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Project Management Training: 5-Days Out Of The Office?
During the past decade project management has undergone a transformation with through greater codification and formal certification. This certification and been based on the Association for Project Management (APM), Prince2TM and Project Management Institute (PMI) under taken by seemingly ever increasing number of organisations and individuals. With over half a million members of the PMI, […]
News Flash, APMP study guide available today, Adrian Tillin as guest on next podcast and competition launched on web site.
Parallel Project Training is pleased to announce that its long awaited APMP study guide is available today from www.parallelprojecttraining.com or Amazon.co.uk. Designed to accompany the Parallel podcasts and e-learning, this study guide is your first step towards professional project management. It is packed full exercises, case studies, quizzes and sample APMP questions. We are also pleased […]
Parallel Project Training launches with APM Accreditation
– Specialist APM Training Provider Gains Immediate Accreditation following launch – 28 January, 2010: Parallel Project Training, an innovative new specialist training provider offering APM project management training and APMP certification has today been awarded accredited training provider status by the Association for Project Management. Parallel will now be able to offer the APMP qualification […]
T5 Vs Wembley What Can We Learn?
Date: 14/01/2010 Event organiser: APM Midlands Branch Time: 6.15 for 6.30pm start – Refreshments provided Venue: Holiday Inn Notts Derby, M1, Jct 25, Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, Nottingham, NG10 5NJ Presented by: Paul Naybour – Director of Parallel Project Training Overview Heathrow Terminal 5 and Wembley Stadium are two high profile projects, each of which, for […]
Advanced Project Management Courses
Parallel Project Training can offer a wide range of short CPD workshops. Typically lasting between 2-3 hours these are for experienced project managers and include the following topics: Project Management – T5 vs Wembley – What can we learn? Heathrow Terminal and Wembley are two high profile projects which are both for different reasons perceived […]
T5 Vs Wembley – What Can We Learn?
Date: 14/01/2010 Event organiser: APM Midlands Branch Time: 6.15 for 6.30pm start – Refreshments provided Venue: Holiday Inn Notts Derby, M1, Jct 25, Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, Nottingham, NG10 5NJ Presented by: Paul Naybour – Director of Parallel Project Training Heathrow Terminal and Wembley are two high profile projects, which are both for different reasons perceived […]
Open Public Course – APM Risk Certificate Level 2
Do you want to carry out formal risk management? RIPM – Advanced is designed for those who want to become project risk management practitioners. It builds on the knowledge gained in our RIPM Foundation. This event leads to the APM’s Risk Management Level 2 Certificate, which is designed to determine an individual’s knowledge and understanding […]
Podcast – Earned Value Management APM BoK Section 3.6
This Podcast covers the APM BOK topics 3.6, earned value management. This podcast covers the principles of earned value management, planned cost, actual cost, earned value, cost and schedule variances, cost performance and schedule performance, forecasting cost and schedule performance. It is part of the Parallel Project Learning System and is ideally used in conjunction […]
Parallel Project Training Awarded Accredited Training Provider Status & other news
We have been very busy since forming Parallel Project Training in October 2009. We have: Achieved APM accreditation We were delighted when the APM awarded us accredited training provider status just before Christmas. This means that we will be able to offer APMP qualifications as part of our innovative portfolio. Launched our APMP study Guide […]
Project Management The Teenage Years
As we enter the Teens (if that’s what this decade is called), what will future hold for project management? A little look at history might help predict the trends of the future, but what do you think? 50’s Conception The 1950 were the start of project management with the application of Taylor’s scientific management to […]
A Critical Look At Critical Path Analysis
I’ve finished so I’ll start A critical look at critical Path Analysis John Bolton, Programmes Director, Parallel Project Training For a large number of years students of project management have been taught to undertake precedence diagramming as a mechanism for determining the end date of a project and as a guide to the optimisation of […]