BUSI 3633 - Project EXECUTION, MONITORING, CONTROL AND CLOSING - CASE STUDY 1

Work Breakdown Structure as a Skeleton for Integration

Matt:I keep looking at this piece of paper and can't believe my eyes, or I must not understand

it.

Percy:What paper are you looking at? The one I brought?

Matt:Yes, let me check if I understand it well. The sheet of paper I am holding shows the work breakdown structure (WBS) for the timely termination of the Opto-Mechanical group's portion of work for Project Lada (see Figure 1). Is that right?

Percy:Yes, right.

These beginning moments of the conversation between Matt Boon, the engineering manager of the Opto-Mechanical Group, and Percy Bedge, project manager of Lada, do not promise much cooperation. Rather, the atmosphere in which this conversation in Matt's office takes place smells of the open conflict and apparent tension between the meeting participants.

Project WBS Unclosed Deliverables Unclosed Deliverables of Functional Group 1 of Functional Group n Unclosed Deliverables of Optoel. Group 1 LEVEL 1 LADA Project Opto-Mechanical Design Lada Project Work Breakdown Structure LEVEL 2 Phase O Phase 2 Phase 1 Phase 3 Opto-Mechanical Concept Analysis Planming Launch Project Phases LEVEL 3 Inspection & Validate System Validato Validate Verify Mass Opto-Mechanical Acceptance of Shock Projection Lems System Optical Production- Deliverables Tooled Parts Parformance to Specification Performance Pilot Build Validate Systerm Validate System Validate Approval to Mechanical Vibration Optical Engine Ship Product Assembly Parformance Assembly