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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.
Tips For Passing Your Project Manager Exams
If you are planning on taking a project management qualification, congratulations! A well-recognised qualification is a great investment in your […]
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Some Good Project Management News
We often hear about major project disasters – projects that have over-run on budget or schedule, or both, with some, […]
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Characteristics Of Projects – Attempt At Answer
List 5 characteristics or projects and describe how each is different from business-as-usual activities. Projects are described as unique, transient […]
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Agile Project Management: Self Organising Teams
Someone was telling me recently about some new fitted wardrobes that had just been installed in their home (bear with […]
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PM News Round-Up September 2014
Project Risk Management – 10 Golden Rules Make risk management part of your project Identify risks early in your project […]
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Viewing Risk From A Different Perspective
Risk management as part of the project management process focusses on identifying, mitigating and controlling risks that might negatively affect […]
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Using A Pert Chart To Manage A Project
Most project management software can produce a PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) chart but what is it and how […]
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PM News Roundup
Government ministers need project management training A critical Public Accounts Committee report published earlier this week on the work of […]
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You Too Could Be A Project Manager
One of my relations is taking early retirement after 35 years working for the same organisation. He has simply lost […]
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Practical Microsoft Project Training From Parallel
Parallel Project Training and Acuity Training are pleased to announce that they are joining forces to offer high quality Microsoft […]
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What You Can Do To Push Your PM Career Forward
If you’re planning to work your way up the ladder of success in project management then it goes without saying […]
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Running A Project In A Well-Established Operational Business
Hi Paul, Could you give me some feedback on this question please. Jenny What difficulties might a project manager encounter when running a […]
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