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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.
Types of Project Benefits and Their Realisation
Projects are run by organisations so that they can gain benefits from them – that’s pretty obvious to all of […]
Technology and Future Trends in Project Procurement
Let’s take a look at how technology trends in project procurement might impact your projects and your business. As a […]
Stakeholder Analysis Techniques for Project Success
When it comes to successful change within an organisation, stakeholder analysis has become a powerful tool. This is a strategic […]
Measuring and Controlling Project Scope Performance
As any project manager will tell you, in an ideal world the scope of a project will remain fixed, that […]
How Optimism Bias Derails The Best-Laid Project Plans
It starts innocently enough. A new project is started – maybe it’s a digital transformation, a new product launch or […]
Balancing Existing Workloads with New Project Demands
Whilst they may often be necessary for improvement or adaptation, project changes can disrupt carefully balanced workloads. New tasks can […]
Navigating VUCA – Insights from the APM 2025 Conference
APM Conference 2025 positioned Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) not just as a challenge, but a core design principle […]
The Human Element of Resource Management
If you’re lucky then your project team will get along well and be able to work together without any problems. […]
How To Master Resource Calendars and Availability
Resource scheduling can help you to keep your projects running within budget and on time. It helps you make sure […]
Achieving Continuous Improvement in Project Quality
Sometimes referred to as continual improvement, continuous improvement is the ongoing improvement of products and services, or even processes, through […]
Managing Project Conflict to Avoid Formal Complaints
Conflict often feels inevitable in a project environment. Perhaps it’s the nature of delivering something new. However, when conflicts escalate, […]
Ice Breakers For Project Kickoff Meetings
In the same way that all great workshops and meetings begin with an icebreaker, every project kickoff meeting should too. […]