PL PROJECTS BLOGS

INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT: WORKING WHILST STUDYING Written by Oliver Farrar. BACKGROUND INFORMATION My name is Oliver Farrar, I’m currently a 4th year undergraduate

TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTIVE STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Written by Megan Jones. Identifying and analysing the stakeholders involved in a project is important to achieve

7 BENEFITS OF A PMO Written by Luke Mason. DID YOU KNOW A PMO IS… A PMO is the centralised function within

WHY SHOULD YOU BELONG TO A PROFESSIONAL BODY? Written by the PLP Academy. It is important to keep developing as professionals, you

VIRTUAL MEETING ETIQUETTE AND MENTAL WELLBEING Written by the Mental Health Champions SUMMARY OF BLOG Our monthly Bulletin was released to PLP

RETROSPECTIVE TECHNIQUE – LESSONS LEARNED Written by Business Development Manager, Marina Dooney.  Two weeks ago, we held our monthly training session (internally

IS STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? Written by Project Consultant, Megan Jones.  SUMMARY OF BLOG In this blog you will learn the

I WISH I KNEW THIS BEFORE I STARTED MY PLACEMENT… Written by Alistair Oldroyd (Project Management Placement Student) and Issy Hunt (Marketing

APPRENTICESHIP DIARY: 3 MONTHS IN… Written by Siva Greier, Business Administration Apprentice. I am currently undertaking my Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship,

HOW DO PL PROJECTS DEAL WITH STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE? Written by Mental Health Champion, Jess Bailey. Stress is often talked about

WHAT IS STRESS AWARENESS MONTH? Written by Mental Health Champion, Jess Bailey. Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992

THE 3 TYPES OF PMO THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! Written by Senior Project Management Consultant, Luke Mason. WHAT IS A PMO?

5 BENEFITS OF ENROLLING IN PL PROJECTS’ APM PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATION (PMQ) Is PL Projects’ APM PMQ the right course for you?

THE PROS AND CONS OF ONLINE TRAINING Mike Bates, our Training Manager, has written a blog describing his experience with online training

THE DEMING CYCLE, RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE ISO SUITE Written by Andy Pochin, Director and Commercial Manager. The International Standards Organisation (ISO)

HOW TO CREATE YOUR PERSONAL BRAND Written by Marketing Assistant, Issy Hunt. WHAT IS PERSONAL BRANDING? Put simply your personal brand is

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE? WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PM)? Project management “is the application of

HOW TO LIVE MORE ECO-FRIENDLY If you followed my colleagues and I on social media last Wednesday, the 27th of October 2021,

OUR 5 TOP TIPS FOR NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOCIAL MEDIA USERS Written by Business Development Manager, Marina Dooney.  The PLP marketing team

HOW TO STAY MOTIVATED DURING LOCKDOWN Does this lockdown feel different to you compared to the first? Maybe less baking and more

PART 2: CHANGES BETWEEN THE APM’S BoK 6TH AND 7TH EDITIONS Webinar: Part 2: The Changes between the Association for Project Management

CHANGES BETWEEN THE APM’S BoK 6TH AND 7TH EDITIONS Webinar: Part 1: The Changes between the Association for Project Management (APM) Body

ADAPT… AND EVOLVE? It seems a long time ago now…March 23rd is the date that sticks in my mind. This was the

REFLECTING USING THE STAR-L APPROACH A couple of weeks ago I was invited to speak on the topic of risk management to

JOINING THE PLP TEAM… VIRTUALLY The Association for Project Management (APM) seventh Body of Knowledge (BoK7) was released mid-2019. As training providers

6 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL BID MANAGEMENT Our main goal at PL Projects is to provide quality tailored support to our clients’ projects,

WHY IS PROJECT SCHEDULING IMPORTANT? As you may or may not be aware, there are a wide range of general processes that

SHOULD MY ORGANISATION BE CONDUCTING POST PROJECT REVIEWS? We received an enquiry this week from a member of our network asking for

LEARNING TO ADAPT If you’d asked me in early March about running a course online, I’d have said, ‘don’t be daft, we’re

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THEORY VS. REALITY I have been working within the PMO profession for the last 5 years and have been a

THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF WORKING IN AN ALLIANCE Setting the scene I embarked on my new placement within a large organisation,

WHAT DO I NEED – MICROSOFT PROJECT OR PROJECT ONLINE? There is a lot of information on the internet about Microsoft Project

CAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT SURVIVE THE AI REVOLUTION? The Artificial Intelligence revolution is here, it is only a matter of time before humanity

TOP TIPS TO MANAGING CHANGE IN AN EVER CHANGING ENVIRONMENT It seems our world is in a current state of change due

WILL CORRIDOR CONVERSATIONS BECOME A THING OF THE PAST? Will they carry on but in a different way? Or will they completely

TOP TIPS FOR WORKING FROM HOME The Covid-19 pandemic has seen working from home become more of a necessity than a luxury

WHAT DOES A PROJECT PLANNER DO? We interviewed one our of experienced Project Planning Consultants to learn more about what he does

WHAT IS A PROJECT SUPPORT OFFICER (PSO)? We interviewed one of our project management placement students and asked him about his role

KICKSTART YOUR CAREER WITH THE PROJECT FUNDAMENTALS QUALIFICATION (PFQ) Are you looking to update your CV or freshen up on your skills?

THE BENEFITS OF A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (QMS) WHAT IS A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (QMS)? According to QMS International, a QMS is

5 BENEFITS OF MICROSOFT PROJECT Our project consultants use Microsoft Project for project management and planning requirements because of the many beneficial

HOW TO ORGANISE YOUR LIFE LIKE A PROJECT MANAGER In this day and age, life is incredibly busy for most of us.

HOW TO BECOME A PROJECT MANAGER Are you considering a career change to project management but do not know where to start?

5 TOP TIPS TO STUDYING WHILE WORKING As a project management training provider, most of the participants on our courses are working

WAYS TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM September’s here. The sun has gone in, the nights are already beginning to get darker. Everyone has

5 REASONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES Access to products and services has never been easier in this advanced age of the internet

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT? In this blog, we want to discuss how the notion of sustainability can be used in