Adapting the organization to each project
Project management: distinguishing between leadership and management

Leadership and management are two distinct but complementary functions. Depending on the project, they may be carried out by one or more people.

Because of the specific nature of its purpose, every project is unique. As a result, the organization and distribution of responsibilities, the layout and sequence of work, the processes to be implemented and the rules and procedures to be applied must be defined for each project. This also applies to project management.

In highly operational projects with a limited scope, such as software maintenance projects, the workload and technical nature of management activities means that the project manager can be entrusted with all management tasks.

All or part of the management may also be taken on by one or more members of the project team, who thus add functional responsibility...