Project Management. Olympic Games Opnening Ceremony
Jonas Söderlund, Svjetlana Pantic
723G18, Project Management 13/02/12
Seminar group 2:
Carlos Felipe Centelles García
Magí Desveus Duran
Sami-Petteri Rajala
Gaylord Vidal
2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Table of contents 1 Introduction: 2 1.1 Background 3 1.2 Aim of the report: 4 1.3 Methodology 4 2 Frame of references 5 2.1 What is a Project? 5 2.1.1 What is a project management? 5 2.1.2 What is an event project management? 6 2.2 Project planning 7 2.3 Risk management 9 2.3.1 Internal risks 12 2.3.2 External Risks 12 2.4 STAKEHOLDERS 13 2.4.1 Types of stakeholders 13 2.4.2 Market (or Primary) Stakeholders: 13 2.4.3 Providers and suppliers: 15 2.4.4 Non-Market (or Secondary) Stakeholders 15 3 Empirical Data 18 3.1 Project Key actors 18 3.1.1 IOC 18 3.1.2 LOCOG 19 3.1.3 Performers 19 3.1.4 Volunteers 20 3.1.5 Secondary actors 20 3.2 PROJECT TEAM MANAGEMENT 20 3.3 Leaders 22 3.4 Schedule 24 3.5 Project Process 24 3.6 The opening ceremony – A Budget 27 3.7 Technology 28 4 Analysis 29 4.1 Internal risks 29 4.1.1 Technical 29 4.1.2 Management and performance 31 4.1.3 Political risks 32 4.2 External Risks 33 4.2.1 Legal risks 33 4.2.2 Weather 33 4.2.3 Political and security risks 33 5 Conclusion 35 References 36
1 Introduction:
Olympic Games history started in the 8th century BC. Created first in Olympia during the ancient Greek regime, Olympic Games were a religious ceremony, a way to make a truce between the main Greek city-states and also a way to unify people for only one reason: sport (Swaddling 1999).
Nowadays, Olympic Games still exist, but we can see that it has experienced a big transformation compared to the ancient Greece. This event entered in a formalization process mostly thanks to Pierre de Coubertin. Indeed, he was the first one who created a permanent organisation that has to manage the Olympic Games in
723G18, Project Management 13/02/12
Seminar group 2:
Carlos Felipe Centelles García
Magí Desveus Duran
Sami-Petteri Rajala
Gaylord Vidal
2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Table of contents 1 Introduction: 2 1.1 Background 3 1.2 Aim of the report: 4 1.3 Methodology 4 2 Frame of references 5 2.1 What is a Project? 5 2.1.1 What is a project management? 5 2.1.2 What is an event project management? 6 2.2 Project planning 7 2.3 Risk management 9 2.3.1 Internal risks 12 2.3.2 External Risks 12 2.4 STAKEHOLDERS 13 2.4.1 Types of stakeholders 13 2.4.2 Market (or Primary) Stakeholders: 13 2.4.3 Providers and suppliers: 15 2.4.4 Non-Market (or Secondary) Stakeholders 15 3 Empirical Data 18 3.1 Project Key actors 18 3.1.1 IOC 18 3.1.2 LOCOG 19 3.1.3 Performers 19 3.1.4 Volunteers 20 3.1.5 Secondary actors 20 3.2 PROJECT TEAM MANAGEMENT 20 3.3 Leaders 22 3.4 Schedule 24 3.5 Project Process 24 3.6 The opening ceremony – A Budget 27 3.7 Technology 28 4 Analysis 29 4.1 Internal risks 29 4.1.1 Technical 29 4.1.2 Management and performance 31 4.1.3 Political risks 32 4.2 External Risks 33 4.2.1 Legal risks 33 4.2.2 Weather 33 4.2.3 Political and security risks 33 5 Conclusion 35 References 36
1 Introduction:
Olympic Games history started in the 8th century BC. Created first in Olympia during the ancient Greek regime, Olympic Games were a religious ceremony, a way to make a truce between the main Greek city-states and also a way to unify people for only one reason: sport (Swaddling 1999).
Nowadays, Olympic Games still exist, but we can see that it has experienced a big transformation compared to the ancient Greece. This event entered in a formalization process mostly thanks to Pierre de Coubertin. Indeed, he was the first one who created a permanent organisation that has to manage the Olympic Games in
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