Parallel Project Training announced as training provider for the Prince’s Foundation
- Parallel Project Training has been appointed to provide the Prince’s Foundation community of practitioners with project management support and development training for the build environment -
18 May 2010: Parallel Project Training, a specialist training provider in APM project management training
has today been appointed by the Prince’s Foundation for the Build Environment, an educational charity which aims to improve the quality of people’s lives by teaching and practising ecological ways of planning, designing and building.
The Prince’s Foundation selected Parallel Project Training to support the development of project management within its community of practitioners. Parallel Project Training offers a pragmatic approach to training and a wide range of unique and highly innovative learning solutions in a variety of different formats, including study guides, podcasts, on-line e-learning and traditional classroom based training delivery. This ethos complements the Prince’s Foundation’s belief that applying time-tested principles in an exceptional manner is a vital, key component for efficient project management.
Parallel Project Training will be facilitating application workshops, which use projects from the Prince’s Foundation as case studies. The workshops follow the same structure as the APMP syllabus and offer students the opportunity to enhance their skills and best practice knowledge in project management in line with the Association for Project Management’s Body of Knowledge. At a later stage individuals will be given the opportunity to take the APMP qualification.
Paul Naybour, Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training said “This is an excellent opportunity for us to work with a likeminded organisation. We fully expect to learn as much from the Prince’s Foundation’s approach to project management as we do from our own experience. We believe we can offer the charity valuable and cost effective solutions for project management training”.
Tim Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer of the Prince’s Foundation said “I was impressed by the experience and flexibility offered by Parallel Project Training, we are looking forward to working with them to develop more formal approaches to project management”
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About Parallel Project Training
Parallel Project Training was formed in October 2009 by John Bolton and Paul Naybour and is supported by a pool of associates, advisers and consultants. Paul’s background is in the management of rail and infrastructure projects, leading major training programmes for many of the key players in the rail and transportation sector. In addition to rail experience, John has a strong pedigree in major programmes in the software and services sectors along with significant involvement in the management and development of professional project managers. Both are very highly experienced project management professionals, each having over ten years experience as project management development professionals. Parallel Project Training is based in Reading and offers a highly innovative approach to project management training. The courses include APMP, planning, risk management, estimating, and project leadership and will lead to accreditation where available. They are delivered using a combination of printed study material, e-learning, podcasts and classroom workshops. Parallel offers exceptional value for money with their innovative approach to efficiency and reducing impact on the environment – offering more for less.
About the Princes Foundation
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment is an educational charity founded by HRH The Prince of Wales and operating to a model of practice-based learning. The Prince’s Foundation engages in live projects at the scale of the region, the city, the neighbourhood, the town, in order to develop new ways of regenerating and building more lively and more environmentally sustainable communities.
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Parallel Project training introduces APM Introductory Certificate Training course
- Parallel Project Training introduces a project management training course designed to introduce students to the essential elements of Project Management -
APM Introductory Certificate in Project Management
4th August, 2010: Parallel Project Training, an innovative new specialist training provider in APM project management training and APM certification, has launched a new two day introductory training course for the APM Introductory Certificate (APM IC). The APM IC is the UK professional body for project management with over 14,000 individual members and 400 corporate members. The Introductory Certificate is its preliminary course for project management professionals.
The Parallel Project Training APM Introductory Certificate course follows the APM IC syllabus and covers the essential elements of project management. It is designed to help new project managers develop a better understanding of project management, become familiar with the processes, tools and techniques of project management and enable them to make an effective contribution to the delivery of successful projects.
Graduates from the Parallel Project Training Introductory Certificate course will be able to describe a project’s context, write detailed and useful project documentation including business case and project plans, carry out work breakdowns of a project as a first step in planning, carry out risk analysis and stakeholder analysis of a project and be able to sit the APM IC exam with confidence.
The course is broken down into the following seven modules:
Project Management in Context – differentiating projects from non-projects, exploring programme and portfolio management, the influence of the business and political context on project success, the critical role of the sponsor in project success and support that can be provided by a project office.
