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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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Project Pitfalls You Need To Avoid

16th February 2021

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)

2nd February 2021

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

28th January 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)

26th January 2021

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?

22nd January 2021

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

18th January 2021

Businesses all over the world have embraced cloud computing and it has completely changed the way that applications and data […]

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ZOPA, BATNA and Win-Win in Negotiation

13th January 2021

The new version of the Association for Project Management Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ) based on the 7th Edition of […]

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How To Setup Adobe Connect In 2021

8th January 2021

Addition – It is important to turn off any corporate VPN connection you may be using. Adobe support say it […]

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Which industries pay the best for project managers?

4th January 2021

Project management is a recognised profession with chartered status available to those with the right skills, experience and qualifications. But […]

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3 Project management trends to take us into 2021

31st December 2020

As we near the end of 2020, a year that the majority will be glad to see over, we can […]

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Share your experience as a project manager; help your career prospects

28th December 2020

If you share your experience of being a project manager and network with others who work in the same type […]

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The future of project management: adaptability, sustainability, diversity

23rd December 2020

The only way for many organisations to thrive and survive is by making sure that their projects have the ability […]

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