Dears,
I am now managing a project for my performing company in a government entity which will pay us for the work that will achieve the project objectives, i want to clarify the difference between the Sponsor, Customer,and Client.
and if the sponsor in my company or in the government entity? and so on.
What type of project you are working on? your customer could be your client or your client is a third party developing application to be used by other customers. If you are looking for definition them the PMBOK guide have all definitions. Your sponsor is authorizing the project and financing as same time! Saving Changes...
They can be all the same person or entity, and they can be all separate also. Saving Changes...
Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
A sponsor is usually an individual or company that provides resources and support, while a customer could be an entity that pay for the product or service and client may be the buyer, purchaser or service requester. As Sante mentioned it can be all the same person. Saving Changes...
Customer is clear, the government
Client to me in this case is the government.
Sponsor in your company is the individual that would help get ressource and support.
On the client side there is a sponsor to the project also, you might not be in contact with the individual. Saving Changes...
Roy LlamasProgram Manager| Northrop Grumman CorporationMadison, Al, United States
Be careful that people are not using local knowledge and paradigm when they say "customer". At my job people called any user of our product a "customer" whether it was the government office or the soldier using the gear.
A customer is a person, office, entity that buys something. In this case what you do or make. Saving Changes...
