Project Management Courses For Individuals Or An On-site Group

I am looking for project management courses for an individual

APM Public Project Management Courses

Public Training Schedule

 

Developing Your Individual

Project Management Competence

Our public project management courses are for individuals (or small groups of employees) who want to attend a project management course organised by Parallel Project Training. All of our courses use our parallel learning system. This includes study guides, online e-learning, podcasts and workshops. These learning media are aligned to work complementary to each other. They use the same structure and share case studies.

There are many advantages of this approach for you as an individual

  1. You can get going on the course faster because you arrive on the course with a good idea of want is going to be covered.
  2. You learn better because you have chance to review the material before the course using your preferred learning style, reading the book, listening to podcast of doing the e-learning.
  3. You chances of passing any qualifications and exams are improved because you have more time to become familiar with the course material.

Our aim is to develop your professional project management knowledge, skills and behaviours, and we provide on-going support via our active and moderated forum. With our project manager courses we are with you all the way.

We offer a wide range of training courses for individuals. These are designed to support you as you develop your project management capability. Our range of courses includes:

1) APM Introductory Certificate

APM Introductory Certificate . This two day course is ideal for those who are new to project management or for team members who want to play a key role in project delivery. The course covers the language, processes and behaviours of project management as defined by the APM body of knowledge. The course concludes with a multiple choice Introductory Certificate examination set by the Association for Project Management. This is a one hour exam with 60 questions.

2) APMP Project Management Courses

The APMP is the foundation level qualification from the Association for Project Management. It is ideal for new and aspiring project managers who want to develop a strong foundation on which to build their project management career. The syllabus for this project management course is based the key topics from the APM Body of Knowledge. Currently there are two different routes to the APMP.

  1. A three hour written paper with 10 questions from paper with 16 questions. These questions are drawn from 37 key topics within the APM Body of Knowledge.
  2. APMP for PRINCE2 for those who already hold a valid PRINCE2 practitioner can take a 2 hour paper with only six questions from ten. These questions are drawn from a reduced set of 25 topics from the APM Body of Knowledge.

 

We offer a wide range of APMP project management courses including
  1. APMP Distance learning course which is one of the most flexible and cost effective ways of preparing for the APMP exam. The package included a wide range of printed and on-line training resources to help you study.
  2. APMP Fast Track which used a blended learning approach to deliver the APMP in 3-days. This course is ideal for experienced project managers who want to acquire a professional qualification in the minimum of time.
  3. 5-day APMP Training Course which also includes our comprehensive pre-course learning package but a full 5-days to study the course materials and prepare for the examination. These course are highly popular and run reliably.
  4. APMP for PRINCE2 is available as both a 3-day fast track course and also an APMP for PRINCE2 distance learning course

 

3) APM Practitioner

The APM Practitioner Qualification is ideal for project managers who want recognition that they can demonstrate the behaviours of an effective project manager. Based on a 3 day assessment centre this evaluation of your project management capability against 30 criteria for effective project management. At the end of the course you will receive detailed feedback on your project management capability and indications of areas for future development. Prior to the APM PQ we strongly recommend that you attend a PQ briefing session so that you can fully understand the way in which the assessment centre operates and what behaviours you will be expected to demonstrate during the assessment centre.  

4) APM Registered Project Professional Coaching

APM Registered Project Professional represents the highest standard for managers of complex projects. In order to meet this standard you will need to be able to demonstrate competence and capability to deliver the most complex of projects. The assessment process includes the creation of a portfolio of evidence and then a professional interview. We hold RPP workshops to help you collate and prepare your portfolio and prepare for the professional interview.  

5) PRINCE2 Practitioner Course

PRINCE2 Practitioner is one of the most wildly recognised project management delivery methods. Parallel Project Training offers a 5-day PRINCE2 course which combines both the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner Qualifications.

6) PMP Certification

The PMP qualification from the Project Management Institute is the worlds most widely recognised qualification. Parallel Project Training offer PMP training in London and Reading with highly experienced trainers, first class venues and high quality material.  
 
Please contact us if you need advice identifying the most appropriate project management course for you.

I am looking for an in-house course for a group in my organisation

Corporate Project Management Training Courses

In-house Training for a Group

 

Developing Corporate Capability

to Deliver Successful Projects

Parallel Project Training offers a complete development road map for project managers as part of its APM based Parallel Project Academy. Designed to meet the needs of individuals and organisations of any size. Our Academy supports the development of your organisations capability to deliver projects ranging from the most simple to those which are highly complex. Our Academy combines APM certification training with other continuous professional development activities and in-house bespoke training and coaching. Our aim is to improve your capability to deliver successful projects for your customers and stakeholders.

 

The benefits of an academy approach are:
  1. You will have a structured approach to developing the ability to deliver complex projects. Recent work by the Association for Project Management has defined the competencies required to deliver complex projects. A project management academy is designed to develop these competencies using a wide range of development activities.
  2. The right training opportunities are offered at the right time in an individual’s career. A person’s journey through their career needs support at the right time, challenge at the right time and a pro-active attempt to match the right person to the right job. The right job development activities are matched to the capability of the organisation and the demands of the business for project managers at different levels. Training has a motivational effect, poorly motivated staff cost money.
  3. The training opportunities are supported by other development opportunities. Training is a key component of any discipline but it needs to be supported by on the job training and work experience. In an academy these activities are planned to support the formal training courses. People with a lack of development opportunities become frustrated and leave. Replacing them costs money.
  4. Project managers progress at a rate which matches their individual capability. Not all organisations need all of their project managers at the same level of development and not all PM’s develop at the same speed. These two factors mean that a flexible approach is required and multiple mechanisms are required to provide bridges between these and ‘non formal’ approaches to training and development. Poorly directed training wastes everyone’s time and money.

 

For more information on our project academy approach you can download our Parallel Project Academy white paper

 

Bespoke Training Courses

Often organisations have specific business needs they wish the course to address with a specific project management training course these can be delivered stand alone or an integrated Academy. We can easily tailor our courses to meet these needs using our Parallel Development Process. This has four clear phases with stages and gates to ensure we meet your business needs and that you are fully involved in the development of the training courses.

 

1) Discovery Phase to ensure we fully understand the training needs in your organisation.

2) Design Phase to make sure the course is relevant and specific to the opportunities and challenges in your organisation.

3) Delivery Phase during which we will keep you upto date with formal course feedback and any common themes that emerge from the courses.

4) Evaluation Phase during which we can support you with off-line and on-line tools to evaluate the benefits of the training programme for your organisation.

 

Using our Parallel Learning System we can deliver these courses in a highly efficient and effective way, delivering higher quality learning with reduced direct and indirect cost.

 

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