Planning and Strategy – to clarify how success will be measured from the outset, the influence of stakeholders on requirements, how that can (or cannot) be managed.
Executing the Strategy – to drive the project forward to a successful conclusion.
Project Management Techniques – to make sure the project is fully understood and estimated fully including costs for completing the project using a number of methods and configuration management to control changes to the design.
Business and Commercial – to ensure the business case is robust and the supply chain is delivering value by including the purpose, role and ownership of the business case and working with suppliers through the procurement cycle.
Organisation and Governance – to ensure the business remains in control of the project including effective project hand over and learning lessons from the project and clearly defining roles and responsibilities for the project and business deliverables.
People and the profession – to encourage effective and strong leadership, manage effective communications, building a project team and leading projects to success
The Parallel Project Training APM IC course includes high quality APM IC course manual, which allows students to prepare and coordinate their study plans. The course manual explains the APM IC in simple steps as well as providing sample questions and MP3 podcasts. These cover important topics included in the APM IC exam – a one hour session of 60 multiple choice questions, which students must sit on the last day of the course.
Paul Naybour, Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training said “We expect this to be a very popular course as it is an excellent first step for people looking to embark on a project management career. The fact it is only two days long means students can easily devote the relevant time and study to the course without having to take vast amounts of time out of the office. We are proud to be offering both public and corporate APM IC courses in October, November and December 2010.”
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About Parallel Project Training
Parallel Project Training was formed in October 2009 by John Bolton and Paul Naybour and is supported by a pool of associates, advisers and consultants. Paul’s background is in the management of rail and infrastructure projects, leading major training programmes for many of the key players in the rail and transportation sector. In addition to rail experience, John has a strong pedigree in major programmes in the software and services sectors along with significant involvement in the management and development of professional project managers. Both are very highly experienced project management professionals, each having over ten years experience as project management development professionals. Parallel Project Training is based in Reading and offers a highly innovative approach to project management training. The courses include APMP, planning, risk management, estimating, and project leadership and will lead to accreditation where available. They are delivered using a combination of printed study material, e-learning, podcasts and classroom workshops. Parallel offers exceptional value for money with their innovative approach to efficiency and reducing impact on the environment – offering more for less.
Parallel Project Training Announces New Clinical Research and Development Training Package
- Parallel Project Training introduces a project management training course designed to meet the specific needs for improved value for money in clinical research project -
23rd June, 2010: Parallel Project Training, an innovative new specialist training provider in APM project management training
and APMP certification, has launched a new project management training course tailored specifically to the needs of clinical research projects to deliver improved value for money. This follows Parallel Project Training’s continued success in other industry sectors and excellent customer feedback about its flexibility, wide range of learning materials and practical approach to project management training.
The Clinical Research and Development training package provides a structured and collaborative approach to project management in the clinical trials sector. It has been designed to tackle unique challenges, such as project scoping and risk specifically faced by project managers in this sector. It aims to enable clinical trials project managers to understand and apply the principals of project management to clinical research projects and explain the benefits of this to the rest of the organisation.
The course is based on the APM Body of Knowledge, as all Parallel Project Training courses are and has been designed as a first step towards the APMP certification. It teaches project managers in the clinical trials sector how to develop a clear definition of project success factors, which is very often outside the direct influence of the project manager. It also coaches project managers to plan in the face of significant uncertainty, clearly define the project scope, effectively manage project risk and use earned value methods to provide meaningful progress reports.
The course is broken down into seven modules, which are consistently approached across all the material. These include:
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Project Management in Context
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Planning and Strategy
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Executing the Strategy
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Project Management Techniques
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Business and Commercial
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Organisation and Governance
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People and the profession
The training is delivered by Roger Joby B.Sc. MAPM, a well respected and experienced project management expert and associate partner of Parallel Project Training. Roger has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years working for both CROs and pharmaceutical companies and now as an independent consultant. Roger’s experience includes project management, proposal generation, sub-contractor contacts and project finance.
