Process Management Vs Project Management

Process will have a greater important to have a successful results expected from a Project or Operations Management.

Regards ,

Parameswar

You have stated it the way i see it too.

Operations require processes too. and it's no news that operations are not projects.

Organizations will almost always have operations & projects.

Then again, one must not forget that projects are temporary endeavors that deliver services,products or results which in turn are most often than not handed over to operations!

I will say process management is the key - whether operational or project.

Cheers

Hi All

Everyone have clearly laid out the thougth porcess around process and project mangement.

From my view how i understand is as follows:

Project mangement is nothing but collection of process in each fucntion area - e.g. Scope, Cost, Risk, Etc...

But all the process magement does not lead to project mangement. Again everyone can argue. 

For.e.g. When I take Six Sigma - it is used for Process Optimization adn as well to Design a process. Now again this may not tie down to project mangement. As few have said there is no title for process fucntions. I disagree because even in my previous assigment, had been given a title of Process Manager, and define the process framework and the metrics around it.

So this topic can be debated endlessly, but what is needed is a solid framework for each fucntions. 

Function - Input, Output, Tools, Techniques, Metrics

Again just like to close, collection of each process fucntion can lead to project management also.

Note:

In today's business climate, every one wants to go for optimization. So the question I ask is it is a project management or it is process management.

Mr.Attar i  agree with you. If each and every process is finished efficiently then the project will be successful.but then don't you think so process is more important because only if the process is done properly the project will achieve success.

what do you say?

I agree with him that process managment ia part of project management where in process management major focus is on time factor only, while project managment has to consider all kinds of factor related to start of the project to end of the project, where in the process is undertaken.

Like abdul rightly said all work is a process and that we should be creating organizations that are led by process management and, in turn, form Quality Management Environments for support.so do the process right and automatically outcome of project will be good.

BLUF - Bottom Line Up First - Project Management is also a set of processes. So if you are good in Process Management, it should and would include Project Management as well.

The orgnization needs to drill down to the granular details of the process to reach areas like configuration management, project management etc for their effective monitoring and control.

Project management basically uses network diagrams. These diagrams are drawn using work break down structures (WBS) that are manageable. These WBS can either be event or activity oriented and both of these event and activity is dependent on one more process integrated to deliver. Hence, successful project management depends on how successfully we manage the process lying within the project. Many such activities like risk management (again has number of process sequences), scope management, HR management etc are all different functional areas but dependent on effective process management.

As clearly narrated, the success of project management depends on the success of process management. Project management has  overall integrating function, but it cannot stay in place without proper process management. Majority of project failures are due to failure to manage the process.