CAPM Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of project roles and responsibilities

Leadership focuses on establishing vision and direction, aligning and inspiring people, and motivating them to overcome obstacles. Management focuses on planning, organizing, directing, and controlling work to achieve objectives. Both are essential in project management, but they serve different purposes.

**Why not A:** Leadership is needed throughout the entire project lifecycle, not just during initiation. Inspiring and motivating the team is critical during execution, when challenges arise, and during transitions. Both leadership and management are required continuously throughout the project.

**Why not C:** Both the project sponsor and project manager exercise leadership and management. The distinction is between the functions (vision/inspiration vs. planning/control), not between roles. Project managers must both lead and manage, and sponsors provide both strategic direction and resource management.

**Why not D:** Leadership does not involve making all project decisions unilaterally, and management is not solely about delegation. Leadership focuses on vision, direction, and inspiration, while management focuses on planning, organizing, and controlling — both involve decision-making and delegation in different ways.