A look at Project Management’s Origins The Manhattan Project A look at Project Management’s Origins Presented by Team Awesome

What was the Manhattan Project? The US Government’s secret project to research, develop, and test an atomic weapon.

Scope Management of the Manhattan Project

Scope Research and Develop an Atomic Bomb Uranium-235/Plutonium Scientists Resources Packaging

Scope A huge undertaking like no other. Production of ample amounts of "enriched" uranium to sustain a chain reaction .

Scope Scientists Robert Oppenheimer Enrico Fermi Albert Einstein

Scope Resources Money Buildings/Sites Materials Oak Ridge and Hanford Laboratories Los Alamos, NM Materials Oak Ridge Facility

Scope Complete and Test the Bomb The two bombs. "Little Boy" is seen on the left, and "Fat Man" is seen on the right

Time Management of the Manhattan Project

Germans had an early lead Originally the Manhattan Project was a race against the Germans to be the first to make an atom bomb In 1938 Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann's discovery of fission steered Germany toward developing an atomic weapon. This motivated the U.S. to launch the Manhattan Project By 1941, the Germans were leading the race for the atomic bomb Germans had a heavy-water plant, high-grade uranium compounds, a nearly complete cyclotron, capable scientists and engineers, and the greatest chemical engineering industry in the world

WWII Slows German Research Time became an ever increasing factor in the Manhattan Project As WWII continued, many factors including internal struggles, scientific errors, and the destruction from war limited any successful research toward a German atom bomb Unlike the American program, the Germans never had a clear mission under continuously unified leadership

The Project Succeeds From the creation of the Manhattan Engineer District in 1941, time was more important than any other metric July 16, 1945 - At 5:29:45 a.m. the first atom bomb, Gadget, is exploded at Los Alamos August 6, 1945 Little Boy is dropped over Hiroshima August 9, 1945 Fat Man is dropped over Nagasaki September 2, 1945 Japan surrenders

Cost Management of the Manhattan Project

Cost Initially $6,000 was invested The entire project cost totaled $1.9 billion About $25 Billion now Approximately 12.7% of ammunitions for WW2