project management olympics
Beijing Olympics diary: Testing times…
Comment I am also eager to ensure that the team doesn't burn out before the Olympics begin. More than three and a half years into this project, I'm getting impatient for the games to begin. The IT systems are operational and in fact the games management... [21 Jul 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, work on the IT systems to support the event is moving into its final phases. Integration is what the team in Beijing is doing most of the time, including project... [13 May 2008]
The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics
News The Olympics - which open on 8 August - will use more than 70 venues, which will host 302 events and 10,500 athletes. But each Olympic Games has its own requirements, explained Patrick Adiba, Atos Origin executive vice president of Olympics and... [08 May 2008]
Mega-projects research centre unveiled
News Major programmes - such as the Olympics - are complex, expensive, long-term and have become more common in recent years but there is a shortage of people trained to deal with such mammoth ventures. The traditional tools and techniques of project... [13 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: Olympics as tech showcase?
Comment I've written and read a lot in the past few years about how the 2008 Beijing Olympics are very much about China's coming of age in terms of being a modern economy and in certain areas like technology. [07 Feb 2007]
2012 London Olympics: 2,000 IT volunteers needed
News Alan Crompton, operations manager at Atos Origin for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, told silicon.com that planning for the London Games will begin about a year before the Beijing Olympics. Crompton said the fact that the Greenfield East London... [06 Jul 2005]
Software helps agency hit FOI target
Case Study Projects the LDA is involved with include the new Wembley Stadium, the bid for the 2012 Olympics and the Thames Gateway development. LDA, said the project started 18 months ago when the LDA hired a records manager and started developing policy. [20 Jun 2005]
2012 Olympics IT supplier sought
News Specific technologies required include standard word processing and project management software, WAN and LAN connectivity, telephony services, knowledge management systems and security. The DCMS said the likely requirements will include desk-based... [16 Jun 2005]
Biometrics used to keep German Olympians safe
News NEC's biometric technology was previously employed to protect the doping control room at the Nagano winter Olympics. Eckhard van Deest, general manager of security solutions biometrics, NEC, said: "We are proud to be part of this project, because... [11 Aug 2004]
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