Description

Remedial Action

Change: any change introduced to the existing platform design will have cost and schedule impact.

Pressure for change could occur for a variety of reasons including:

■  Customer demand.

■  Legislative and compliance requirements.

■  Equipment obsolescence.

Recognise that the program will have to manage change.

Effectively engage with all stakeholders to ensure that they understand the potential implications of change to cost and schedule.

Provide robust mechanisms to control the authorisation of change.

Ensure that where change is required that it is approved and implemented in an appropriate phase of the program.

Infrastructure: there are significant risks in the development of a green field shipyard:

■  Physical infrastructure.

■  IT Systems and tools.

■  Working practices and procedures.

Monitor the progress of physical infrastructure development.

Undertake rigorous analysis and design of the support tools. Develop mechanisms to test systems, processes and tools prior to commencement of full scale production.

Undertake pre-production build activities to demonstrate solution viability.

Design Maturity: the design of the AWD is based on the Navantia Platform System with an Australianised Aegis Combat System.

There is risk in achieving the appropriate level of design maturity for the integrated solution. The key issues driving this risk are:

■  The current version of the Aegis Weapon System has not been previously integrated in the platform.

■  The selection of Electronic Warfare and Communications Systems solutions has been delayed to take advantages of technology developments.

■  Equipment selections may impact on the topside design.

The selection of an existing design significantly reduced overall program risks.

The risks associated with the integration of the Aegis Weapons System are being actively managed through regular reviews between the Alliance, Platform System Designer, US Navy and Lockheed Martin (the Aegis equipment supplier to the US Navy). Ensure emerging issues are identified and addressed.

Electronic Warfare and Communications and Information Systems procurement strategies are developed with a wide range of stakeholder engagement. These strategies are aimed at ensuring that the customer will be satisfied with the selected solution and that the solution will have minimal impact on the platform design. Ensure timely decisions are made.

Equipment selections are undertaken in conjunction with quick look topside design studies, this will minimise the risk of impact to topside design.