The Wembley Football Stadium Project – A Critical Evaluation of The Project Decision Making
3500 words
masters level
4 sections
Write A 3575 word critical evaluation of the project’s decision making both at strategic and tactical levels. This will apply the theories and concepts covered in contractual and financial management. The evaluation can deal with one of the project phases from pre-project, project execution to post project review.
Part 1: This part will set out the context of the Wembley Football Stadium project along with the key strategic drivers, the governance structures and the challenges faced.
-The clarity and conciseness of this presentation with the coverage of the required content.- 30%of marks
Part 2 : Wembley Football Stadium Project Report – Executive Summary: Comprehensively and succinctly summarising the content of the full report- 10%
-Decision-Making Evaluation: The focus, precision and quality of theanalysis which demonstrates both understanding and creativity in the criticalevaluation of the decision making (potentially focusing on the decision toinvest in the project, the contract strategy etc. ).- 40% of marks
– Quality of Conclusion: The conclusion of the work be drawn from the preceding content, and effectively summarize the findings from each part of the decision making that has been evaluated. It should provide relevant recommendations for future practice for this type of project.- 10%
-Quality of Presentation: The work should set out its arguments in a clear and concise manner with specific care to ensure readability, good sentence structure, avoidance of jargon and explanation of acronyms, etc.
-Consideration should be give to the appropriate structure, with the formation of thematic paragraphs to create a logically flowing report. It will be beneficial to support the text with appropriate figures and tables. This also requires a suitable and proportionate Reference List.-Harvard Style referencing
SUGGESTED CONTENTS
Part 1
Executive Summary (100 words)
Context of the Wembley Football Stadium Project
Summary of my report
Part 2
Wembley Stadium Project Report. (1000 words)
-Main Strategic Drivers of the project
-Project Governance Structure
-Project Challenges and Project change examples within the project and critical review of how change was managed. What was done well and what was not done well with recommendations.
-Critical Appraisal of the Wembley Football Stadium Project – History (with literature review)
Part 3
Decision-Making Evaluation (c2400 words)
-The Decision to Invest in the Wembley Stadium Project: Theoretical Contract and Financial –Decision Making (NPV, CBA, IRR)
-Evaluation of the Wembley Stadium Project Decision-Making- Strategic and Tactical
-Wembley Stadium Contract Strategy
-Evaluation of the Wembley Stadium Contract Strategy ( what went well and what didn’t along with recommendations backed by theoretical contract and financial management theories)
Part 4
Conclusion – Based on the finding in the report
References- Harvard style
