Success story | Re-baselining for a UAV development program

Re-baselining for a UAV development program

CHALLENGE

Our client was preparing a program launch for a military aircraft while the program is undergoing a reorganization. Program ramp-up is in progress – however, planning maturity is low, project integration limited, synchronization at program milestones insufficient and the margins weak. Program governance as well as the time management plan required a more rigorous approach.

SOLUTION

Schedule and governance issues were addressed through:

• Restructuring of program schedules and underlying projects according to a ‘Route-to’ logic, as well as enforcement of synchronization points to manage interdependencies
• Integration of major subcontractors in the baseline planning and definition of a joint convergence plan for project ramp-up and milestone delivery
• Re-definition of detailed (level 4) schedules and consolidation into a master program
• Definition of guidelines and rules for the deployment of the scheduling tool
• Definition of a pre-program launch governance including steering cycles and KPI monitoring (S-curves and deliverables backlog management)
• Structuring the ramp-up management plans for engineering and production

KEY DELIVERABLES

• New schedule and critical path analysis
• Schedule deployment & management
• Pre-launch program governance
• Engineering and production ramp-up management

Contact

steffen.petersen@cylad.com