Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Course Instructor:
Charles W. Gathano
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■ Program is a number of projects being undertaken with a particular element in mind which could
be a strategic objective (e.g. an environmental management programme, education programme).
■ It entails various activities being done to achieve objectives.
b) Project Office:
■ Organizations use project offices to assist in all aspects of management of the project work.
■ This office provides recognition of important project activities and need for project management
professionals to run projects.
– This office provides key project staff, the manager, project planners, accountants, consultants etc.
NB: Project management techniques apply to both individual projects and the programmes.
■ Project coordination involves managing the day-to-day operations of a project, making sure
the people are aware of deadlines and tasks that they are responsible for, managing meeting
minutes, etc.
– A project coordinator works very closely with a project manager and is aware of the goals
of a project.
■ Working besides project managers, project coordinators are responsible for overseeing specific
stages of a larger project. The project manager oversees the project as a whole. Project
coordinators may work on more than one aspect of a project, depending on its nature and scope.
■ The project coordinator tracks each applicable stage throughout its lifecycle and makes sure that
critical information is shared among the various team members.
NB:
■ Projects need someone to work with different people who are responsible for different parts of
the project, to check their status periodically, keep them moving on schedule and pull all the
pieces together. This is project coordinating normally done by a project coordinator and
overseen by a project manager.