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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.
Does Your PMO Provide A Valuable Service?
An efficient, well-run project management office (PMO) should provide a valuable service to a project manager and the team, particularly […]
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Distance Learning Vs Face-to-Face Learning: Which Is Best?
Organisations that regularly implement project-based work agree that training courses for project managers are not just important, but essential. The […]
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Essential Questions for Project Managers at the Start of Any Project
If you have been working in project management for a while, there is one thing you’ll know, and that is […]
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Do Project Managers Need Technical Knowledge?
I have discussed many times before whether project managers need business or technical knowledge, specific to the industry in which […]
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Inspirational Female Leaders and Managers
Whilst the world of project management may be seen as a predominately male one, there are in fact some incredibly […]
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How to answer APM PMQ exam questions the secret tips.
February 2021 Update for the exam based on the 7th Edition of the Body of Knowledge. Whilst these principles still […]
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Project Pitfalls You Need To Avoid
We all make mistakes in the work environment from time to time. It’s learning from them that counts. This is […]
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The APM Project Professional Qualification (Second Edition)
The APM has launched the second edition of the Project Professional Qualification. This second edition PPQ is designed to fit […]
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Project management promises you should make yourself for 2021
We’ve said goodbye to what was one of the strangest years ever and welcomed in 2021 with the hope that […]
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Project Planning and Control™ (PPC)
This post was updated on 17 March 2022 Based on the Association for Project Management (APM) guidance for Planning and […]
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Creative Project Manager – What does it take?
There are many unique challenges that await the creative project manager, and there is a unique range of skills that […]
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Benefits of cloud computing for project managers
Businesses all over the world have embraced cloud computing and it has completely changed the way that applications and data […]
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