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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.
To Project Manage is to Iterate
Traditional project management methodologies deal with complex projects by requiring everything to be clearly understood and documented at the start […]
Read MoreProject Management News Round-Up
Here are some interesting project management news items from December 2012 selected by the Parallel Project Training team to keep […]
Read MoreAPMP Configuration Management
In this video Paul Naybour, Business Development Director at Parallel Project Training, and hands-on project management professional, explains the importance […]
Read MoreMaking Project Success Criteria, Factors and Benefits as Easy as Cake
Many people in the APMP exams struggle with the concept of project success criteria, factors and benefits. The language is […]
Read MoreQ5. This Question Is In Two Parts Answer Both Parts
(i) Explain how each of the following estimating methods are used to estimate the costs or timescale of a project: […]
Read MoreQ2 Of APMP Sample Exam Paper On Risk
2. (APMP Sample Paper) There are three parts to this question. Answer all parts. The probability and impact […]
Read More5 Activities During Project Handover And/Or Close Out
Here is a sample answer for the exam question “List and Describe 5 Activities During Project Handover And/Or Close Out“. […]
Read More5 Benefits Of Managing Groups Of Projects As A Programme
The 5 benefits are as follows; 1. When a programme is in place with multiple projects, the ability to initiate, […]
Read MorePurpose Of The Project Management Plan And 4 Policies In It
The purpose of the project management plan (PMP) is a document that can be used by everyone involved with the […]
Read MoreProject Management News Round-Up
Here are some of the most interesting project management items published recently selected by the Parallel Project Training team to […]
Read MoreDescribe 5 Main Components Of A Procurement Strategy?
1. The first section is the decision as to whether goods should made in house or procure the goods elsewhere, […]
Read MoreThe Processes Involved in Change Management
I started off intending to write a straightforward blog post about change management from the project manager’s perspective – change […]
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