Summary
- Reliability should include peak load, accessibility, cyber recovery and manual fallback across every venue.
- Post-event plans need owners, maintenance funding, data deletion and reuse terms before procurement.
The move from Tokyo to Paris showed how each Olympic cycle layers new systems over a fixed deadline and an enormous temporary workforce. Spectacle can hide dependencies on connectivity, identity services, suppliers and specialist staff. Organisers should test full failure chains, publish accessibility results and decide which assets transfer to cities or sport bodies. The next useful evidence is a one-year ledger of systems still operated, costs avoided and data retired. Innovation earns a legacy when it leaves maintainable capability rather than an expensive demonstration.