Paul Naybour, Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training said “This is a very unique and specific course designed to help project managers in the clinical trials sector to explain the benefits of project management to their organisations and apply the principles and best practices endorsed by Parallel Project Training to their clinical research projects. Much of the success of clinical projects is outside the direct influence of the project manager and while these factors cannot be controlled, they can be influenced and managed well with a structured and collaborative approach. We are proud to be able to support this sector and due to our 100% customer pass rate so far we are sure the pharmaceutical sector will be equally successful too.” David Davies, Product Development Director from Futura Medical said “Clinical research projects often run late and over budget. Parallel Project Training is offering some new and innovative approaches which can help to improve the certainty of delivery and significantly reduce costs based value management techniques applied successful in other sectors”
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About Parallel Project Training
Parallel Project Training was formed in October 2009 by John Bolton and Paul Naybour and is supported by a pool of associates, advisers and consultants. Paul’s background is in the management of rail and infrastructure projects, leading major training programmes for many of the key players in the rail and transportation sector. In addition to rail experience, John has a strong pedigree in major programmes in the software and services sectors along with significant involvement in the management and development of professional project managers. Both are very highly experienced project management professionals, each having over ten years experience as project management development professionals. Parallel Project Training is based in Reading and offers a highly innovative approach to project management training. The courses include APMP, planning, risk management, estimating, and project leadership and will lead to accreditation where available. They are delivered using a combination of printed study material, e-learning, podcasts and classroom workshops. Parallel offers exceptional value for money with their innovative approach to efficiency and reducing impact on the environment – offering more for less.
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DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY APPOINTS PARALLEL PROJECT TRAINING AS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROVIDER
1st June, 2010: Parallel Project Training, an innovative new specialist training provider in APM project management training
and APMP certification, has been appointed by Serco Docklands Project team to provide cost effective and flexible project management training for their project management team working on projects across the Docklands Light Railway. The training will begin this August in London.
Recognising the need to reduce costs and continue to develop and train staff at Serco, Chris Ottley, Programme Manager, selected Parallel Project Training to provide an integrated and accommodating training programme that follows the same structure as the APMP syllabus. Serco 
staff will enhance their skills and best practice knowledge in project management and learn how to apply the APM principles to their own projects as well as achieving the APMP qualification at the end of the course.
This appointment is yet another encouraging development for Parallel Project Training following an excellent response to its first set of training courses earlier in the year achieving a 100% pass rate. Parallel Project Training aims to offer businesses a wide variety of training options starting from £935. Many students have commented on the fact they have learnt more in the first morning of a Parallel Project Training course than in the entire six days of courses run by other training providers.
Commenting on why he chose Parallel Project Training, Chris Ottley said: “Serco staff are always busy and we needed a flexible approach to project management learning that combined a wide range of course study options over a variety of formats suitable for the each team member. Flexibility, good value and a wide range of learning materials were key, as well as the training providers experience in the transport sector.” We are also looking to enhance our skills to deliver projects better and more efficiently for our client DLRL, to help them achieve their objectives.
Paul Naybour, Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training said “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to work with one of Britain’s great transport organisations, the DLR has expanded faster than any other railway in the UK and we are proud to be supporting Serco’s staff development scheme. We are looking forward to training the Project Managers
at Serco and are confident we can offer them a flexible, user friendly and accessible project management training course. We have had a 100% customer pass rate so far and are sure Chris’s staff will be just as successful too.”
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About Parallel Project Training
Parallel Project Training was formed in October 2009 by John Bolton and Paul Naybour and is supported by a pool of associates, advisers and consultants. Paul’s background is in the management of rail and infrastructure projects, leading major training programmes for many of the key players in the rail and transportation sector. In addition to rail experience, John has a strong pedigree in major programmes in the software and services sectors along with significant involvement in the management and development of professional project managers. Both are very highly experienced project management professionals, each having over ten years experience as project management development professionals. Parallel Project Training is based in Reading and offers a highly innovative approach to project management training. The courses include APMP, planning, risk management, estimating, and project leadership and will lead to accreditation where available. They are delivered using a combination of printed study material, e-learning, podcasts and classroom workshops. Parallel offers exceptional value for money with their innovative approach to efficiency and reducing impact on the environment – offering more for less.
