Prizes & Awards
2024 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2020 The Case Centre Best-selling Classic Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2016 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2015 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2013 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2012 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2011 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2010 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2009 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2008 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
2007 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
Winner of the Case Centre Awards and Competitions 2004 in the Category 'Production and Operations Management'
IACo. is an aerospace company developing UAVs (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles). The case describes the project of developing a bid for a large contract under severe time pressure. The case discusses project planning for rapid time-to-market.
The case discusses project management problems occurring during the development of a new product. The main objectives are to illustrate: The different ways of representing project activities The traditional project management techniques (CPM, Gantt Chart) Extensions of the critical path approach (to account for time uncertainty, loops and rework) How to focus improvement efforts
