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Parallel Training Project Management Blog
From beginner’s guides to breakdowns of advanced topics, our blog covers key project management topics. These can supplement your learning on one of our project management training courses, or provide a starting point for your own project management learning.
Time Management: How Project Managers Manage Their Time
All project managers know that time management is one of the essential project management skills to develop if you want […]
Read MoreResource Management: The Complete Guide
Resource management is strongly linked to productivity and also to project success. Getting it right can help a project manager […]
Read MoreThe complete guide to project reporting
It will come as no surprise to learn that a staggering number of projects fail as a result of communication […]
Read MoreParallel Are Delighted to Welcome a New Member to Their Team
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Carmen Campos, a professional project manager with 14 years’ industry experience and […]
Read MoreMeasuring the effectiveness of quality management techniques
When it comes to project management, it is generally accepted that quality is one of the most important outcomes for […]
Read More10 Critical Attributes For A Project Kick-Off Meeting
This article was updated in August 2022 As any project manager will tell you, a good kick-off meeting is one […]
Read MoreHow To Achieve A Good Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is very difficult to achieve but it’s important to ensure we are always able to perform our best […]
Read MoreWhat should be assessed in an updated APM PMQ based on BoK8
The survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. The Association for Project Management (APM) has started work on updating […]
Read MoreProject scheduling based on the APM PMQ syllabus and the 7th Edition of the APM Body of Knowledge.
In this podcast, we examine the steps involved in developing a project schedule, the advantages and disadvantages of using software […]
Read MoreGiving Performance Reviews To Your Project Team
As a project manager, there will be many tasks you’ll be expected to deliver, one of which is to give […]
Read MoreExplain 5 Benefits of a Project Lifecycle
Five Benefits of a Project lifecycle are: It provides a structure for project delivery. It improves communication between team members. […]
Read MoreDescribe the four main components of a quality management process
In the APM Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ) the answer to this question might be: Project Quality Management is the […]
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