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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.

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Giving Performance Reviews To Your Project Team

17th July 2022

As a project manager, there will be many tasks you’ll be expected to deliver, one of which is to give […]

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Explain 5 Benefits of a Project Lifecycle

7th July 2022

Five Benefits of a Project  lifecycle are: It provides a structure for project delivery. It improves communication between team members. […]

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Describe the four main components of a quality management process

4th July 2022

In the APM Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ) the answer to this question might be:   Project Quality Management is the […]

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A Guide to Benefits Management in Project Management

22nd June 2022

Whenever we embark on a project, there are benefits that we want to achieve. Benefits management is the process of […]

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The Ultimate Guide to Managing Stress as a Project Manager

17th June 2022

There are numerous project management qualifications available from an introductory level right up to degree or chartered level. They cover […]

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Project Beginning: What Are The Communication Issues

15th June 2022

Here we look in detail at what the main communication issues are at the start of any project. Communication is […]

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A Guide To Agile Project Management

13th June 2022

There are many project management training courses today, which teach an array of different project management techniques. One of the […]

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The importance of homework, mock exams and feedback for PM trainees

18th May 2022

At Parallel we firmly believe in the importance of homework and mock exam papers can offer to delegates looking to […]

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APMP Courses are now called APM PMQ

APMP Training Courses

16th May 2022

APMP is now known as APM PMQ (Project Management Qualification) so for the most up-to-date information see our APM PMQ […]

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Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers

Emotional Intelligence – A Project Manager’s Best Asset?

2nd May 2022

Emotional Intelligence can be described as the capability to be aware of your emotions, knowing how to express them and […]

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5 Barriers To Communication

21st April 2022

5 barriers to communications are:       1. The environment in which the communication takes place is one of […]

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Cyber Security: Yet Another Task for Project Managers?

18th April 2022

Updated April 2022 Anyone who has worked as a project manager knows that the array of tasks that fall to […]

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