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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.
Resource Management: The Complete Guide
Resource management is strongly linked to productivity and also to project success. Getting it right can help a project manager […]
The complete guide to project reporting
Updated March 2026 It will come as no surprise to learn that a staggering number of projects fail as a […]
Parallel Are Delighted to Welcome a New Member to Their Team
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Carmen Campos, a professional project manager with 14 years’ industry experience and […]
Measuring the effectiveness of quality management techniques
When it comes to project management, it is generally accepted that quality is one of the most important outcomes for […]
10 Critical Attributes For A Project Kick-Off Meeting
This article was updated in August 2022 As any project manager will tell you, a good kick-off meeting is one […]
How To Achieve A Good Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is very difficult to achieve but it’s important to ensure we are always able to perform our best […]
What should be assessed in an updated APM PMQ based on BoK8
The survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. The Association for Project Management (APM) has started work on updating […]
Developing a Project Schedule
Listen to the podcast or read more about project scheduling below. We examine the steps involved in developing a project […]
Giving Performance Reviews To Your Project Team
As a project manager, there will be many tasks you’ll be expected to deliver, one of which is to give […]
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 […]