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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.
Frequently Asked Questions About Project Management
Here are answers to some basic questions for those new to project management or considering it as a career choice. […]
What makes for a great project management training course?
As all business owners and managers know, the core of business is setting and meeting goals. Some of these goals […]
Ten Questions Project Managers Should Ask Project Sponsors
Being a project manager requires various skills to get the project done successfully in the allotted timeframe. Project managers need […]
Six reasons to use a project management framework
Basically, a Project Management Framework is used to define roles, responsibilities and a common lifecycle that can be applied to […]
Is a career in project management right for me?
Some project managers train specifically for a professional role in project management right from the start, whilst others progress through […]
Project Management In A Post-Recession World
It’s a relief that we are finally seeing signs of economic recovery on both sides of the Atlantic but the […]
Project Management In The News
Updated Edition of Project Management Essentials Authors: William P. Athayde, J.D., PMP; Ruth Elswick, PMP; and Paul Lombard, PMP, CQM […]
What is a project health check, and why you need it
A project health check is a learning opportunity, a quick glance at the status of a project to see which […]
Can you run a project without a project manager?
In tough difficult times for companies, often one of the default methods of improving the bottom line is to cut […]
Project Management News
Call for Papers for 1st IPMA Research Conference in Berlin – November 2013 The first research conference co-organised by the […]
Balancing Good Project Management with Creative Freedom
I have often discussed whether as a project manager you need specific business or industry knowledge and experience in order to manage a project in that business/industry. Specific business knowledge can enable the project manager to talk the same “language” as project team members and to understand issues (particularly technical ones) in more depth. And yet project management as a discipline can be used in any type of business and the fundamentals of good project management apply to every industry so a professional project manager should be adaptable enough to manage any type of team.
4.7 Q2 – Matrix Organization
Describe 5 difficulties that a project Mgr. may experience when working in a matrix environment and give examples of things […]