Answer to Question #291962 in Management for NEBA

Question

Assume that you are the manager of a company that has programs and projects and want to assign managers for projects and programs. You have two potential managers , namely, Mr Biruk is senior manager and has experience of managing of several projects and Miss Tizeta who is a junior manager with the experience of managing a few projects. Given the above information, which persons do you assign to which positions? Why?

Answer 1

Programs are usually executed over a much longer timeframe than projects, often several years while projects by definition have a finite duration and are typical of a shorter timeframe than programs, often just a few weeks. Since Mr Biruk is an experienced senior manager I would allocate him the role of Program Manager so that he can manage the sub projects making up the program. On the hand, since Miss Tizeta has experience in managing a few projects then I can hire her as Project Manager to coordinate all projects.