White , Simon - Improving Fighter Jet Maintenance with Critical Chain: The LIF/BAE Journey

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About this Conference Video: BAE Systems maintains planes for the Australian Airforce. BAE used Critical Chain to improve the fighter jet maintenance. Each planned maintenance service is a project in its own right, and you don't know the full scope until you start checking and disabling the plane. Prior to using Critical Chain about 60% of these projects over-ran, by an average of 40%. Their overall on-target performance went from just over 50% to virtually 100%, despite an unexpected increase in workload along the way. Come and find out how they did it!

About the Presenters: Simon White: Originally a trained aircraft maintainer, Simon was one of the key team members on the LIF / BAE Systems CCPM implementation. He has gone on to manage a fleet of fighter jets, manage Project Control for the Aerospace Business Unit, and now manages Project Control for BAE Systems Australia. He dislikes job titles, and prefers to describe people according to what they do, not what they’re called. He is more than happy to tell you about the problems (and successes) faced during the last 5 years, in the interests of expanding the global pool of knowledge and experience with CC.

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