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APM Project Management Training

Parallel Project Management Training

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Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 42

These podcasts are part of the parallel project learning system. As an accredited training provider, they are based on the APM Body of Knowledge and can be used standalone or in conjunction with the Parallel study guides, on-line e-learning and workshops. Visit our website, www.parallelprojecttraining.com, for full details. We're with you all the way

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How AI Will Change Project Management: From Knowledge Support to Organisational Learning

Monday, June 15, 2026 • Duration 01:18:29

Give to Gain: Building your Career in Project Management

Season 8 · Episode 1

Monday, March 9, 2026 • Duration 19:06

In this episode of the Parallel Project Training Podcast, host Ruth Phillips is joined by Becky Willmott, Senior Training Consultant, to discuss their career journeys in project management in recognition of International Women's Day and its theme, "Give to Gain."

Becky shares how she entered project management through public procurement in the NHS, later moving into logistics and eventually becoming Head of a Project Management Office (PMO). The conversation highlights the wide variety of roles within project management, particularly the often-misunderstood role of the PMO. Rather than being purely administrative, PMOs provide vital support through governance, reporting, data analysis, and specialist expertise that enable project managers to deliver successful outcomes.

Ruth and Becky also explore the different career paths within the profession, from project coordination through to programme and portfolio management. They emphasise that project management offers a dynamic, flexible and highly transferable career, with opportunities across many industries.

The episode concludes with practical advice for anyone interested in starting or developing a career in project management, including gaining experience through workplace projects, exploring training and professional qualifications such as the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification, and taking advantage of networking opportunities within the profession.

Finally, the discussion looks ahead to the future of project management, considering how AI may reduce administrative workload and allow project professionals to focus more on leadership, stakeholder engagement, and organisational change—while also creating opportunities for greater diversity in the profession.

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APM PMQ (2024) Budgeting and Cost Control (LO22)

Season 7 · Episode 16

Thursday, August 22, 2024 • Duration 18:10

22. Budgeting and Cost Control - This budget discusses the ability to estimate costs, develop and agree budgets and monitor actual costs against forecast costs, and covers:

a) How to create a budget (including the use of a cost breakdown structure) and the different costs included in a budget (fixed, variable, direct, indirect etc.)

b) How to forecast and refine budgets using cost control techniques e.g. earned value.

c) How to monitor and report financial performance (including different types of financial reports).

d) How to close down finances at the end of a project.

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APM PMQ (2024) Resource Management (LO21)

Season 7 · Episode 15

Thursday, August 22, 2024 • Duration 17:39

21. Resource Management - This podcast discusses the ability to identify and schedule the required internal and external resources, and covers:

a) How to determine the resources required and their availability to deliver activities within a project.

b) How an organisational breakdown structure is used to create a responsibility assignment matrix (RACI).

c) How resources are categorised and allocated to both linear and iterative life cycle schedules.

d) The differences between resource smoothing and resource levelling.

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APM PMQ (2024) Schedule Management (LO20)

Season 7 · Episode 14

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 • Duration 20:41

20. Schedule Management - This podcast discusses the ability to undertake time-based planning with an emphasis on activities and resource, and covers:

a) How to define scope in terms of outputs, outcomes and benefits (including the use of product, work and cost breakdown structures).

b) The links and dependencies between activities within a project and business-as-usual activities, for example how business-as-usual activities, costs, quality, risks and scope can all impact the schedule for the project.

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APM PMQ (2024) Integrated Planning (LO19)

Season 7 · Episode 13

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 • Duration 12:25

19. Integrated Planning - This podcast discusses the ability to incorporate multiple plans and processes into an integrated project management plan, and covers:

a) The format for an effective integrated project management plan and its typical contents.

b) The importance of producing an integrated project management plan.

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APM PMQ (2024) Procurement (LO5)

Season 7 · Episode 12

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 • Duration 27:09

5. Procurement - This podcast discusses securing the provision of resources, choosing strategies for obtaining best value from supply chains, and covers:

a) The purpose and importance of a procurement strategy and the typical contents of a procurement strategy.
b) The stages of a supplier selection process, including how to plan the procurement process and conduct negotiations (for example ZOPA, BATNA and 'Win Win').
c) The features of different contractual relationships and why different methods of supplier reimbursement are used and when it is appropriate to use them (including fixed price, cost plus fee, per unit quantity and target cost).

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APM PMQ (2024) Solutions Development (LO17)

Season 7 · Episode 11

Thursday, August 15, 2024 • Duration 10:14

17. Solutions Development - This podcast discusses the ability to determine the optimal solution to satisfy agreed requirements, and covers:

a) How to evaluate and prioritise requirements in order to deliver the optimal solution, and the different approaches for different life cycle models, e.g. the use of MVP and MMP in iterative life cycles.

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APM PMQ (2024) Requirements Management (LO16)

Season 7 · Episode 10

Thursday, August 15, 2024 • Duration 17:00

16. Requirements Management - This podcast discusses the ability to capture and monitor the requirements of a project, and covers:

a) How to establish scope through requirements management processes (such as gather, analysis, justifying requirements and baseline needs).

b) How to manage scope through configuration management processes (such as planning, identification, control, status accounting and verification audit).

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APM PMQ (2024) Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Management (LO10)

Season 7 · Episode 9

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 • Duration 23:48

10. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Management - This podcast discusses the ability to work with people internally and externally to achieve intended outcomes, and covers:

a) The relationship between stakeholder analysis, influence and engagement.

b) The relationship between stakeholder analysis and an effective communication management plan.

c) The benefits to a project of a communication plan.

d) The importance of managing stakeholder expectations to the success of the project.

e) The range of communication methods available and the importance of tailoring messaging to meet stakeholder requirements.

f) The factors which can positively or negatively affect communication.

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