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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.
Some Direction Please…. Am I On The Right Track?
I am starting to go through exam questions and have come across the sample question below. Can you advise if […]
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Is Your Project Worth Saving?
Project recovery is a term that you will hear throughout the project management world. It is important to understand what […]
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Becoming A Project Manager – A Basic Guide
Project management is certainly an amazing career with great prospects, plenty of opportunity for working your way up the ladder […]
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Unhappy Project Manager: Control Your Negative Emotions
Here we look at a couple of different negative emotions you might feel at work as a project manager, and […]
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Resource Management – Please Could I Get Some Feedback?
Explain the following approaches to resource management: Resource smoothing Resource levelling. Explain three approaches/tactics which a project manager might use […]
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Your Project’S Last Day – What To Think About
You have finally come to the end of a mammoth project and you’re on the very last day with 8 […]
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A Simple Guide To Project Planning For Beginners
Project planning can be difficult but it can’t be neglected. Here we look at a simple way to plan projects […]
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Please Could You Provide Some Feedback To 2 Questions
QUESTION ONE Within the Project Context, state the meaning of the following: • Committed costs • Accrued costs Committed costs […]
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List And Describe 5 Ways Software Can Help Planning A Project
List and describe five ways in which a software tool can help with planning a project: 1. Help to provide […]
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Project Management: Is It Really A Profession?
One of the major international project management organisations (APM – Association for Project Management) has been working hard to obtain […]
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New APM Project Fundamentals Course and Study Guide
Here at Parallel Project Training we are delighted to have once again collaborated with the Association for Project Management (APM) […]
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List/Describe 5 Roles Associated With A Project Environment
1. Steering group 2. Sponsor 3. Project Manager 4. Team 5. Users 1. The steering group is responsible for representing […]
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