Building Esports Operations with Purpose

Esports organizations often begin with competition while the operational structure arrives later. Drawing on the development of Unleashed Esports (U3), this white paper examines how recruiting, scheduling, coaching, communication, player development, accountability, and technology interact as parts of one operating system. It introduces the BUILD Framework—Bottleneck, Understand, Improve, Link, and Develop—as a practical method for diagnosing operational friction and choosing the simplest meaningful improvement without assuming custom software is the answer.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-09-28
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23023235
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Digital Games and Media
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Building Esports Operations with Purpose

YaYa Jenkins
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Building Esports Operations with Purpose

YaYa Jenkins
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Abstract

Esports organizations often begin with competition while the operational structure arrives later. Drawing on the development of Unleashed Esports (U3), this white paper examines how recruiting, scheduling, coaching, communication, player development, accountability, and technology interact as parts of one operating system. It introduces the BUILD Framework—Bottleneck, Understand, Improve, Link, and Develop—as a practical method for diagnosing operational friction and choosing the simplest meaningful improvement without assuming custom software is the answer.

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