Project management skills are not only useful in the office – they are highly transferable and can be used in the home. The word project is used for so many things – work project, class project, project management but they all have one thing in common. Whatever type of project you are planning then you […]
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Planning for any sort of project is complex and challenging. You are going to need to apply skills and knowledge from all areas of project management. This means handling a huge amount of information. Despite this, project planning is a logical and structured process. With that in mind, in this blog post, we are going
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If you search on LinkedIn, you’ll find more than 2 million Project Managers. This is a profession that has a huge impact on the daily lives of people everywhere. My goal is to help Project Managers communicate more effectively with their teams. Communication is the lifeblood of project management. PMs need to be able to
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As a project manager it is important to understand when you need more help with a project. Here we look at when you should admit you need this help. The experts at Parallel Project Training believe too often in the workplace we can be reluctant to ask for help, seeing it as a sign of
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LinkedIn is by far the best social media platform for showcasing your professional project management skills and qualifications. But are you taking full advantage of what it offers you and your career path? LinkedIn, like most social media platforms, is busy. Standing out can be hard to do but it is certainly worth spending time
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Even the best project manager can improve their time management skills, and this article is packed full of tips to up your time management game. You might think that having great time management was one of those basic project management skills that any half-competent project manager would have to have acquired in order to stay
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There are some areas of business where having a good number of contacts can be vital and project management is certainly no exception. Each project that you work on, even within the same company, may find you working with a new set of people, and these contacts may prove useful to you in the future.
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If you are not content in your current job, it might be time to consider looking for a new role. Here we look at some of the reasons it might be time to make that move. No matter how great your current role is, things can change, making you give serious consideration to looking
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KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators, are the clearly outlined measures that are vital when it comes to tracking the path of progress towards the defined goals of a project. Whether the project is a digital marketing campaign, an office relocation, a major event or an infrastructure project KPIs are an essential tool in helping project
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No matter what field you work in the idea of becoming a freelancer is a dream that many professionals want to make a reality at some point in their career. The opportunity to be your own boss and have more choice over the projects that you work on and, of course, who you work for
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