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CASE 4.1 Manchester United Soccer Club

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

Final
Ceremony

Selecting
Players

Playground
Rules

Selecting
Sponsors

Collecting
Fund
Television
Coverage

Rewards Qualified
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
s

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.