MQB Combi Switch Localization Project Schedule And Control

The automobile industry is rapidly growing in China,and becoming one of the driven force of China's economy.Up till now,the whole industry sale is more than 20 million,replacing US and ranking 1st in the global market.Coutless projects are lauching and developing each day,including whole vehicle R&D,components R&D,plant construction,production line set-up,etc.Meanwhile,project management theories are applied to those projects,but more importantly,the theories need to be developed along with those projects.The author's attempt is,with combining his years of components industry experience with classic project management theories,to describe his practical application of this trend in a real case study,MQB combiswitchlocalization Project.The author starts with the indroduction of the development and current status of project schedule planning and control,both domestic and global,followed by briefing the project management procedure in Company K.And then the auther takes a closer look at the schedule planning & optimization,and schedule control method.Regarding schedule planning & optimization in theMQB Project,first step was to define logic relationship betweens tasks,followed by work time assessment derived from both analogy analysis and expert diagnose combined with three duration technique.Then network planning and critical path was set based on network planing in construction.Reducing project duration was the final step,which can be achieved by adjusting task relationship in thecritical path,and work time cut.Regarding schedule control in theMQB Project,it was perfomed in such sequence: dynamic monitoring and data collection,analysising schedule differ,drawing action plan accordingly,and finalized by Gantt chart comparion.The Author believes this case study of MQB combiswitchlocalization Project is of exceedingly importance,because the methods applied within the project have paved the path to on-time lauching and smoothlymass production,thus making a good reference for furture projects.