• The Project Sponsor is considered to be the Project Owner, while the Project Champion is considered be to the Project Advocate.
• The Project Sponsor has a formal role in an organization, while the Project Champion has an informal role.
• A Project can have many Project Champions, but can only have one Project Sponsor.

Note that some prominent Project Managers argue that the Project Champion role is embodied by the Project Sponsor.

It is also worthy to note that the term “Project Champion” does not appear anywhere in the PMBOK, whereas the term Project Sponsor is used prominently.

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• Initiating Process Group
• Planning Process Group
• Executing Process Group
• Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
• Closing Process Group

Note that these Process Groups are sequential and are adopted by the Waterfall Methodology. The Project Management Process Groups above are perfect in Construction Projects, but may not be ideal in Software Projects, where the risks and the unpredictability are much higher. In the latter case, Agile is favored by many due to its flexible nature to adopting to changes.

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