What is the difference between a Project Coordinator and Project Manager?

Hello Internet. Mark here. Today we are going to continue talking about Project Management industry.

This post ain’t gonna be long, yet it will unravel the mystery behind another Project Management industry confusion:

Project coordinator vs Project Manager — what the hell is the difference?!

Just like in the previous post where we have discussed the difference between two things that are actually quite similar, we have the same situation here.

Both guys work on project management teams. One is coordinating and the other is managing. That sounds like “one is kicking and the other one is punching”.

So the difference between them is this:

Project Manager is a more senior role. PM is responsible for the project as a whole (it’s goals, objectives, deadlines, budgets all this sweet goodness). While Project Coordinator is mainly responsible for the “on the ground” operations. Such as communicating the status of the project to the management and stakeholders, preparing the assignments for the project teams, translating project goals into tasks and so on. Also, while PM is actually responsible for the budget and procurement, it’s the project coordinator who actually buys stuff that’s needed.

PM, hence, is a more senior position, because he handles more responsibility than Project Coordinator.

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