Reflective Case Study Report

Reflective
Case study
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
The role of project in delivering organizational strategy.......................................................3
Project initiation, planning and organization..........................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Project Context.......................................................................................................................5
Stakeholder management........................................................................................................7
Risk management...................................................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
Recommendations and effectiveness of the project...............................................................9
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Building large scale project is complicated task because it involves managing different
stakeholders and reducing risks associated with projects which are completed on global scale
(Silvius, 2017). The project selected for this report is the London Olympics of 2012 which was
a large-scale project affecting international environment. Visitor order looks at the role of
projects in developing organizational strategy and the different stages of the project lifecycle.
Apart from this, project context, big older management and risk management are critically
reviewed in relation to the London Olympics, 2012. This is completed by considering project
management tools techniques and processes.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
The role of project in delivering organizational strategy
The aim of Olympic Games 2012 was to create a sustainable legacy for London and UK
and inspire people to get involved in order to change the way they live their lives. The focus of
this global scale tournament was two create distinctive feature of the London Games community
participation and greater inclusion with more sustainable atmosphere and venues. Project
management supported attainment of this aim and help deliver compelling sport event in
landmark settings. Successful completion of the London Olympics can be attributed to effective
project management during the tournament. This is because each stage of project
management supports completion of organizational strategy and objectives in a timely manner.
Project initiation in case of London Olympics assisted in creation of an effective plan and
guidelines for completion of a successful Olympic tournament while ensuring that every
stakeholder is given maximum satisfaction. Implementation of the project life cycle in the
Olympics played an important role in executing strategy related to the event. This is because
project life cycle provides a systematized way of completing project objectives and reducing risk
associated with the tournament (Demirkesen and Ozorhon, 2017). In this way the Olympic
tournament held in London in the year 2012 provided successful results to each stakeholder with
the help of effective project initiation and project management.
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The Olympic tournament was able to understand the required preparation and planning
needed to implement suitable strategy for delivering an international sporting tournament safely
and sustainably with the help of project initiation, project planning and all the other stages of the
project life cycle. Different project management tools and processes helped in effective
completion of the sports tournament. Projects are central to attainments of organizational
strategy because they help business firms create direction for achieving goals (Ika and et. al.,
2020).
Project initiation, planning and organization
Project lifecycle states the pathway of a project from its start to finish. The four phases of
project lifecycle are initiation planning execution and closure. Following a project lifecycle is
essential for successful completion of a project because it helps cover deliverables in a timely
manner and guides towards successful completion of the project. The project lifecycle was
followed in case of the Olympics tournament, 2012 which led to success of the tournament.
The first stage of the project lifecycle is project initiation. In this stage the primary focus
is on understanding the deliverables of the project, remaining the scope of the project and
recognizing project stakeholders in order to develop business case and statement of work. In
case London Olympics the initiation stage involved creation of planning application of 10,000
previous and providing it to major stakeholder London authority to gain approval for moving
forward. The positive aspect of this initiation stage the action for gaining approval from
stakeholders was completed which reduced any conflicts between stakeholders in the future of
the project. The negative aspect of the initiation stage of London Olympics was that the initiation
stage was time consuming which hindered quick brokers of the project.
The next stage of the project lifecycle is planning. After gaining approval from the
planning stage involves Breaking down the larger project into smaller tasks, collecting resources
and building separate schedules who remove for the completion of projects (Picciotto, 2020). In
addition to this, Budget estimations and collection of resources is also conducted in the planning
stage. For the London Olympics tournament the project planning stage involved creating plans
for building a world class stadium and completing to complete different areas of the
infrastructure and deliver high quality results in given time. The positive aspect of the planning
stage was that it provided successful result as the construction of the stadium was completed by
March of 2011 with the stadium 53 meters tall with 80,000 seats and 44 acres of land. The
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