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Mike Griffiths
I'm a project leader living in Canmore
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Agile 2017
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I will be speaking at two presentations at the Agile 2017 Conference next week in Orlando. I am looking forward to catching up with old colleagues and meeting new practitioners, it looks set to be a great event. My first... Continue reading
Posted Aug 6, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Agile Consulting
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April’s theme at ProjectManagement.com where I write a monthly column was “Consulting” and in this article, I examine the world of Agile Consulting and coaching. I distinguish consulting as providing advice, solutions and information; whereas coaching is more asking (hopefully... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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They are “Lessons to be Learned”, not “Lessons Learned”
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The suggestions, observations and ideas we capture at retrospectives are not Lessons Learned. That would imply we have already learned from them and will not make that mistake again. Instead, they are Lessons-to-be-Learned which is subtly different but stresses the... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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New PMI-ACP Workbook
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I am pleased to announce the availability of my new PMI-ACP Workbook. This new workbook focusses on a smaller subset of 50 key topics. My original PMI-ACP Exam Prep book distilled all the relevant content from the 11 books on... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Tapping the Base of the Talent Triangle for Hidden PDUs
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When it comes to renewing your PMI credentials it can sometimes be a challenge to find the full complement of Professional Development Units (PDUs) you need. Now the PMI Talent Triangle has been introduced, PMP credential holders need 8 PDUs... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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PMI EMEA – Rome – PMI’s Agile Future
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I will be presenting at the PMI EMEA Congress May 1-3 in Rome on “PMI’s Agile Future”. 2017 marks an important year for embracing agile approaches by the PMI. The PMBOK® v6 Guide, set to be released in Q3 will... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Boosting PMO's with Lean Thinking
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Lean Thinking, described and popularized in the book “Lean Thinking” by James Womack and Daniel Jones, is summarized as: “focusing on delivering the most value from a customer perspective, while reducing waste and fully utilizing the skills and knowledge of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Agile DNA Webinar
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This post is a follow-up to my Agile DNA webinar I hosted a couple of weeks ago. This was my first webinar for RMC and we had a great attendance with over 2,000 people registering for the event. The recording... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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“When Will This Software Project Ever Be Done?”
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Does this question sound familiar? If you get asked it regularly then you may be part of the mainstream transformation from software projects to products. It’s coming and it's going to turn many roles, certifications and in some cases entire... Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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The Business Analyst and the Product Owner
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In my last article we talked about the role of the BA on agile projects, reviewing what stays the same and what changes from traditional approaches. In this article, we will review the contentious topic of how the role of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 9, 2017 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Agile Risk Management
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This article aims to dispel the myth that agile projects somehow magical manage risks for us, and outlines a couple of practical tools that can be used to start improving risk management approaches. Agile is Not a Risk Management Approach... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2016 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Agile Coach Camp
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I attended this event last year and enjoyed it... We would like to invite Agile Practitioners to Agile Coach Camp Canada - West, an Open Space Conference to be held in Vancouver, BC on the weekend of June 17-19, 2016.... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2016 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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PMBOK v6 Work
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As you probably know the Exposure Draft of the PMBOK v6 Guide is making its way through review at the moment. I have been working with the PMI on some iterative, adaptive and agile content and look forward to when... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2016 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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DSDM Video
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I get the feeling that DSDM is considered by many people outside of the UK as the uncool, out-of-touch great-uncle of agile. While somewhat related to modern agile, it is kind of forgotten about or dismissed as outdated or not... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2016 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Agile Innovation
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Psst, this is your conscious, I am here to remind you about something you have thought about, but then hid away in the back of your mind. Lots of this agile stuff is hypocritical, it preaches evolution and change, but... Continue reading
Posted Aug 18, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Agile and Strategic Alignment
This month’s theme at ProjectManagement.com is “Strategy Alignment/IT Strategy.” This can seem at odds for agile teams who organically grow solutions towards evolving requirements. Where’s the strategy in that, and how do we promote empowered teams while preventing chaos? Most... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Knowledge Sharing on Agile Projects: Absent or Abundant?
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Knowledge transfer and sharing on agile teams differs from traditional approaches in both form and the internal vs external focus. Agile teams produce few of the traditional knowledge transfer documents yet their daily practices focus on knowledge transfer. While agile... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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PMI-ACP LinkedIn Group Growing
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Last week we passed 500 members for the new “PMI-ACP Exam Prep with Mike Griffiths” LinkedIn Group. That is a great start and plenty enough to begin discussing topics about the exam for people studying for the credential and those... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Agile 2015 Conference Session
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My presentation outline “Eat Risks for Breakfast, Poop Awesomeness All Day!” was accepted for the Agile 2015 Conference in Washington D.C., August 3-7. As much of the agile community seems engaged in scaling debates I am really happy to share... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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PMI Credentials – The Last Decade and the Next
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Today we take a look at how the number of PMI Credential holders has grown over the last 10 years and speculate where they might go in the future. While 10 years is a good period to look back over,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 23, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Quality Project Management
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How do we define quality as a project manager? Is it managing a project really well, or managing a successful project? How about managing a successful project really well, that sounds pretty good. However it poses the next question: What... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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“Solving Today’s Complex Projects with Agility” Presentation
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Next week, on February 18th, I will be presenting on “Solving Today’s Complex Projects with Agility” at the Society for the Economic Promotion of Gran Canaria (SPEGC), co sponsored by ITProiectus. I have been working with ITProiectus for a while... Continue reading
Posted Feb 9, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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Big Agile, the Route Less Travelled
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Scaling Collaboration not Process is the Key to Enterprise Agility. Agile methods have been found to be extremely effective when used correctly. A reasonable reaction to witnessing any great performance in an organization is to demand more of it. So... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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LeadingAnswers in 2015
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I am well overdue for posting to this site, but it is not through lack of interest or ideas. There is an inverse relationship between postings and with how busy I have been. When I have time to post here... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2015 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
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