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Project Coordinator VS Project Manager

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I am trying to find information on the following subject. Please help me.

"Roles and responsibilities of Project Coordinator VS Project Manager"

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Jack

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    Nick Nikolaev ·
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    Hello Jack,Main difference

    Hello Jack,

    Main difference between Project Coordinator and Project Manager is the scale of responsibility.
     
    Project Manager is ultimately responsible for identifying project goals and objectives, directing, managing and controlling project work, aligning it with strategy and delivering the project. While Project Coordinator is more of a traffic controller, arranging assignments, analysing course of the project and reporting its status to the management and stakeholders. Project Coordinator doesn’t define project strategy or make strategic decisions, they are directed top-down.
     
    While Project Manager is responsible for budget and procurement, Project Coordinator is responsible for coordinating those aspects and reporting issues, risks or wins to strategic management.
     
    Project Coordinator can be working under Project Manager and/or Project Director, covering team coordination, groundwork, data collection, tracking, etc. In a functional organisation structure Project Coordinators manage projects within department under a functional lead. Project Coordinator role also can exist on its own in small companies where strategic decision making, finances and procurement is covered by CEO or Director.
     
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    Nikhil Joseph ·
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    What i feel is when software

    What i feel is when software are their why coordinators? Software will take of the co-ordination. Manager does all the remaining job of dedicating the employee, building strategy and follow-up that projects are done at times etc.,

    There are free software for project management with mobile CRM App which we should be aware. Some software are Apptivo and Zoho. At present iam using Apptivo software. It saves time.

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    Patrick Weaver ·
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    According to the PMBOK

    According to the PMBOK Guiide:

    Project manager runs the project with close to full authority.

    Project coordinator works for a senior manager and coordinates work (but have very limited authority).  

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    Frank Gambino ·
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    Project coodinator

    Project coodinator coordinates the team and process together for project implementetion whereas project manager manages the whole project.It is responsible for the planning of project and exucation of the project.

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    Frank Gambino ·
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    yeah right....:)

    yeah right....:)

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