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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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APM PPQ Podcast: Establish and maintain the governance structure of a project to ensure alignment to organisational practice

19th January 2024

Transcript Hello. Welcome to another Project Training Podcast. My name’s Paul Naybour, and with me is Tom O’Shea. Say Hello, […]

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Project Leadership Tips To Grow Your Career & Enhance Your Prospects

17th January 2024

Read our expert project leadership tips to enhance your career prospects, whether you’re new to project management or a seasoned […]

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Guide to Stakeholders - kick-off meeting

Stakeholders: A Beginner’s Guide

12th January 2024

Stakeholders are the people or groups who will be interested in the outcome of our project. They will be present […]

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Podcast: PPQ Introduction

5th January 2024

Transcription My name’s Paul Naybour, and welcome to another Parallel Project Training podcast. Today, we’re doing a PPQ Introduction, and […]

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Managing A Remote Project Team

5th January 2024

Managing a project team is difficult enough, but when you have to contend with your team members being geographically dispersed, […]

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How To Build a Motivated Project Team

20th December 2023

We all know that projects are successful if the right people are involved and if those people are well-motivated to […]

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Project Risk: A Beginner’s Guide

15th December 2023

Risks will be present on every project. As a project manager, we need to understand what a risk is, what […]

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negotiation skills for project managers

Project Negotiation: A Beginner’s Guide

8th December 2023

Introduction During the course of a project, we might encounter situations where two parties come into conflict and we need […]

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A Guide to Project Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control

28th November 2023

“Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control – The Practical Project Management of Time, Cost and Risk” is the APM’s guide that […]

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Crisis Risk Management Tips and Techniques

24th November 2023

The way in which crisis risk management is conducted will vary from one industry to another, but there are fundamental […]

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The Importance of Managing Change for Project Managers

20th November 2023

Every experienced project manager knows that at some point in the lifecycle of a project, if not throughout the whole […]

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Project management scheduling tips

The Project Schedule: A Beginner’s Guide

17th November 2023

Introduction Prior to starting our project, we need to set out the project schedule. This is the intended timeline for […]

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