About Serco Docklands
Serco Docklands is the franchise operator of the Docklands Light Railway, one of Britain’s great transport success stories. Serco has operated, maintained and marketed east London’s light railway since 1997. During this time the railway has grown from 27 to 40 passenger stations, passenger numbers have increased from 16 to 69 million journeys per annum and reliability has increased from 89% to 98%. One of the first light rail systems in Britain, with one of the world’s most advanced automatic train control systems, the DLR has expanded faster than any other UK railway. Since opening in 1987 it has extended to Bank, Beckton, Lewisham, London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal. Serco Docklands’ Projects Team has commissioned each new extension, integrating the new infrastructure into passenger service and has undertaken many projects to enhance and develop the railway. Serco Docklands is part of Serco Group plc, one of the world’s leading service and outsourcing companies.
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PARALLEL PROJECT TRAINING LAUNCHES APMP PROJECT MANAGEMENT DISTANCE LEARNING PACKAGE
- Using its integrated Parallel Learning System Parallel Project Training has launches its Distance Learning Package for just £300 -
28 May, 2010: Parallel Project Training, an innovative new specialist training provider in APM project management training
and APMP certification, has launched its new distance learning package for just £300. Using the integrated Parallel Learning System students will be able to study for the APM project management qualification from their own home or office and at their own pace. The course is ideal for busy project managers who may be unable to devote five consecutive days out of the office for important APMP training.
The Parallel Distance Learning Package offers a practical approach to project management and is the perfect complement to PRINCE2. It offers an unparalleled range of distance learning materials such as the APMP Distance Learning study guide with high quality figures, sample exam questions and hints and tips on how to pass the exam. MP3 podcasts covering all the important topics included in the exam available from the Parallel Project Training website or iTunes. There is also a series of interactive exercises and quizzes with online tutor support available through the Parallel community of practice, an online moderated forum offering support, advice and guidance on the APMP syllabus.
The course is broken down into eight modules, which are consistently approached across all the material. These include:
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How to Pass The APMP Exam
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Project Management in Context
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Organisation and Governance
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Techniques
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Business and Commercial
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Planning the Strategy
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Executing the Strategy
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People and the Profession
Due to the continued excellent feedback from customers about the flexibility and wide range of learning materials, Parallel Project Training has introduced its Distance Learning Package as part of its continued focus on providing accommodating and cost effective APM training. The package uses interactive flash technology to bring the learning to life and follows the same structure as the APMP syllabus.
Lindsay Scott, Director of Arras People said this of the Distance Learning course; “We’ve been trialling the course over the past few weeks and it’s an excellent course for a project management professional to undertake. The study guide, podcasts and the online module system are straightforward and easy to use. The support offered through the online forum is also important for those times when assistance is needed from a distance”
Paul Naybour, Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training said “We are proud of our new innovative approach to project management development and believe it represents a significant step forward in increasing and simplifying access to project management training and development. At such a low cost it is an attractive option for many customers looking to invest in a flexible approach towards project management training.”
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About Parallel Project Training
Parallel Project Training was formed in October 2009 by John Bolton and Paul Naybour and is supported by a pool of associates, advisers and consultants. Paul’s background is in the management of rail and infrastructure projects, leading major training programmes for many of the key players in the rail and transportation sector. In addition to rail experience, John has a strong pedigree in major programmes in the software and services sectors along with significant involvement in the management and development of professional project managers. Both are very highly experienced project management professionals, each having over ten years experience as project management development professionals. Parallel Project Training is based in Reading and offers a highly innovative approach to project management training. The courses include APMP, planning, risk management, estimating, and project leadership and will lead to accreditation where available. They are delivered using a combination of printed study material, e-learning, podcasts and classroom workshops. Parallel offers exceptional value for money with their innovative approach to efficiency and reducing impact on the environment – offering more for less.
