The two fields of operations management and project management are widely practiced in industry.
However, to the best of the authors' knowledge, there exists no specific study that highlights the
differences and/or similarities between the two in the understanding of the practitioners. Thus, this study
is undertaken to identify and study the differences between project management and operations
management from the perspectives of practitioners in industry at the Sultanate of Oman. This paper aims
to have a better and a deeper understanding on each field's definition, characteristics, responsibilities and
key personnel roles and required skills. Accordingly, a set of hypothesis were drawn from the literature
and a specific survey was designed to test these hypothesis. The survey is then distributed to practitioners
in Oman and results from 100 respondents were collected, analyzed and discussed. The study has
revealed that indeed there exists a strong Alliance between project management and operations
management. This Alliance may cause practitioners to mix between the two fields.