It seems like whoever named these titles did a poor job. They’re so close, can you blame people for not seeing a difference?
What is a product but a large project anyways?
What is a product but a large project anyways?
A project manager is in charge of planing, execution and governance of a project. They don’t define any of the goals or vision.
Saying product is a large project is a big over simplification. If we go that route anything could be called a “large project”.
This sounds like if you were trying to hire a race-car driver instead hired two people, and put one of them in charge of steering to the left and the other in charge of steering to the right.
Yes. That's precisely the point. What's the difference between "X manager" and a "project manager" when the X itself is obviously a project?
A project has a defined start and end. You know when it’s done, and you should know that before it even starts.
A product is ongoing. It reacts to business changes.