Viking Air Ltd is a Canadian company that originally specialised in
the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of various aircraft
types, with a focus on flying boats and floatplanes. It then expanded
to use exclusive licensing rights from de Havilland Canada to
manufacture spare parts for its aircraft family plus to distribute the
DHC-2 Beaver and the DHC-3 Otter aircraft. Viking also moved into
supporting aircraft produced in the past by Canadair a successor to
De Havilland Canada.
 Viking later made a major expansion when it decided to
manufacture an updated version of the de Havilland Twin Otter
aircraft, to be known as the Viking Industries Twin Otter Series 400.
Developing a prototype aircraft for series production was a bold
move and required not only a focus on a new aircraft but also the
development of production facilities and a marketing arm. This is an
example of a company specializing in the MRO service industry and
then expanding into production.
 As such, Viking provides an outstanding example of how Project
Management (PM) is used in the aerospace industry for companies
of a much smaller size than the traditional large manufacturers such
as Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and Bombardier. The following three
videos give an insight into how the Twin Otter Series 400 has
evolved and progressed:
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAlSLyQQnYw
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHQ88HdaGPU
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oszKYlygF0Y
 Other research is available for you to gather for addressing the
assignment question which you are expected to use.

assignment question:
Your assignment must be completed as a 2,000 word report.
 After reading the case study, you are to examine how Viking Air
applied PM theories, principles and methodologies from the course
for the development and production of the Twin Otter Series 400. In
your examination, you should identify from your research what you
consider to be the key PM principles used.
 As part of your examination, you should identify at least five project
management issues related to your research which must include
discussion of the following:
o an assessment of three major risks across the project life
with a suggested likelihood, consequence, impact potential
plus suggested mitigation strategies (hint: you should use
and appendix for the detail)
o key issues in how project selection was done
o a comparison in two of the PM analysis issue only against
the challenges Mahindra/GippsAero would face in updating
the old GAF Nomad aircraft into a new design with updates
similar to the Twin Otter 400 , briefly mentioning similarities
or differences from the PM perspective.
o a suggested Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to Level 2
detail and with one of these to Level 3 detail (hint: you
again should use an appendix for the detail).
 Note that an Executive Summary is NOT required.