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MANAGEMENT RESERVE AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT

International Football Tournament Stadium & Digital Ticketing Project

  1. Document Information
  • Project Manager: Alex
  • Sponsor: Ministry of Sports – Tournament Steering Committee
  • Version: 1.0
  • Approval Date: 20 December 2025
  • Status: Approved – Sponsor Controlled
  • Included in Cost Baseline: ❌ No
  • Included in Total Authorized Funding: ✅ Yes
  1. Purpose

The Management Reserve (MR) is established to address:

Unidentified risks (unknown-unknowns) that are outside the scope of quantified contingency.

It exists to protect:

  • Public funding credibility
  • Tournament immovable deadline
  • Strategic national reputation
  1. Amount Authorized

Component

Amount

Cost Baseline (BAC)

$547,000,000

Management Reserve

$15,000,000

Total Authorized Funding:
$562,000,000

Management Reserve represents:

  • 2.74% of total funding
  • 2.74% of baseline cost
  • Reasonable for mega infrastructure projects (2–5% typical)
  1. Ownership & Control

Management Reserve is:

  • Controlled by Sponsor Committee
  • Not accessible directly by Project Manager
  • Released only through formal change process

The Project Manager may request MR usage but cannot authorize it.

  1. Conditions for Use

Management Reserve may be used only when:

  1. A previously unidentified risk materializes
  2. The impact exceeds available contingency
  3. The event is outside baseline assumptions
  4. No scope trade-off is feasible

Examples:

  • New regulatory law introduced
  • Geotechnical surprise not covered in risk register
  • Political directive altering stadium capacity
  • National security requirement for digital platform
  1. Prohibited Uses

Management Reserve cannot be used for:

  • Poor estimating accuracy
  • Scope creep without approval
  • Known risks already assigned contingency
  • Performance inefficiency

This distinction is critical.

  1. Release Process

Step 1 – PM documents:

  • Nature of event
  • Why it was not previously identified
  • Cost impact analysis
  • Schedule impact analysis

Step 2 – Impact review by:

  • PMO
  • Finance
  • Risk oversight

Step 3 – Sponsor Committee approval required

If approved:

  • Cost baseline is adjusted
  • BAC increases
  • Formal change recorded
  1. Relationship to Cost Baseline

Before MR release:

BAC = $547,000,000

After MR release (example $5M):

New BAC = $552,000,000

EVM calculations adjust accordingly.

  1. Monitoring & Reporting

Management Reserve status reviewed:

  • Quarterly
  • During governance reviews
  • During major risk reassessments

Report includes:

  • Remaining MR balance
  • MR usage history
  • Justification documentation
  1. Strategic Justification

The tournament start date (June 2030) is a hard constraint.

Failure to deliver has:

  • International reputational impact
  • Financial penalties
  • Political consequences

Management Reserve ensures national-level protection.

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Ministry of Sports

a public-sector organization responsible for national sports infrastructure and programs