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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.
APM PMQ (BoK7) Risk and Issue Management – Podcast Transcript
Introduction Welcome to a parallel project training APM project management qualification (APM PMQ) podcast based on the APM body of […]
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APM PMQ (BoK7) Earned Value – Podcast Transcript
Introduction Welcome to a parallel project training APM project management qualification (APM PMQ) podcast based on the APM body of […]
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Project management in the supply chain – what could your role involve?
If you want to successfully manage change within a business, then project management principles are vital. It is commonplace to […]
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How to recover a project that has gone off course
When you explain project management you don’t immediately think of failure, but it can and does happen no matter how […]
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5 common project planning techniques to work on
With project management, it’s all in the project planning techniques. You will need to prepare to adapt your schedule as […]
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What technical, soft and hard skills do you need in project management?
The career field for project managers is rapidly expanding; perhaps because in the working world everything can be classed as […]
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Improving time estimation as a project manager
The timeline of a project can be a long affair subject to all manner of unforeseen influences that can throw […]
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Business projects affected by Coronavirus – what has been the impact?
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected pretty much every business sector within the UK and overseas with many business projects affected […]
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Deployment baselines for linear and agile projects
The APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition introduced a new term deployment baseline and defined it as: Deployment baseline: Agreeing […]
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Knowing which specific skills to use, and when, as a project manager
The role of a project manager involves knowing when to use the various combinations of skills for maximum effect to […]
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Project at risk of being derailed? Here’s the solution
Most experienced project managers have worked on at least one project that has been at risk of being derailed at […]
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Virtual PMQ Training – 5-day course or 6-week course?
The 5 day virtual classroom course and the 6 week virtual course offer the same end goal, achieving the APM […]
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