Project Management for Technology
Scenario
The World Cup Soccer Project in Ethiopia You have been hired as a consultant by the World Cup Soccer Project in Ethiopia Committee to manage the planning, execution, and closeout of all World Cup Soccer games in Ethiopia-East Africa. The assignment is known as the “World Cup Soccer Games in Ethiopia Project” and the goal is to produce a report addressing project management activities and tasks that will be handled by the team that you will lead. There are a total of 20 teams and although all travel (flights, bus, etc.) into Ethiopia will be handled by participating countries, your team is responsible to coordinate the following:
• Hotel stay
• Food
• Transportation to the games
• Medical personnel
• Security
• Other
In the form of an executive project management high level report to your company’s Vice Presidents and Directors, you will apply a range of project management principles and methodologies.
In your report, you should provide information on how your company plans to coordinate the activities during the game. This includes everything from choosing the venues to what time the activities should start/end.
Your Project Management proposal execution report should also discuss the challenges and mitigation strategies that you and your team will implement for the World Cup Soccer Games in Ethiopia that will take place for 20 days in Ethiopia in 2026.
Instructions
Based on the scenario, complete the following with a minimum of 300 words for EACH:
1) Work breakdown structures (WBS) - Create a formatted WBS based on the Scenario
2) Managing risks - Create them based on the Scenario (Break Them Down and Explain)
3) Costs and budgets - Based on the Scenario details, create a cost and budget table in MS Excel or MS Project and write a paragraph describing the creation
4) Schedules (time/delivery) - Based on the Scenario details, create a cost and budget table in MS Excel or MS Project and write a paragraph describing the creation
(The final project must include or demonstrate A minimum of one scholastic reference and Is well developed, organized, coherent, and unified, Conveying your understanding of the readings and concepts.)