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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 The Purpose Of A Project Health & Safety Plan
The purpose of a project health & safety plan is to ensure that all those people working on a given […]
Explain What Is Meant By The Term Project Context.
Project context is the environment in which a project takes place. It is vitally important that the project manager has […]
Feedback – List And Describe Five Features Of A Programme
Paul, given your comments to the other question I answered I realise I need to begin this answer with a […]
5 Key Benefits Of Using A Programme Management Approach
Hi Paul, further to my previous post I’ll post my other answers one by one here – feedback gratefully received. […]
Project Managers – What You Need To Succeed
It may not be ‘Dry January’ anymore and we’re definitely way past New Year’s Resolutions being fresh, but that doesn’t […]
List/Describe 5 Environmental Legislative Requirements
One of the harder questions on the sample paper from the APM is about environmental legislative requirements. Below is a very […]
Studying the APM PMQ Project Management Qualifications Outside the UK
We get asked quite often about taking the APM PMQ distance learning course exam from outside the UK. This is […]
List Five Key Attributes Of A Project And Difference To BAU
Hi, I’ve had a first go at the sample questions in the Study Guide and would appreciate some feedback to […]
Feedback – On Section 1 Of The Study Guide
Hi, I’ve had a first go at the sample questions in the Study Guide and would appreciate some feedback to […]
Why Projects Fail
I’ve been reading the latest 2015 PwC report on Insights and Trends: Current Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management Practices recently […]
Projects Fail Because of Poor Estimates in the Planning Phase
If you are looking for some light bedtime reading then I’d recommend the latest 2015 PwC report on Insights and […]
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