University of Technology Sydney, 32601: Olympic Games Project Report

This report provides an analysis of the London Olympic Games as a case study in project management. It examines key aspects such as long-term sustainability, strategic planning, partnerships with project sponsors, risk mitigation policies, monitoring and maintenance programs, public awareness campaigns, and governance structures. The report evaluates the factors contributing to the project's success, including effective administration, technical support, infrastructure, sports organization, accommodation, equipment, promotion, and transportation. The project's alignment with its schedule, budget, and the delivery of events is discussed, along with the importance of monitoring and customer satisfaction. References from various sources are included to support the analysis.

Project Management

Contents
Project Success or Failure:....................................................................................................................2
References.............................................................................................................................................4

Project Success or Failure:
The success and failure of the project depends on the management techniques which are
implemented for managing the flow of activities smoothly so that no events get clashed with
other events. The long term sustainability should be achieved by implementing the effective
project management schedule. The success and failure of the London Olympic game can be
measured by:
Long term sustainability strategic plan: The sustainability of the London Olympic game is
achieved by integrating the sustainable principles for combining the conceptualization,
bidding process, operational efficiency, and strategic planning (Monnappa, 2017). The
feasibility analysis helps in evaluating the effectiveness of the strategic plan for providing
effective services and facilities to the customers, providing effective seating arrangement,
managing effective flow of event organization, avoiding clashing of events, and many others.
Partnership with project sponsors: The public and private partnership is developed between
the public and private companies for sponsoring the London Olympic game. The project
sponsor should retain with the project till the completion of it so that flow of funds can be
effectively maintained.
Mitigation policies: The risks associated with undertaken Olympic game event should be
identified such as funding issues, financial risks, and social risks, event organization risks,
clashing of game event, political risks, legal risks, and many other during the initiation of the
project. The well-defined strategic plan should be developed so that effect risks mitigation
plan can be defined (Koskela, and Howell, 2014).
Monitoring and maintenance program: The effective monitoring and maintenance program
should be organized for managing the flow of events on the sports day of the London
Olympic game. The monitoring program helps in analysing the services and facilities
provided to the customers, identifying problems in seating arrangement, flow of sports game
and events, and others.
Public awareness: The promotion program is organized so that the public should be aware
about the list of events which are going to be organized on the day of the event. It helps in
taking active participation of the sports persons in different activities according to their

calibre. The talent from all over the world get a single platform to show their inner
capabilities.
Governance and management: The controlling program should be organized so that the
quality of service can be delivered to the public. The successful organization of the Olympic
games can be achieved by signifying the sustainability principles.
The organizing committee is developed for booking of the venue place, installation of the
renovation program, portfolio management, and others.
Yes, the expectation of the customers met because the quality of service and facilities are
provided to them at the day of the event. The flow of events is systematically handled. There
was no clashing in the event take place. The success criteria of the project depend on the
proper arrangement of the events. The return on investment and the profitability ratio of the
London Olympic game helps in measuring the success of the project.
The main contributing factors of the project are highlighted in the table below:
Contributing Factors Description
Administration control The administration of the flow of event is
successfully done which helps in avoiding
the clashing of events
Technical support The implementation of the centralized control
on the London Olympic game helps in taking
registration of the participants from the
international level (Kharaiweish, 2013)
Effective infrastructure The venue place chosen for the
implementation of the sports event is
spacious which makes the event to be
managed comfortably without any crowded
environment
Sports organization The sports events are systematically
organized with the prior notice to the
participant about the time and day of their
events
Accommodation The sport persons are provided with good

quality accommodation facilities
Game equipment The participants are provided relevant Game
equipment to them for practice
Campaigning and Promotion plan The promotion of the event is successfully
done which helps in attracting thousands of
people to the venue place of the London
Olympic game
Transport facilities The sports persons and member participants
are provided with effect transport services
The occurrence of these contributing factors occurs because the project activities have to be
aligned with the project schedule duration of time and allocated cost per activities. It helps in
completing the event within the given time boundary and cost specified. The alignment of the
activities to the project schedule helps in completing the project successfully with the
delivery of events according to the planned schedule. The monitoring program helps in
analysing the services and facilities provided to the customers, identifying problems in
seating arrangement, flow of sports game and events, and others.
References
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Monnappa. (2017). Project scope management: What it is and why it is important. Ebook
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