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Parallel Project Training Receives excellent feedback and 100% pass rate on its first project management training courses
- Customers enthusiastic about the first few courses from specialist APM training provider -
27 April, 2010: Parallel Project Training, an innovative new specialist training provider in APM project management training and APMP certification, has received outstanding feedback from customers who attended the company’s first training courses in March and April. The exam pass rate on the March course was 100%, all students passed.
The courses were a mixture of three and five day events led by a fully qualified and experienced tutor offering students an integrated approach to their learning with a wide range of pre-course study options. The programmes have been designed to follow the same structure as the APMP syllabus and offer students the opportunity to enhance their skills and best practice knowledge in project management in order to pass the APMP exam. Students are also coached on how to apply the APM principles to their own projects. Students are able to confidently sit the APM Professional exam with a clear understanding of what is required to pass. They also take away a thorough understanding of the benefits of deploying project management within an organisation.
All students receive a high quality APMP exam study guide prior to the course start date, which allows them to prepare and coordinate their study plans. The study guide explains the APM Body of Knowledge in simple steps, including sample exam questions and helpful templates. The course is also broken down into seven APM accredited e-learning modules which integrate seamlessly with the study guide as well as MP3 podcasts that cover all the important topics included in the APMP Exam, which students must sit on the last day of the course.
The courses cost from £935, which is probably the best value around “a properly keen price” said one student. Others, commenting on what they liked about the course said: “I learnt more in the first morning than in the entire six days of the previous course when I failed the exam”. Other comments included praise for the knowledgeable instructor with vast experience and that the blended e-learning option was especially useful when used alongside the study guide. They also liked a clear set of objectives for the course and a focus on results. “I really liked the podcasts, they’re really useful for the car” said one very busy student.
Paul Naybour, Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training said “We are proud of our new innovative approach to project management development and we think it represents a significant step forward in widening access to project management development”. “The tight integration between all of our learning media will increase the flexibility and accessibility of our training” said John Bolton, Programme Development Director of Parallel Project Training.
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About Parallel Project Training
Parallel Project Training was formed in October 2009 by John Bolton and Paul Naybour and is supported by a pool of associates, advisers and consultants. Paul’s background is in the management of rail and infrastructure projects, leading major training programmes for many of the key players in the rail and transportation sector. In addition to rail experience, John has a strong pedigree in major programmes in the software and services sectors along with significant involvement in the management and development of professional project managers. Both are very highly experienced project management professionals, each having over ten years experience as project management development professionals. Parallel Project Training is based in Reading and offers a highly innovative approach to project management training. The courses include APMP, planning, risk management, estimating, and project leadership and will lead to accreditation where available. They are delivered using a combination of printed study material, e-learning, podcasts and classroom workshops. Parallel offers exceptional value for money with their innovative approach to efficiency and reducing impact on the environment – offering more for less.
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Review of ‘How to Pass the APMP’ John Edmonds of pearcemayfield
“It’s a course in a book” is how this study guide describes itself. It is aimed at people who wish to pass the APMP but just cannot spare the time to attend the traditional workshops.
So, how does it fare? Getting a 5-day course into a book is a tall order, and at over 270 pages it could look a bit daunting, especially considering that you also need to have the APM’s Body of Knowledge alongside it. However, when you open the book and browse through a few pages you are immediately given a very good first impression. It looks accessible and interesting.
A few years’ ago I successfully studied for a similar professional examination using a guide rather like this one. I therefore have experience of how helpful these can be if they are put together in the right way; and I think that the authors have achieved just that.
There is a good balance of text, diagrams, multiple-choice quizzes, open questions and reflections on real-life practice. It is presented cleanly and clearly and has a nice work-book feel to it – I actually felt like I wanted to grab my pen and answer some of the questions.
With mock exam papers, glossary and exam tips it has all the items that you would expect from such a guide. But it’s the main sections of the book that bring the value, and here I think that it achieves its ambitions – “a course in a book”.
John Edmonds is Head of Training at pearcemayfield and has over 25 years of programme and project management experience in the educational and financial services sectors. He is one of the authors of the latest version of PRINCE2, and is the author of a blog called ‘The Opsimath’. John is chairman of the education, training and development charity ‘Roots’.
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