What is the Difference between a project coordinator and a project manager?

Answer 1

Project Coordination can cover a lot of roles and responsibilities depending upon the organisation and how they have allocated them throughout the business. Coordination can range from adminsinstration duties (maintenance of project documentation, plans and reports), through engineering duties (maintenance of headcount databases, materials, configuration management) right up to junior project management duties (updating risk/opportunity registers, schedule updates, financial updates). The main difference is that although the project coordinator may do some of the project management work, the project manager is ultimately responsible and accountable for the successful delivery of the project outputs. The project manager can delegate work, but still retains the responsibility and accountability.