Question

Your management team has decided that all orders will be treated as projects and that project managers will be used to update orders daily, to resolve issues, and to ensure the customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual orders can vary from $100 to $150,000. The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status. How would you define this situation?

• A. Because each individual order is a "temporary endeavor," each order is a project.
• B. This is program management since there are multiple projects involved.
• C. This is a recurring process, not a project.
• D. Orders incurring revenue over $100,000 would be considered projects and would involve project management

What is the difference between recurring process and project?

Answer 1

A. Because each individual order is a "temporary endeavor," each order is a project.

The above statement is incorrect.

Explanation:When any new event or program to be conducted,then it can be converted into a project,for different new events,different project is necessary.But in general issue,well known event cannot be considered as a project.Here "The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status."So it is clear from the above statement that project manager is providing only daily status,but not doing any planning or not providing any documentation,so each order cannot be termed as a project.

B.This is program management since there are multiple projects involved.

The above statement is incorrect.

Explanation:The emphasize of program management is to improve the efficiency and performance of organization by managing the interrelated projects together.But it is clear from above statement that the orders cannot be taken as project separately.

D.Orders incurring revenue over $100,000 would be considered projects and would involve project management.

The above statement is incorrect.

Explanation: Project management deals with proper planning,executing,initiating,and controlling any teamwork to reach at a specified destination or to achieve a particular goal within a stipulated period of time.There may be different hindrances,it's main aim is to complete the project work with given resistance or constraints.But there are no ceiling limits as specified here for considering an order to be a project.

C.This is a recurring process, not a project.

The above statement is correct.

Explanation:The duration of the orders are short,as well as multiple number of orders cannot be termed as project,as orders are recurring in nature,and projects cannot be recurring to that extent.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECURRING PROCESS AND PROJECT

RECURRING PROCESS	PROJECT
It is ongoing in nature and a never ending process,as well as the duration is not fixed.	After the achievement of a particular objective,the project ends,and the duration is fixed.
The tasks to be performed are repetitive in nature,and mostly new tasks doesn't emerge over time.	The tasks to be performed are generally non repetitive in nature,Innovative tasks can emerge over time.,