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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.
Planning A Project Why Bother?
Many companies and individuals embark on long, expensive projects believing they can keep control of the work, the budget and […]
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Project Management Of Complex Global Projects
Managing a global project presents a unique set of challenges apart from the obvious ones of different physical locations and […]
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Deepwater Horizon and Nimrod XV230 accidents: A failure of risk management or a failure to manage risk?
“The companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill made decisions to cut costs and save time that contributed […]
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Its not all about Gantt charts
Commonly held beliefs about the likelihood of projects ‘succeeding’ advocate the increased attention to the ubiquitous Gantt chart, adherence to […]
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7 Cs for Project Success
All project managers are concerned about the perceived success of their projects. They want to minimise risk of failure and […]
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Benefits Management – When Knowing The Costs Is Not Enough
In order to understand the true worth of a project and whether to carry on with it (or indeed even […]
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The Successful Project – Is It Just a Myth?
Many of us will have embarked on a project with a very clear idea of what we want to achieve […]
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Parallel Project Training Team Recognised by APM as Registered Project Professional (RPP) Assessors
– John Bolton, Programme Development Director and Lara Taylorson accredited as APM RPP Assessors- APM training provider Parallel Project […]
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Difference Between Project Manager And Scrum Master?
For a couple of months I have seen a rising interest on Twitter in Agile approaches to project management, but […]
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What Can You Learn About Project Management From Twitter?
This is a live blog post that will be updated over the next few days as we explore what you […]
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APM Introductory Certificate In Project Management Part 2
This module is part of out podcasts APM Introductory Certificate in project management it covers the project lifecycle, handover and […]
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Parallel Project Training Celebrates 300% Increase In Turnover
– Project Training business marches into 2011 with stunning growth – Reading, UK, 1st November 2010 – Parallel Project Training, […]
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