Week 1 Discussion and Project

Project versus Project Management

Let's look at the differences between project management and program management.

Project management is carried out by project managers. He or she plans, tracks, and organizes resources while meeting all expectations of stakeholders. Software and

templates are some of the project management tools project managers use to gain skills used throughout the project.

Program management involves managing several related projects in order to improve an organization's performance. Program management is responsible for managing multiple on-going projects. For example, a bank requires on-going support for technology projects. This is accomplished with the help of program management. There

could be hundreds of different sizes of projects with different priorities that have to be coordinated centrally.

Program management is the all-encompassing way by which companies organize their individual projects.

After looking at the differences between project management and program management, here are some suggestions that would help a project manager move from

managing individual projects to managing project managers and their projects.

Network with other program managers and discuss what they see are the differences between project management and program management.

Establish a PMO (Project Management Of�ce) group which will help in monitoring and reporting the active projects.

Project management is anchored more in practice than in scholarship. The most prominent guardian of project management thought is the Project Management Institute

(PMI), which publishes A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). This guide is one of the required textbooks for this course. One of the

things that make project management interesting is its jargon. The supplemental media provides few key de�nitions that will help lay your foundation for learning what

project management and this course are all about. These terms are central to understanding the basics.

Additional Materials

Distinct Type of Management (media/week1/SUO_MGT3035%20W1%20L2.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=7jk95E0XTOzwhgfWZYdxYEhmP&ou=85477)

View a Pdf Transcript of Project Management De�nitions (media/week1/SU_MGT3035_W1_L3_G1.pdf?

_&d2lSessionVal=7jk95E0XTOzwhgfWZYdxYEhmP&ou=85477)

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