1. Course Description
Aviation Project II
Course No.: CM130
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Hans-Arthur Vogel
Course type: Lecture
Credit Points: 3
Semester: 3 (The semester depends on the respective curriclum and can be subject to change due to organisational reasons)
Regularly offered in: WS / SS
Course Description
A worldwide operating integrator requires a new network strategy to integrate its European hub into its worldwide operations.
Student teams are provided with all relevant data and are supposed to develop a proposal for this network redesign exercise.
The following aspects must be considered:
-European service levels
-Aircraft payload / range charts
-Aircraft utilization
-Usage of ground service vehicles
-Network cost structure
-Shipment revenues
The necessary analyses rely mainly on the usage of the tools SAS and AirSched.The students' teams have to present their
work progress regularly within team meetings
Course Objectives
It is the intent of this course to introduce students to project work. The participants have to learn to organize themselves within
a team structure, to distribute work, and to manage time- and deadlines. A new network strategy must be developed, the
operational feasibility must be analyzed, and a final proposal must be developed. The results must be presented within a final
steering committee meeting
Course Outcomes
Primarily students should develop the strategic and analytical skills which are required within projects. In addition students
should also learn the necessary soft skills, to work effectively within a project team to qualify for a role as a team member
within their future business life
Literature
Recommended: Case study documents and data
Recommended: Minto, Barbara: The Pyramid Principle, Logic in Writing and Thinking, Pearson Education Ltd., 3rd edition
2002
Recommended: Zelazny, G.: Say it with presentations, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition 2006
Recommended: Zelazny, G.: Say it with charts, McGraw-Hill, 2006
Recommended: Morrell, P.: Moving boxes by air, The economics of international air cargo, Ashgate, 2011
Workload (for the students)
Preparation (in hours) 20
Lectures (in hours) 30
Post Processing (in hours) 40
Hours total: 90
Evaluation
Continuous Examination (100%)
Team assignment in Aviation Project II: Student teams have to prepare project documents and final presentation, which must
be presented
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2. Course Description
Aviation Project II
Course No.: CM130
Instructional Methods
The work topic is introduced within a kick-off meeting. Afterwards the work progress is discussed within team meetings.
Intermediate findings should be presented and discussed within team meetings. The final results are presented within a
steering committee meeting
Content
1.Kick-off meeting
Introduction
Distribution of case study document
Distribution of project data
2.Regular team meetings
Discussion about current issues
Presentation of the intermediate project results
3.Final steering committee meeting Presentation of the final project results
Supplemental Material
not specified
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