 787 Dreamliner project
Airbus A380
The uncertainties and technical problems due to outsourcing led to one-year delay in
the project with an over budget of about $2 billion throughout the project. Due to the various