09/02/2020

Question 1

The scope of the task, the end product or the strategic firm, must be characterized in order to construct a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for competition. As part of the course, it is important to draw significant expectations. In the contextual analysis of Manchester United, Nicolette Larson is responsible for hosting the first Manchester United Summer Competition (MUSC), which will generate additional income for the club. At the main competition board meeting, various comments and thoughts were offered on what needs to be done for the competition to be effective. Nicolette, as the head of this task, must "characterize and understand the idea of ​​company needs." (Larson / Gray, p. 106) For this endeavor to be successful, some deliverables are required. Some of those deliverables are as follows:

· Determining whether the current status and number of soccer fields are sufficient for the invitation.

· If the current status / flight number is not sufficient, contact local universities and schools to find out if their soccer fields are available at the time of the competition. Comment by Britt Adair: What about tasks to set up the fields (i.e. goals, mow grass, line fields, provide flags, soccer balls etc.

· Interview and recruit officials who meet the requirements;

· Determine switching costs. (switching??)

· Determination of free decorations associated with trophies;

· Establishment of sub-committees to ensure business district support;

· Determine which products will be sold to the competition; B. shirts, and jerseys among others. Comment by Britt Adair: What about recruiting the artist(s) to design the silk screen?

· Determine which food suppliers will be needed at the event. This requires advice from coaches so that competition can increase smart nutrition. Comment by Britt Adair: What about a teams deliverable to go out and find, screen and invite all of the teams? What about finding sponsors to help fund the tourney?

With the deliverable program in place, Nicolette can develop a WBS, component areas, and project completion requirements. As the reading points out, without planning, setting up WBS can be a huge undertaking (Norman et al., 2010). Risk managers need to use a prevailing model from previous activities to start the cycle. In this situation, it would be an advantage for Nicolette to know what other football clubs have done to prepare for similar competitions. However, for this tournamentrace to be victorious, the expectations lost must be broken down into the following components: Comment by Britt Adair: This information was required to go into the MS Project scheduling tool. In addition, please review the requirement to be at least (30) tasks. Once you provide the MS Project schedule, I will go back and grade those assignment requirements. Until that time, these will be awarded 0 points.

Question 2

For this particular contextual case study, the task is considered smaller, if the entire group of companies is involved in dividing the company into its segments. WBS characterizes all of the company's components in a progressive structure and associates them with the company's final hours (Norman et al., 2010). Nicolette would win by first building the WBS to characterize all the work or plan expectations that are essential to race victory. A conception meeting took into account some of the expectations that needed to be offered, but without a detailed explanation of what needed to be talked about and conveyed, it was a state of chaos that Nicolette needed to experience and manage at that moment. . WBS development will take into account any assets that will be further allocated and assessed, as well as the time and cost required to complete this cycle (Norman et al., 2010). Nicolette can also send people to different subcommittees for different things. The first stage of creating a plan is to ensure that all tasks are recognized and that company members understand what anyone can do. In this way, the subcommittee can focus on different expectations to ensure environmental business support, to set schedules and to secure fields. So, whoever in this subcommittee is taking a picture of this work package is far from the task and the time it takes to complete the job is required. (???) This will allow each group to distinguish between the assets that are expected to complete the work package, who has to do what, and decide to monitor the focus on measuring progress towards the end goal. Comment by Britt Adair: Per the question, what about creating the WBS would enable Nicolette win? Comment by Britt Adair: Would a WBS help her to address this “chaos”? How? Comment by Britt Adair: …and then how does this relate back to this case study and this question? Comment by Britt Adair: How would a WBS help with this? Comment by Britt Adair: So the WBS helps them to define the work that must be done to set up and run this tournament correct? Comment by Britt Adair: Would the WBS help them to decide what sub-committees are required?

Question 3

Creating a WBS from scratch, without any prior information or experience, can be a daunting task. As the head of the companytournament organizing committee, Nicolette had to use the main model from the previous competition. At a conceptualization meeting, Nicolette should offer an opening interview if someone has seen the panel organizing a comparison competition, or happens to know someone who did. Before planning a meeting, Nicolette needs to examine the comparative circumstances under which the club must prepare for the competition or enlist board members to do research and present it to the meeting as a starting point for removing expectations from the competition which are beneficial. Comment by Britt Adair: I didn’t see that this was available in this case study. Comment by Britt Adair: I think you’re on the right track. Because other soccer clubs have successfully hosted youth tournaments, she should contact nearby clubs and request planning information developed over the years. Clubs that annually hold summer tournaments are likely to have comprehensive checklists that would be a rich source of information in developing Manchester’s tournament plan.

Question 4

Use of WBS allows simpler calculation seasons for smaller work packages. Then the total costs can be increased added together to get to the final costs. This cycle allows Nicolette to keep track of the absolute costs of the case, with the only possibility that supply will rise above the cost limit. (??) At this point, choices can be made to avoid the task of bringing it back as far as possible. (bringing what back?) This will make the registration fee reasonable and reasonable. Since recruitment fees are the main reason for supporting competition, it is important to be as low as you would expect in the situation (Norman et al., 2010). The share costs must be low enough for the group to participate, but high enough to take care of all parts of the competition and some profits for the repair and expansion of the number of football fields at the Rock Rimmon football complex and for Push to offer club scholarship programs. Comment by Britt Adair: And by breaking down the major deliverables associated with a soccer tournament into more detailed subcomponents, the planners are unlikely to ignore cost items as well as have sufficient information to formulate cost estimates. Comment by Britt Adair: With the exception of the referees, the tournament will rely on volunteer labor. Therefore, the task force should be able to identify specific cost items (printing brochures, trophies, field rental, equipment rental, and so on).Tabulating cost estimates would also provide a basis for doing a breakeven analysis and help the task force make important decisions such as entry fee and ideal size of the tournament (number of teams and games) as well as make specific decisions regarding items such as medals versus trophies and color versus black and white brochures etc.

GRADE: 22.38 /50 45% (see online rubric to understand your grade)

References Comment by Britt Adair: Since the textbook is the foundation of the assignment, you should also include it as a reference

Norman, E. S., Brotherton, S. A., & Fried, R. T. (2010). Work breakdown structures: The foundation for project management excellence. John Wiley & Sons.