Running head: PROJECT PLAN FOR WHITBREAD WORLD SAILBOAT RACE
Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race
Joel Johnson
University of Phoenix
Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race
The Whitbread World Sailboat Race, now called the Volvo Ocean Race requires teams to work together to sail around the world taking on many known and unknown challenges. The race itself is only one part of the challenge. The ability for the race team leaders to deliver a professionally designed boat and well trained crew on time and on budget is the first project that needs successful completion.
Bjorn Ericksen has been selected to manage the boat design and crew training process for the company sponsor. He has a hard deadline to deliver the crew and boat to the River Thames as well as a assigned budget to work under. In order to accomplish this task Ericksen needed to determine the feasibility of the project. This required an examination of what aspects of the project could be compressed to save time and the monetary cost of those changes. Bjorn had hired a capable set of assistants to provide original estimates and to lead a portion of the project. He must now determine the appropriate steps to take to ensure the project will be delivered on time and under budget.
Bjorn Ericksen Project Strategy Analysis
“There was a feeling of apprehension and nervous exhilaration as 17 race yachts, carrying 167 crew from seven different nations, hoisted their spinnakers on the way out from Portsmouth into the English Channel on the first leg of a brand new sporting contest, the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. The race was conceived and organized by the Royal Naval Sailing Association with sponsorship from the London-based br ...