Chrysler Bmw Tritec Joint Venture - Project Management Knowledge Areas

PROJECT MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Project Scope Management: Chrysler wanted to change its structure and process for new product development and BMW planned to design new engine for its Rover mini car. So they share their resources to build new engine to enter in to Asia and Latin American market. Chrysler and BMW team both agreed with technical design and then formed Joint venture. They wanted to develop a family of high quality, strong performing 1.6L engines. The entire team eventually signed the contract book, which contained the mission statement.

Project Time Management: Chrysler and BMW singed joint venture in January 1997. And they wanted to build the world’s lowest overall cost engine business in the city of Campo Largo, Brazil by July 2000.

Project Cost Management: The $525+ million investment for plant, equipment, research, and development and launch.

Project Quality Management: Many hundreds of product or process design decisions made in the project to meet quality standards. Product Assurance Planning was also implemented to shorten the time required to develop new or derivative products and improve quality and customer satisfaction. A PAP handbook, guided each project team in the responsibilities, tasks, deliverables, quality and reliability methods, tools, and measurements necessary to meet development milestones.

High quality depended on achieving three attributes: Function, reliability and variability.

Function required that the product perform in a manner that met customer needs under

All operating conditions. Reliability meant that the product was durable under all anticipated duty cycles. Minimal variation meant that processes were in COS terms, “robust, capable, and in-control,” so that all engines functioned as designed and with the design reliability sought. A warranty assessment was used as a principal measure of product and process quality.

Product Assurance team were generally led by a product engineer and a supplier quality specialist. SE team also responsible for tracing quality.

The Tritec joint venture sought to become the best in class engine benchmark for quality.

Assessment Measures: Several tools were used to assess progress towards achieving the project’s goal. 12 panel chart, Spider charts, and Integrated Program timing charts.

12 panel chart, which summarized the key program objectives and tracked their status.

Spider