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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.

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Estimate Don’t Guesstimate

16th July 2015

When planning a project accurate estimates are key to a realistic plan. However, many estimates are no more than guessing. […]

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Reflections On Marking Mock APMP Exam Papers

15th July 2015

I’ve been marking APMP mock papers for most of this week and I thought it would be useful to share some reflections on […]

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Top Tips For Remote Project Managers

15th July 2015

Remote project managementisn’t new, but that isn’t to say it doesn’t come without its challenges.Here are some top tips for […]

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Project Management Timeline Infographic

1st July 2015

As this project management timeline infographic from Telegraph Courses shows there are many trends in project management that we should […]

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Feedback On Sample Exam Paper Question 8 Much Appreciated.

1st July 2015

‘List and describe five important environmental legislative requirements which the project manager must take into account when planning a project.’  […]

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Feedback On Sample Exam Paper Question 2 Much Appreciated.

1st July 2015

‘List and describe five key activities typically performed as part of an effective configuration management process.’ Configuration Management Planning. Configuration […]

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Conflict on a Project

How To Deal With Conflict On A Project

19th June 2015

As a project manager it is your job to deal with conflict on a project when it arises and this […]

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Write A Progress Report That Matters

18th June 2015

If you’ve been a project manager for a while you’ve probably already written lots of progress report, but do you […]

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Letting Your Company Know How Important A PM Is

17th June 2015

You know how important your job role is to the organisation you work for but do they? Here we look […]

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Feeback please- 9.3 – 9.5

17th June 2015

Explain five potential consequences of changes not being properly management on the project If change control is not properly managed […]

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Feedback please – 6.1

11th June 2015

Describe the term project governance and explain four of the principles of project governance Project governance is how an organisation […]

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Feedback please – Section 5

10th June 2015

List five key phases of a typical life cycle and describe the activities undertaken during each of them Concept Definition […]

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