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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.
Explain 5 Benefits of a Project Lifecycle
Five Benefits of a Project lifecycle are: It provides a structure for project delivery. It improves communication between team members. […]
Describe the four main components of a quality management process
In the APM Project Management qualification (APM PMQ) the answer to this question might be: Project Quality Management is […]
A Guide to Benefits Management in Project Management
Whenever we embark on a project, there are benefits that we want to achieve. Benefits management is the process of […]
The Ultimate Guide to Managing Stress as a Project Manager
There are numerous project management qualifications available from an introductory level right up to degree or chartered level. They cover […]
Project Beginning: What Are The Communication Issues
Here we look in detail at what the main communication issues are at the start of any project. Communication is […]
A Guide To Agile Project Management
There are many project management training courses today, which teach an array of different project management techniques. One of the […]
The importance of homework, mock exams and feedback for PM trainees
At Parallel we firmly believe in the importance of homework and mock exam papers can offer to delegates looking to […]
APMP Training Courses
APMP is now known as APM PMQ (Project Management Qualification) so for the most up-to-date information see our APM PMQ […]
Emotional Intelligence – A Project Manager’s Best Asset?
Emotional Intelligence can be described as the capability to be aware of your emotions, knowing how to express them and […]
5 Barriers To Communication
5 barriers to communications are: The 5 barriers to communication are a key theme in APM project management best practice […]
Cyber Security: Yet Another Task for Project Managers?
Updated April 2022 Anyone who has worked as a project manager knows that the array of tasks that fall to […]
Project Initiation – A Practical Guide
In our practical guide to project initiation, we will look at how you can prepare your team for the project […]