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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.
Not Enough Hours in the Day?
All project managers have at some point run out of time to tackle certain tasks – it might just be […]
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7 Great Tips To Help You Revise For A PM Exam
Revising for any exam can be quite difficult as an adult, when you are not in a student mindset and […]
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Is this really the best planning book ever published?
Project controls, which include topics such as planning, cost management, risk management, earned value management and change control, is a […]
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Organisations And Structures – Sample Question Feedback
Describe 3 types of organisational structure and the strengths and weaknesses of each Functional organisation – A functional organisation has […]
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Managing Expectations As A Project Manager
Managing expectations is an important part of a project manager’s job role. Here we look at some simple ways to […]
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Project Stakeholders And What They Want
Part of being a good project manager is understanding what stakeholders want and need. However, project management is a constant […]
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PMP Certification from £1095 with early bird discount
Parallel Project Training has launched early bird discount for its PMP certification training in London. Discount is available for individuals […]
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Building A Project Management Method Using The Praxis Framework
Several years ago we discussed the value of a project management framework as a way of generating a consistent approach to project […]
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List/Describe 5 Environmental Legislative Requirements
This question comes from the sample APMP exam causes a bit of panic in most candidates. The question is not […]
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Typical APM PMQ exam questions
These are some typical questions based on the first two chapters in the book. Remember to get the full marks […]
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Answering APMP questions.
Many people take a while to realise that passing the APMP exam is not just about quoting direct from the […]
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How Projects Differ From BAU – Feedback Please
List 5 key attributes of a project and describe how they each differ from business as usual. Projects are established […]
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