Boeing 787 Dreamliner Case Study
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Project Failure : Boeing 747 Dreamliner
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3Project background......................................................................................................................3Business case...............................................................................................................................4Objectives and scope...................................................................................................................5Deliverables.................................................................................................................................6Constraints...................................................................................................................................6Assumptions................................................................................................................................7Time and cost constraints............................................................................................................7Key dates and milestones.............................................................................................................8Gantt Chart...................................................................................................................................8Key success criteria...................................................................................................................10Risk analysis, prevention, management and monitoring...........................................................10Project manager.........................................................................................................................11Project sponsor...........................................................................................................................11Project board..............................................................................................................................12Project team and roles................................................................................................................13CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
INTRODUCTION Project management is an art of managing the project where it helps in attaining theexpected deliverables within the given constraints. It is the combination of various activities suchas determines requirements, setting of clear and attainable objectives, make balance betweendemands of potential stakeholders etc. This is a complete structure and significant approach tomanage simple and complex projects in an effective manner (Kerzner, 2013). There are severalreasons which influence organizations to adopt the application of project management in severalareas. The present research is based on project management and to understand its significance,Boeing 787 Dreamliner case study is taking into the consideration. It is huge body twin enginejet airliner which has developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In 2005, it has officiallyannounced as a third generation of the 787 with the improvement in fuselage, redesigning ofwings and advanced efficiency. Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the largest commercial aircraft builtin US and it is one of the longest passenger aircraft in the world (5 ways Boeing’s 787Dreamliner still wows, 2014). The current investigation will explain the project failure reasons ofthis jet. Project backgroundBoeing has known for its large capacity airline and advance version of 787. It is anAmerican long haul, midsize wide body with 2 engine jet airliner. It has designed by BoeingCommercial Airplanes. Sitting capacity of this airplane has 242 to 335 passengers where it hasdivided into three classes seating arrangements. This has counted as a most efficient airline in theterms of fuel and its configuration (787 Dreamliner takes flight, 2011). Boeing 787 has more20% fuel efficient as compare to Boeing 767. The best feature of this jet has electrical flightsystems, noise reduction chevrons in twin engine nacelles and raked wingtips. In 2005, the initialdesignation of this aircraft was the 7E7. On 8 July 2007, the production and development of ithas started at a large scale by collaborating with several suppliers across the world. In Everett,Washington, the final assembly of 787 has taken place at the Boeing Everett Factory and also atBoeing South Carolina factory in North Charleston, South Carolina. The original plan to launch787 Dreamliner was in May 2008 but due to several reasons, this project was delayed manytimes (Boeing 787 Dreamliner. 2017).
There are several reasons which show why Boeing feels the construction of 787Dreamliner. The first reason has to make the airplane more durable and lighter as compare totraditional aluminium aircraft. Second motive behind development of this is to maintain the airinside the plan. The cabin pressure and humidity level has lower in aircrafts at the attitude of6000 feet (Burke, 2013). Due to this, passengers have faced some physical issues such as dryeyes, headaches and fatigue. To overcome these problems, Boeing has designed 787 Dreamlinerwhere inside the plan, cabin pressure and humidity level has higher as compare to other airlines.With the aim of increase the sitting capacity in jet and store more luggage, it has designed by theorganization. Along with this, to minimize the fuel consumption, Boeing has made installedtwine engines with 20% more fuel efficient (Meredith and Mantel Jr, 2011). Business case The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has a midsize aircraft with duel engine. To construct this,50% of primary structures such as wings and fuselage of airplane have made with compositematerials. To reduce noise level by up to 60% at inside and outside the cabin, the engine nacelleshave built with serrated edges (Schwalbe, 2015). Along with this, raked wingtip feature hasimproved fuel efficiency of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The window size of the plan has 30%wider as compare other similar sized airplanes. Passengers can adjust brightness of windowsaccording to them with the help of given button at their seats. Application of electrochromicdimming system, the windows can be changed fully transparent to completely dim in gradualsteps. In 2011, Boeing 787 Dreamliner has launched where it has reduced the consumption offuel and CO2 emissions by 20-30% (Wysocki, 2011). It has minimized the negative impacts ofenvironment. The use of advanced approach during the construction of it has decreased usage of1500 aluminium sheets and 40,000-50,000 fasteners per section. These things have made theplane much lighter, more fuel efficient and more aerodynamically in nature. There have various problems have taken place pre and post launch of 787 Dreamliner. Inpre-launch issues, on 5 September 2007, three months of delay has announced because ofshortage of fasteners and incomplete software (Walker, 2015). After this, on 10 October 2007,second three to six months delay has declared due to problems with foreign and domestic supplychain. Third delay has come on 16 January 2008 and it this context, on 9 April, 2008, next fourthpostponement has occurred. It has put back initial delivery by 15 months to third quarter of 2009.Further, after completion of project plan, due to several reasons, the testing of Boeing 787
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