In this report we the showcase the infamous automated baggage system project failure at the new Denver International Airport. How its failure delayed the airport opening 4 times and the impact it had. The causes that it lead to its failure in aspect of software quality, integration, and evolution. At the end of the report we view how the developers attempt to fix the problem with software maintenance and integration. Also, a recommendation is made on how software evolution could have helped the project.
BACKGROUND
In 1995 the city of Denver built a huge new airport that represents a model of future airports. The international Denver airport was planned to have an automated baggage handling system instead of the traditional manual system. The baggage system is considered critical system since fast loading and unloading baggage are needed to maintained flight schedule. Switching to automatic baggage handling the aircraft turnaround time was to be reduced to as little as 30 minutes. To achieve this goal baggage must move faster than passengers in
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There were many integrated interfaces to translate each of the airlines’ software language. [5] Another problem, is the design of the physical building structure and the baggage system were represented a single integrated system. The physical space and services such as the electrical supply were shared, so the designers of the physical building and the designers of the baggage system needed to work as one integrated team. This happened largely because the design of the building was started before the baggage system design was known. When the baggage system design started, the baggage system design team was limited to work within what was left for them of the physical building. [3]
SOLUTION
Software
This report calling for constructing an on-site childcare facility for employees of BWI Airport is workable and could be fully implemented by September 1. This report discusses the plan’s background, benefits, problems, costs, and time frame. Specifically, the report seeks answers to these questions:
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Montealgre, Ramiro, H. J. Nelson, Carin I. Knoop, and Lynda M. Applegate. BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage Handling System. Rep. no. 9-396-311. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1996. Print.
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...e airport management. In the case of winning the slots and gates, LUV would negotiate the gates and time slots with the airport authorities, start the recruitment and relocation process of actual and new employees to LGA. Accordingly, the airline will need to use its IT department a new infrastructure that will hold the latest updates in terms of code-sharing, booking, schedule, online shopping, etc., to serve actual and potential customers. In essence, once the project is complete, it will important to evaluate how successful the implementation process was and how the service can be improved going forward. Finally, this process will take 14 months and once the strategy has been implemented, Southwest will be able to maintain and improve its low fare position, demand and customer service experience and the technological infrastructure in commercial airline industry.
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Northeast Ohio refers to the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Ohio and consists of six metropolitan statistical areas and eighteen counties. The region is home to more than 4.3 million people and has three primary airports: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; Akron-Canton Regional Airport; and Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, located 12 miles from downtown Cleveland and within 500 miles of 43% of the U.S. population, is currently the busiest airport in the state of Ohio and the 41st busiest airport in the United States. With an average of 240 daily nonstop departures, the airport serves over 70 destinations (some on a seasonal basis) and more than 9 million passengers annually, divided almost equally between business and leisure travelers. Currently, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport does not offer any intercontinental service. The
Miami Dade County in Miami, Florida has substantially increased its population to 7.8 percent in the past 5 years from 2011 to 2016. As a result in 2017, Miami Dade County decided that it would be best for the public interest to use Miami Executive Airport located in Miami Kendall, to use it as an airport for commercial regional airliners to transport within the state and rename it as Miami Regional Airport. The airport was originally used for corporate aircraft, which used approximately 6,000 feet of runway length, but after one year expansion, in 2018 the airport extended it runway length to 8,000 feet to accommodate the regional airliners take off & landing provisions. Amongst the regional airliners to be used in the airport are Boeing 717, Bombardier CRJ700, and Embraer ERJ 145 family. These types twin-engine regional planes were extremely noisier then what the city
Client(s) may be in the first stage of our design thinking sequences (Archer, 1984, p. 67), and then the designer job is to explore what is the problem, what do we want, what do they need: to produce a design to meet the requirements. The initial design problem presented to the designer may be poorly and incompletely described (McDonnell, 1997, p. 45...
90 km long conveyor belts competent of handling 250 items per minute at a constant speed of 27 kilometres per hour
...ld have no problem keeping pace with the increases in passengers and moving them efficiently through the terminal.
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