Project Management for Lufthansa's A380 Cabin Interior Project

• Total revenues in 2004: 16 Billions EUR
• Ebit in 2004: 514 Mio. EUR
• Employees: 90.673
• Fleet 2004: 253 aircraft in service

Project duration

• Mar 2005 - Apr 2006

Services provided by Lufthansa Consulting

• Project status evaluation
• Development of a customized and appropriate project management concept
• Development and implementation of an EPM (Enterprise Project Management) solution in Microsoft Project Server
• Implementation of standardized project management procedures (communication, resource management, data tracking, risk management, cost controlling)
• Shadow management and coaching of the teams

Project description

In 2008 Lufthansa will present an entirely new cabin interior product to mark the introduction of its first Airbus A380. Due to the complexity of the project requirements, Lufthansa Consulting took over the special task to support the 15 involved development teams with the integration of a customized project management system at the beginning of 2005.

The comprehensive experience in complex and time critical projects enables Lufthansa Consulting to develop tailor made project management methodologies, in this case a combination of a web based database in the MS Project Enterprise System and the “Daily Build Method”, developed by Lufthansa Consulting.

A customized program for each individual sub-project has been designed, to comprise process regulations, standards, reporting, data files and communication formats. This enables individuals involved in the project to contribute effectively to the computerized project management system while keeping staff/time costs to a minimum.

Lufthansa Consulting uses the MSProject 2003 Enterprise application from Microsoft based on its world-wide established standard, which enables the entire project communication process to be coordinated world-wide with a web based project portal.