PMI UK Glasgow Branch Event: Projects and Products: How do we manage their finances? 28th October 2025

This is event is taking place at Level 4, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BX

Project management and product management are often used interchangeably. And it’s easy to see why. They’re both managerial positions, have similar-sounding job titles, and have the same acronym. But hold it right there!

While there are synergies and collaborations, there are also differences: https://www.pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/product-and-project-management

A project is a temporary effort with a defined start and end, designed to create a unique product, service, or result within specific time and budget constraints, concluding once its objectives are met. By Contrast, a product is an ongoing item that provides continuous value to both the customer and the business.
A key difference lies in financing. How do we budget or fund and how can they co-habitat in an organisation. Can we move financially from a Project to a Product-based financing model?

Join us to look at the different lifecycles, funding models and how that effects an organisation.

Speaker

Brent Hurley is the Chief Innovator and Problem Solver at Gira Solutions and an Enterprise Innovation Coach based in Edinburgh. He has instigated and completed multiple digital and organisational Agile roll-outs for clients across a wide range of industries.

Gira was created to not only coach and train, but to implement “build and leave” solutions, tooling and methodologies, to complex problems. He believes that the application of Agile practices has always returned optimum results.

Brent’s work covers the Team, Product and Enterprise Coaching, mentoring them through the adoption of Lean, Agile and Innovation practices across the entire organisation. He has also worked with Senior Managers and Leaders to assist them in realising the business value of an Agile approach, not only with software development but extending techniques and practices throughout the organization, way beyond software.

Prior to relocating to Edinburgh, Brent had many years of experience in a variety of industries in New York’s “Silicon Alley”, Europe and Australia, and his relocation was to work across US, UK and Europe more effectively.