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CASE 4.1 Manchester United SoccerClub

Q1) Make a list of 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 are the major deliverables associated with hosting an event such as a soccer

tournament?

A) WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

Major Deliverables

a. List of sponsors with the amount sponsored

b. List of local college fields that can be used for the tournaments

c. List of teams playing in the event along with schedule of matches

d. Finalized rewards for the teams

e. Design of T-shirts and accessories to be manufactured for the event

Q2) How would developing a WBS alleviate some of the problems that occurred during

first meeting and help Nicolette organize and plan the project?

Manchester United Soccer Club

The Soccer Tournament

Tournament

Rules

Playground

Arrangement

Finding

Sponsors

Referees &

Artists

FinalCeremony

Selecting

Players

Playground

Rules

Selecting

Sponsors

Collecting

Fund

Television

Coverage

RewQualified

Referees

Hiring an

artist

Playing

Equipment

Contacting

Local College

Field

Design

Basic Soccer

Rules

Game

Schedule

Entry Fees &

Registration

Examining

the Field

Hiring the

Field

Goal-Posts

Soccer Balls

for Playing

Field

Dimension

Viewers

Gallery

Players

Shade

Main Referee

Sideline

Referees

Designing

T-Shirts

Designing

Sweatshirt

Winners

Trophy

Man of the

Tournament

Best Goal

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A) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) helps to develop all of the work structure and

responsibility structures of a project. There were different kinds of problems and opinions at the

first meeting by the members-They were discussing about hiring the qualified referees in the

playground to minimize the odd decision. They were also discussing about contacting the local

colleges to find an appropriate field and the entry fees of the players. There was confusion about

rewards of the players, they have decided to contact with local corporate sponsors and collect

fund. They have decided hiring an artist who will design the unique T-Shirts & Sweatshirts for

the players.

The benefits of WBS in alleviating the above problems:

a. WBS will provide the holistic picture of the event and provide a structure to the activities that

needs to be planned and managed.

b. Being the first event, WBS will help them in scheduling of the soccer matches, handling the

registration, cost estimations and defining logistics.

c. WBS will reduce, to some extent eliminate, the possibility of forgetting a task completely. All

the tasks will be listed in a map, with their defined priority and sequence.

d. There were important issues raised regarding injustice in the soccer field etc. These can be

tracked through WBS and the manager can plan mitigation activities for the same like identifying

good referees.

Q3)Where can Nicolette find additional information to help her develop WBS structure

for the tournament?

A) To develop a good work breakdown structure, Nicolette can collect the information from the

following sources:

a. She can search for the other soccer events that are planned by other clubs. She can get access

to their schedules, awards, events sequencing, invitees, referees list etc. from the websites or

contact persons of those soccer clubs. This will help her to identify the best

practices i.e. what to do and what not to do while organizing such events.

b. She can have a brainstorming session with the colleagues and identify the tasks that need to be

planned.

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c.She can also take inputs from the soccer club members who have participated in other such

events.

d.World-wide media can also be used to collect information

Q4) How could Nicolette and her Task force use the WBS to generate the cost estimates for

the tournament? Why would this be useful information?

A) WBS will provide a holistic picture of the event to Nicolette and her task force and will be

helpful in generating the cost estimates for the tournament. It will break the complete event into

many small tasks/activities which can be more accurately estimated with appropriate buffers if

required. Later these costs for individual tasks can be added to arrive at the complete cost of the

event. This information is very useful and will help in the following way

a. WBS will help them to identify the cost drivers of the event. This will allow them to reduce

the costs of the event if the budget does not permit.

b. WBS will help them arrive at numbers for size of the event, number of teams to play, number

of referees, number of fields to book etc.

c. WBS will help them arrive at the registration fees for the event, which is one of the major

financing for the event.