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”.
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?
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.
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.