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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.
Describe Different Roles In The Project Management Lifecycle
This question is asking to to describe five different roles, sponsor, project manager, user, team member and contactor and describe […]
Project Management News Round-Up
Project Management Software Advantages and Disadvantages Project management software is one of the most helpful tools that can assist project […]
The Environmentally Aware Project Manager
Much of a project manager’s time is taken up with juggling limited resources so it’s a natural progression to think […]
Advancing Your Career in the Emerging Profession of Project Management
Projects are increasingly becoming part of the daily business of many organisations so the need for experienced and well-trained project […]
The PMBOK® has changed and soon so will the PMP Exam
It seems to be a year for changing well-established exams but all for the greater good, I’m sure. At the […]
Develop your career with an APMP project management qualification
Part of being a project manager is having vision and goals. One major goal all great project managers have is […]
Different Types Of Cost In PMP Exam
Sunk Costs are retrospective (past) costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered Committed costs are similar to […]
PMP Exam Prep Equations
Below is a collection of the formula useful for PMP prepraration Time Management Pert 1. PERT (P + 4M + […]
PMP Sample Question Cost Plus Incentive Fee
A contractor is conducting a $100,000 contract using a cost plus incentive fee of $10,000. It is agreed to split […]
Free PMP Exam Prep Websites
After eight years as a project management trainer, I have helped more than 20,000 students prepare for their Project Management Professional (PMP)® […]
Describe 5 Main Components Of A Procurement Strategy
Prepare/ define – This stage of the strategy is to identify and quantify exactly what scope of works will be […]
Apmp: Describe 5 Attributes Of An Effective Project Manager
This is quite an open and free format question. There are no prescribed answers in this case, you just need […]