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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 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 […]

Interview with Paul Naybour

16th November 2012

Paul Naybour is an experienced project management professional with particular expertise in change programme management, risk management, earned value management […]

Describe Elements Of A Stakeholder Process; Make 5 Points

7th November 2012

The first step of Stakeholder management is to identify the stakeholders.  This can be done through brainstorming, or perhaps out […]

Advantages Of A Properly Agreed Project Management Plan

7th November 2012

Your comments and advise on the following answer to the above question would be much appreciated. I’ve looked to use […]

4.8 – Organisational Roles Question

4th November 2012

  Explain how the relationship between sponsor, project manager and users operates through the lifecycle of the project; make five […]

Study Guide: Q1 – Explain 5 Benefits To A Life Cycle

25th October 2012

Your thoughts on the following reponse to the above question would be much apreciated: – A project life cycle provides […]

Section 7.2 Stakeholder Management

24th October 2012

Question: Describe the elemenst of a stakeholder process; make five points in your answer and draw a suitable diagram Answer: […]

Study Guide Section 4.7: Organisation Structure

23rd October 2012

Response to question 2: Describe five difficulties that a profect manager may experience when working in a matrix environment and […]

The APM have Launched a New Scheduling Maturity Model

22nd October 2012

The APM have launched a new Scheduling Maturity Model. This is aimed to help organisations assess the quality of the […]

Explain The Benefits Of Effective Governance

15th October 2012

The following was sent to my by e-mail: Five benefits of effective project management governance are as follows: Having a […]

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