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Project Assessment and Selection: Rio Olympics 2016
Name of the Student
Name of the University

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Description of the Project
The project chosen for the purpose of analysis in the paper is the Summer Olympics 2016
that was hosted in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in the month of August. In this event, 207 nations
participated in a wide range of sports and considering the nature of the games, this event can be
considered as a very large scale of project requiring a large number of various stakeholder
groups, parties and contractors to be involved in arranging, managing, executing and closing the
project.
The scope of the project included but not limited to the following.
Redesign of the Maracana Stadium for hosting various sports events
Construction of sports facilities for indoor games in the event
Construction of Olympic village for the players and staff of each of the
participating nations
Structural design and construction of various parts of the city for the convenience
of traffic during the event
Training of security personnel for providing security to the players, staff and
audience in the event
Purchasing sports equipments for the various games in the event
Brazil was selected to host the Olympic 2016 event in 2009 and in the next 7 years,
preparations were undertaken by the Government for hosting the event (Vincent, 2019). In the 7
years’ time period, various construction and renovations were undertaken in order to ensure the
best and modern facilities were provided to the sportsmen performing in the games.

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The total costs of hosting the event from the preparations to the closing was estimated to
be US$4.6 billion.
Use of Four Stage Planning Process in the Chosen Project
The selected project is of very grand scale and thus, without proper planning, an event of
such size could not have been possible. The four stage planning process for the project in this
event can be utilised as follows.
Strategic Planning – This is the first of stage any planning for a project. Strategic
planning generally involves initial requirement analysis, project roadmap development and
creation of the abstract project plan. For the Rio Olympics, the strategic plan started in 2009 once
the country was selected to host the global event.
Business Area Analysis – Once the strategic planning is completed, it is required to
analyse the business area of the project, especially for the global events like the Olympics.
Business area analysis is essential due to the scale of the event and the grand amount of expenses
involved.
Project Planning – Once the business area is sorted, it is required to develop the overall
plan for the project. This part follows the strategic planning and business area analysis and
requires the stakeholders to develop plan of the project including scope, time, budget, quality
plan and others (Sousa, Lima & Martins, 2016). In case of the Rio Olympics, the project
planning was done from 2009 to 2010 in which, every major and minor detail were analysed and
included in the plan.