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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.

Project Management News Round-Up

20th December 2012

Here are some interesting project management news items from December 2012 selected by the Parallel Project Training team to keep […]

APMP Configuration Management

19th December 2012

In this video Paul Naybour, Business Development Director at Parallel Project Training, and hands-on project management professional, explains the importance […]

Making Project Success Criteria, Factors and Benefits as Easy as Cake

12th December 2012

Many people in the APMP exams struggle with the concept of project success criteria, factors and benefits. The language is […]

Q5. This Question Is In Two Parts Answer Both Parts

24th November 2012

(i)            Explain how each of the following estimating methods are used to estimate the costs or timescale of a project: […]

Q2 Of APMP Sample Exam Paper On Risk

24th November 2012

  2.        (APMP Sample Paper) There are three parts to this question. Answer all parts.             The probability and impact […]

5 Activities During Project Handover And/Or Close Out

24th November 2012

Here is a sample answer for the exam question “List and Describe 5 Activities During Project Handover And/Or Close Out“. […]

5 Benefits Of Managing Groups Of Projects As A Programme

24th November 2012

The 5 benefits are as follows; 1.       When a programme is in place with multiple projects, the ability to initiate, […]

Purpose Of The Project Management Plan And 4 Policies In It

24th November 2012

The purpose of the project management plan (PMP) is a document that can be used by everyone involved with the […]

Project Management News Round-Up

23rd November 2012

Here are some of the most interesting project management items published recently selected by the Parallel Project Training team to […]

Describe 5 Main Components Of A Procurement Strategy?

22nd November 2012

  1.       The first section is the decision as to whether goods should made in house or procure the goods elsewhere, […]

The Processes Involved in Change Management

22nd November 2012

I started off intending to write a straightforward blog post about change management from the project manager’s perspective – change […]

A) Explain The Term Project Sponsorship.

19th November 2012

Your comments on the answer below would be much appreciated.   a)      Project sponsorship involves having overall accountability for a […]

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