Case Study Manchester United Soccer Club

MANCHESTER UNITED SOCCER CLUB

Project Case PREPARED BY: BY: GROUP GROUP 1 [Company address]

QUESTION 1 Make a list of the major deliverables for the project and use them to develop a draft of the work breakdown structure for the tournament that contains at least three levels of detail. What Page | 1

are the major deliverables associated with hosting an event such as a soccer tournament? ANSWER MAJOR DELIVERABLES

The core deliverables of Manchester United Soccer Club are to sponsor the tournament with the amount being sponsored by different organizations, it also generates the list of colleges that can participate in the tournament. It also helps to make a list of the teams that will participate along with the list of their players and their schedule as well. They also arrange trophy and other rewards as well for the winner team as well as for the runner up. Sometimes when the sponsors allow they also arrange rewards for the participants and the club members as well. BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

Manchester United Soccer Clud Tournament Tournament Rules Filtering Players

Games & Ground Rules

Soccer Rules

Playground Arrangements Contacting Local Colleges Field Analysis

Field Design

Size

Gallary Schedule

Field Booking Player's Shade

Fees Policy

Equipments

Goal Post

Soccer Balls

Finding Sponsors

Hiring Refrees Main Referee

Funds Collection

Final Ceremony

Other Members

Sponsors

Side Referee

Hiring Artist Cloths designer

Additional Staff 

TV Coverage

Rewards

Trophy Assistants

Stage Designers

Man of the Series IT Staff  Best Goal

Special Guests

1. Tournament Rules a. Filtering Players b. Games and Ground Rules i. Soccer Rules ii. Schedule iii. Fees Policy 

2. Playground Arrangements a. Contacting Local Colleges i. Field Analysis ii. Field Booking b. Field Design i. Dimensions ii. Gallery c. Equipment’s i. Goal Post ii. Soccer Balls 3. Sponsors a. Finding Sponsors b. Funds Collection

4. Other Members a. Hiring Referees i. Main Referees ii. Side Referees b. Hiring Artist i. Cloths Designers ii. Stage Designers c.  Additional Staff i.  Assistants ii. IT Staff

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5. Final Ceremony a. TV Coverage b. Rewards i. Trophy ii. Man of the series iii. Best Goal c. Special Guest i. Request some owner guest for the match

Question 2 How would developing a WBS alleviate some of the problems that occurred during the first meeting and help Nicolette organize and plan the project? Answer The technique of using WBS is the best technique to cut down the work to small pieces, it allows to work on each part which make it more proficient and organized. There are plenty of problems in the first meeting but developing a WBS will surely help Nicolette to focus on each portion clearly and find a better cost effective solution. Some of the problems discussed in first meeting are as follows; 

Finding highly qualified referees to reduce poor decisions was a major conflict

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Surveying each college to filter best playgrounds was very difficult and time c onsuming.

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Make an accurate fee amount that will help to meet all the expenses but will attract audience as well.

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The rewarding policy was a difficult phase because of cost and budget.

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Finding more and appropriate sponsors to meet the cost and extend the budget.

Question 3 Where can Nicolette find additional information to help her develop a WBS for the tournament?

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Answer The best way is to form a team of colleagues and divide task among them this way they will have more resources to gather needed information to develop WBS. There are many other soccer clubs as well with more experience and knowledge so it i s the most easy and appropriate way to contact them to receive more information and their support as well. Question 4 How could Nicolette and her task force use the WBS to generate cost estimates for the tournament? Why would this be useful information? Answer The core purpose of arranging this tournament is to generate profit for the club which isn’t any easy task, it requires time, efforts, proper planning, cost and knowledge as well. So as said this all requires keen observation and proper planning to be successful so WBS not just help in keeping track record of the event but also divides the work load properly and makes everyone in the team responsible for its own assigned task. It also helps in estimating the cost along with providing a proper schedule of the work. B ut also lets keep this in mind that it isn’t an easy task to structure a work breakdown because it requires time, experience and understanding of the project as well. Question 5 Identify high risk areas and stakeholders and severity of risk.( low, medium high)? Answer Following are some risk areas and stakeholders. 1. The name of Manchester club is involved so failure to deliver can badly effect the goodwill. 2. The sponsors are the major stakeholders in this event because all the event is dependent upon their investment.

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3. So, there is high risk involved for the sponsors as well because their investment is on stake. 4. This event is going to be very costly because Nicolette is planning for an impressive event like hiring qualified referees, using designers to design T- shirts and sweatshirts, Page | 5 booking local colleges playground. 5. Nicolette is also a major stakeholder and high risk is involved to her own name any failure can cost her the job and her career as well. 6. The football teams are also a major stakeholder because without them this event isn’t possible at all but there is a very low risk for them.