Prizes & Awards
2020 The Case Centre Best-selling Classic Case in Production and Operations Management
2016 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2015 The Case Centre Best-selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2013 The Case Centre Best Selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2012 ecch Best Selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2011 ecch Best Selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2010 ecch Best Selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2009 ecch Best Selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2008 ecch Best-selling Case in Production and Operations Management
2007 ecch Best-selling Case in Production and Operations Management
Winner of ecch 2004 European Case Awards, Production and Operations Management Category
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
