Megaproject management – case studies of Torino, Vancouver and Milano Winter Olympic Games

Olympic Games are giant projects that need to be planned and monitored carefully since the purpose of project is to realize all the tasks within the planned times and costs. The aim of this article is to present two of the past Olympic Winter Games: Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010 in order to identify success and failures concerning the project management of these megaprojects. The analysis in the research was conducted using case study method. Under some project constrains, the first presented case is considered as an example of failure, while the second one as a successful project. Moreover, the future Olympics of Milano 2026 is presented, which has the chance of becoming a megaproject well man-aged. The article includes the conclusion section presenting the potential of the project of Torino 2026 Olympic Games and the recommendations based on the management of the previous examples of megaprojects.