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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.
Easy Tips For New Project Managers
When you are new to being a project manager, there’s lots of advice out there. Our advice? Take it all […]
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Why Trust Is Crucial In Project Management
Trust is an extremely important part of project management. In this discussion we look at why this is, and how […]
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List And Describe Five Steps In Creating A Robust Schedule
Five steps in creating a robust schedule are: Producing WBS Estimating durations for executing work packages Preparing precedence diagram, and […]
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List And Describe Five Benefits Of Formal Risk Management
Five benefits of formal Risk Management are: 1) Defining ways to deal with risk 2) Consistency 3) Allowing for contingencies […]
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List And Describe Five Types Of Project Stakeholder
Five types of stakeholders are: 1-Individuals and groups performing the works which are represented in the PM and the project […]
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Main Purpose Of Business Case Plus 4 Key Areas Covered
Main purpose for the BC is justifying the need for the project against three vital things Cost, Benefits and Risks. […]
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List/Describe 5 Ways Project Managers Can Resolve Conflict
Actions project manager can take to resolve conflict are: Avoiding the conflict. Accommodating. Competing. Collaborating Compromising 1-Avoiding conflict means ignoring […]
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Explain The Importance Of Robust Requirements
Following robust requirement management process gives confidence to the stakeholders that their requirements are understood and their needs and expectations […]
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5 Different Types Of Review During The Project Lifecycle
Different type of review that happened during the project life cycle are: Gate Review is commissioned by the sponsoring organisations […]
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Describe Communicating A Schedule To Different Stakeholders
WBS can be used to communicate Work Packages (activities) to the project team leaders. WBS identifies the works required to […]
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List And Describe Five Advantages / Disadvantage Of A Matrix
Advantages of Matrix Organisations are: Visibility of resources skills Organizational authorities to Project Manager over staff. Maintaining specialised skills Disadvantages […]
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List/Describe 5 Phases In Extended Lifecycle And Products
Concept Definition Development Handing over and closure Benefits Realisation Concept is the first phase in the project life cycle. It […]
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