Lesson 12: Charter Case Study

In order to exercise our skills in defining the project let's use a practical case study (admittedly a bit superficial, but done for the purposes of teaching). Embedded in this BLOG is a time lapsed video that provides an overview of how an Airbus A380 gets assembled. Let us further assume that we are the team responsible for the assembly, but only the assembly. To make sure it is a project, also regard this as the first prototype that will be tested. Doing this at a very, very high level (after all few of us are aeronautical engineers) the client put the following conditions to our involvement:

• We are only responsible for assembly  and  branding (major components - fuselage; wings; landing gear; navigation equipment, interior and painting)
• We are assemblers not engineers, definitely not design engineers
• The assembly plant will be provided, but not the support staff, who you need to appoint and manage them
  
• Final quality check prior to first test flight will be done by external contractor

Now watch the video and move on to the next lesson and answer the multiple choice questions.