Making the games final the institute for government. Aug, 2012 in the runup to the london 2012 olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the olympic village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by. I have been following with interest the project management lessons learned from 2012 olympics, both the apm and olympic delivery authority are to be commended for making a deliberate attempt to capture the lessons learned from this project and. Recent research has emphasised the need for project management to be adaptive and flexible to address the complexities, uncertainties and challenges surrounding each project. Following the award of the games in 2005, the olympic delivery authority oda translated these commitments into a sustainable. This section contains the major reports, studies, publications and information regarding the olympic movement. Beijing 2008 olympic games 20 documents in 5 categories. Lessons for project and programme management form part of the odas learning legacy project. The latter are scheduled to take place in london from july 27 to august 12, 2012. A london 2012 inspire mark winning project, fire fit aims to build safer and stronger communities through a diverse programme of grassroots sporting, cultural and healthrelated activities.
The microsoft products in use include sharepoint, project professional 2007, and enterprise project management epm solution. The process of project managing the 2012 london olympic games. Turin 2006 olympic winter games 1 documents in 1 categories. Most recently, hes been involved with the 2012 summer olympic and paralympic games. Athens 2004 olympic games 10 documents in 4 categories. One of the most prominent causes of cost overruns in project management is. Aug 31, 2009 ky nichol heads up the major sporting events practice for global consultancy pcubed. Models for project management in 2016 olympic games. British politics and policy at lse ran a series on the london olympics in june and july 2012. The london development agency lda has responsibility for land acquisition, legacy construction, socialeconomic regeneration and legacy. Download the lessons learned from the london 2012 games. Essay on london 2012 olympics and risk management bartleby. Pdf information technology has an important role in many businesses and in.
We were in charge of implementing a new electronic document management system to organise and hold all documentation related to delivering london 2012. These are organised and run by members of the mfrs fire service together with a network of partners. This ecollection is a select sample of some of the most interesting posts from that series. Planning permission for the olympic park was secured in october 2007 and construction started in. How much important is it project management for olympic games. Find here the list of all documents published on this website. Vancouver 2010 olympic winter games 21 documents in 7 categories.
Nichol, who has been in project management for two decades, honed. Suggested citation ceil, chenoy, the process of project managing the 2012 london olympic games february 26, 2015. Apr 09, 20 once formal acceptance has taken place the ownership of the products transfers from the project team to the receiving authority. Sep 25, 20 london 2012 olympic games project management yesterday, i attended a conference by ian crockford on project management based on his experience at the olympic delivery authority oda, the public body responsible for ensuring the delivery of the infrastructure, design and construction of buildings, transport and the legacy of the london 2012. Olympic games are complex and demands project management usage since bid. The oda encouraged collaboration between designers, project managers. Olympics requirements the london organising committee of the olympic games and paralympic games, 20. Locog has enjoyed strong relations with all levels of uk government and its relevant departments, and greatly benefited from crossparty political support. The construction of the olympic park in east london was widely hailed as a success. Legacy was always at the heart of the london olympics. The budget for the main stadium is, however, just an estimate. The construction programme for the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games, olympic delivery authority category winner sponsor winners case study apm project management awards. That has included work for both the 2004 summer olympic and paralympic games in athens and the 2006 fifa world cup hosted in germany.
The materials range from brief policy statements through to detailed document templates and academic research reports. The process of project managing the 2012 london olympic. The environmental sustainability of the london 2012 olympic. Nichol adheres to five key principles in his work on olympic games, culled from his experience in delivering large, multiagency initiatives. How risk management kept the olympics on track cfo. The project was intended to catalyse regeneration in this area of east london. Find here the list of all factsheets and reference documents. The success of the london 2012 olympics1 exceeded national and international expectations. Project closure involves handing over the deliverables to your customer, passing the documentation to the business, cancelling supplier contracts, releasing staff and equipment, and informing stakeholders of the closure of the project. Sean dodd royal docks business school, university of east london, london se16 2rd telephone. I was a clientside project manager in the odas it department. This consisted of government departments and the mayor of londons team, as well as the oda and the london organising committee of the olympic and paralympic games locog. A case study of the water cube aquatic centre for beijing 2008 olympic games rob lesliecarter1, patrick x. Access to the full spectrum of articles on this theme is available online.
London pledged to host the greenest games ever and to leave a lasting legacy of physical assets and learning, to be shared with future games and other major projects. Working alongside the london organising committee of the olympic games locog teams to coordinate input from its functional areas, our project managers coordinated a team of architects, quantity surveyors, engineers and constructions managers to deliver effective and cost efficient games time venues within national legislative requirements. And the delivery partner model of the olympics was to get 600 privatesector employees who were at the top of their game in commercial project management, and risk management, and programme management, to work with us to deliver the whole infrastructure across what is, effectively, a regeneration of the whole, of that area in stratford in east. Do you want to know everything about olympism at a glance. Visit the olympic world library owl your library catalogue, information portal and search engine entirely devoted to olympic knowledge and search all of the olympic studies centres collections comprising over 30,000 publications, including books, electronic publications and journals. London 2012 olympic games project management the blog by. Pdf how much important is it project management for olympic. Project management in 2016 olympic games springerlink.
London 2012 was the successful bid to host the 2012 summer olympics, held in london with most events taking place in stratford in the borough of newham. London 2012 project management lessons focus on training blog. The articles contained herein give the views of the authors, and not the position. The project life cycle was divided into six phases. The british olympic association had been working on the bid since 1997, and presented its report to government ministers in december 2000. Sochi will have almost 40,000 security personnel because of terrorist threats. The project life cycle project management 21 a project. Risk management at the llondon 2012 olympics essays 1800 words 8 pages. Zou2 and eve xiao tan3 1 principal and office leader, arup project management, sydney australia 2 associate professor, faculty of the built environment, the university of new south wales, australia. Apm project management awards for more details on the awards and how to enter or attend, visit.
Throughout the london 2012 olympic and paralympic programme. It was the bid paris was supposed to win and there was widespread scepticism after the failures of the dome. Project management in 2016 olympic games request pdf. The final aspect of olympic planning that gives rise to the underestimation of. The organizations which participate in the olympic games project.
For london, legacy came first in the planning, says nichol. A growing body of resources is available on the london 2012 website. Lessons can be learned from successful delivery getting such a high profile build right was a boost for the uks reputation, writes vanessa kortekaas share on twitter opens. The main finding of this research is that project management maturity models benefits management approaches and reinforce the definition and the. The main goal of this paper is to analyses which project management model best fit a mega event like the 2016 olympic games. Project management, olympic games, information technology, major. Second guest blog in the top tip for project management series by paul naybour, business development director of parallel project training. Traditional project management assumes that a onesizefitsall approach a simple, predictable and standardised model is applicable to all types of projects. I would like to thank rt hon jeremy hunt mp, secretary of state for culture, olympics, media and sport, and hugh robertson mp, minister for.
Introduction to project management, leadership and skills planning. When visiting the site of the london olympics recently, i made a mistake thats not unusual for project managers and leaders at all levels. The london organising committee of the olympic games and. London 2012 olympic and paralympic games the legacy. Breaking down silos, building crossparty alliances and limiting reshuffles are key. The above 4 stages describe the basic project life cycle, an example of a basic life cycle project is a software development project. Salt lake city 2002 olympic winter games 7 documents in 4 categories. The organizations which participate in the olympic games project management in rio are under the pressure of external scenarios of uncertainty and also several constraints to manage all the olympic resources and need to deal with limitations of costs and. Commission for a sustainable london 2012 is an independent body set up to monitor. Project management is the application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives.