APMP Distance Learning from Parallel Project Training

APMP distance learning is now available from Parallel Project Training for £300. Complete your training for much less cost.

Including a study guide, e-learning, podcasts and on-line support.

APM Risk Management Level 2

Do you want to carry out formal risk management?

This APMP Risk management level 2 course is ideal for professional risk managers who lead the risk management processes. It explores the challenges of implementing risk management in a real project environment and leads to the APMP Level 2 Risk Management qualification.

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Parallel Project Launches APMP Project Management Training Course in London from £1080

APMP London

We have decided to launch an APMP project management course in London. The course includedes the APMP exam fees, a printed study guide, podcasts, e-learning and a five day workshop all for a fantastic price of £1080.

It will be interesting to see how many people are interested in coming along in London compared to Reading.

The course covers all the basics of project management and is ideal for those with a couple of years experience.

APMP Project Management Training Course in London

APM, Prince2 or PMP Project Management Training Course which is best? A Decision Guide?

Organisations and individuals have a wide range of choices for project management training and development. Three of the most widely recognised are Prince2 from the Office of government commerce, the PMP from the USA based Project Management Institute and the APMP from the UK based Association for Project Management. This decision guide will help you make the best choice for you and your organisation.

PRINCE2™

PRINCE2™ is a project management method sponsored by the UK government via the Office of Government Commerce. It focuses on describing the processes, products and responsibilities required to manage a project in a controlled environment. Its roots are in government contracts and if provides a consistent approach to the implementation of major projects. Some have criticised it for not being fully scalable for smaller projects.

With its background in the UK, PRINCE2™ is increasingly recognised across the world with over 400,000 project managers holding the qualification. The qualification has no prerequisites.

PMI PMP

This is the most widely recognised project management qualification in the world with over half a million holders of the qualification around the globe. It is based on the comprehensive PMI body of knowledge. This combines both processes and a tools and techniques. While comprehensive the PM BoK is a little over complex for smaller projects.

The PMI PMP has detailed pre-requisites including

• 35 hours of directed study
• Project management experience of :
  
  • With University – 4500 hours over at least 36 months
    
  • With High School – 7500 hours over at least 60 months
    

The fastest growth area for the PMP is in Asia.

APM

The UK APM has introductory (IC), foundation (APMP) and practitioner qualifications (PQ) qualification. These are based on the APM BoK. Unlike the PMI the APM body of knowledge provides a summary of the project management topic areas. The qualification is strongest in the UK with little recognition outside the UK. The APM has applied the for a Royal Charter so that it can award Chartered status to its members. It is strongest in the rail, construction and IT sectors in the UK.

How to decide

Questions to ask are:

1. Are you interested in a global career in project management? PMP
2. Do you work for an organisation (or client) working to a PRINC2 method? PRINCE

Are you based in a non UK PRINCE2 organisation? APM

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CAN SOCIAL NETWORKING HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR PROJECT COMPLEXITY ISSUES?

Today I wrote an article on social media and project complexity today for project management today. Very interesting social networking has been around for many years and project management, in fact all organisations have relied on social networks to get things done. However as project have gone global these social networks have broken down and are no longer support the project like they used to. This makes the formal project management processes more difficult to apply. The question to ask is do the social media tool provide a way to support this social project network.

For fullversion of this paper visit CAN SOCIAL NETWORKING HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR PROJECT COMPLEXITY ISSUES?

First Public APMP

Really pleased that we are running our first public APMP project management training course the week after next. It will be good to see what the feedback is like. They all like the posdcasts apparently.

Project Management Careers Podcast

We had a fantastic trip up to Manchester to meet Lindsay Scott to record a podcast on the current state of the project management jobs market. Apparently it has all changed, what worked in the past no longer cuts the mustard.

Clients are getting inundated with applications, so are getting more and more selective in the candidates they will interview.

It can be tempting to panic when you are looking for a new job, especially if you are out of work. But Lindsay’s advice was to be selective in the opportunities which you apply for, make sure you can fully meet the requirements and demonstrate clearly how you met them in your CV.

For project mangers project management qualifications are becoming increasingly important.

The podcast was really interesting and will be live on our web site Sunday night.

Project Management Training: Can’t afford 5-days out of the office?

During the past decade project management has undergone a transformation with through greater codification and formal certification. This certification and been based on the Association for Project Management (APM), Prince2TM and Project Management Institute (PMI) under taken by seemingly ever increasing number of organisations and individuals. With over half a million members of the PMI, 250,000 Prince2 Practitioners and 17,500 members of the APM, the world has seen a rapid growth in project management certification, much of it in the last ten years.
Traditionally this certification has been delivered as five days in a hotel with an exam on a Friday. Is this really the best way of developing project managers, or was it organised this way for the convenience of the training organisation and the HR department?
The weaknesses of the current 5-day project management training paradigm.
Project Managers are inherently activists, they learn by doing, so to remove them from a project for five days to develop new skills, always creates an artificial environment. Learning cannot be applied to the work place in bite size pieces. Putting the exam at the end of the course creates the pressure to focus on passing the test and not learning new skills. Some enlightened organisations recognised this limitation and committed to slightly longer modular programmes of two times 3 days or even 3 times 2 days. This at least gave time for individuals to apply what they were learning as they went. However in the tougher economic times organisations are beginning to challenge the paradigm of a week out of the office to pass a qualification. The challenge now is how to cover the wide range of project management topics in less time without reducing the quality of the learning.

Innovation has the solution
As with many such challenges technical innovation has the solution. Learning does not have to be done in the classroom. We can learn in many ways, through on the job exercise, reading books listening to the radio, playing on the computer. All the learner needs is access to the right material to help and guide the learning process. This needs to be available in a wide range of media to suit the learning style and approach of the individual. This is what is offered by the Parallel Learning System.

Parallel Learning System
The Parallel Learning System provides a wide range of learning activities including to a study guide printed as a book, e-learning, podcasts and workshops. Each can be used individually or as a combined approach to learning. Each element is widely available, the book and e-learning are easily purchased from Amazon and the podcasts can be downloaded free of charge from the web or iTunes. This whole approach means that the workshops can focus on skills development and preparing for the exam.
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APMP Qualification

The APMP qualification allows candidates to demonstrate knowledge of all elements of project management in order to assist in the management of projects.

Project Managers with the APMP qualification will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how these elements interact. They will also be able to understand how their project fits into their strategic and commercial environment.

APMP assesses the candidate’s breadth of knowledge in all areas of project management, from strategic and commercial implications, to the technical, organisational, and people management skills required to participate effectively within a project team.

The APMP Qualification Suits:
Anyone who has worked within project management for up to two years, such as project office personnel, team members, or recently appointed project officers, or for anyone who has recently taken on project management responsibilities as part of their job.

APMP is the benchmark qualification for anyone embarking on a project management career, or looking to add project management to their portfolio of skills.

APMP Course Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for the APMP qualification.

APMP Exam Format
The APMP examination is an essay style paper and is three hours long.