OPIM 5894 ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT SALT LAKE OLYMPICS CASE SURESH NAIR, Ph.D. Professor, School of Business University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

Salt Lake Olympics case 2 Issues Raised  Very large scale logistics event  Firm deadline event  Very large number of transient employees during project  Interdependencies between functions and venues  Importance of rehearsals  Importance of product/service design in projects Prof. Suresh Nair, University of Connecticut

Salt Lake Olympics case 3 Team Assignments – Team 1, Team 2, Team 3  Given that they had no knowledge transfer from previous Olympics, how do you think they came up with tasks and time/resource estimates (Exhibits 5 a,b,c,6)? How would you have done this? (Be brief)  Why did they switch to Venue Based planning from Function Based planning? Prof. Suresh Nair, University of Connecticut

Salt Lake Olympics case 4 Team Assignments – Team 1, Team 2, Team 3  Do a mock Table Top for any one incident from each Tier of Exhibit 9 (3 in total). What action/responses would you recommend for each? What would be the implication for SLOC – venue design, roads, staffing, EMT, athletes, etc.  What is the most important lesson you can apply from this case in YOUR project (give a specific example from work)? Prof. Suresh Nair, University of Connecticut