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Mike Griffiths

I'm a project leader living in Canmore

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Is the Agile Movement at an Inflection Point?

Inflection Point – a critical change in direction. Yesterday, a couple of data points crossed my desk that got me wondering if the Agile movement has succeeded and will now be absorbed into the mainstream. First, Jurgen Appelo posted about... Continue reading

Posted Oct 13, 2023 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Suitability Filters – Team Discussion Tools

Suitability filters are models that offer simplified views of a decision-making process. They help people identify and discuss the variables at play and make a recommendation. The British statistician George Box said it best “All models are wrong, but some... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2023 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Agile Open Canada

I am excited to be attending Agile Open Canada in Banff this May. If you are free May 29 and 30, please come and join us! It is a great Open Space unconference that brings people together to share their... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2023 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Definition of Broken (DoB): A Tool for Improving Communications and Outcomes

Communicating project issues is challenging. Exactly when should we escalate? Who to, and how much of a chance to correct things should be given first? This is why some projects create control limits around critical parameters and develop escalation plans... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2023 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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PM Illustrated Free PDU Webinar

Please join me with Peak Business Management for a Free PDU webinar on April 12th at 7:00 pm Eastern Time. Along with Barb Waters, I will be demonstrating the PMP® Exam curriculum from a visual learner’s perspective and giving a... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2023 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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PM Illustrated Audio/Video Book Now Available

I'm excited to announce that the new PM Illustrated Audio/Video Book is now available! It's an excellent resource for visual learners studying for the PMP exam who would rather watch and listen to content rather than read it. It was... Continue reading

Posted Jan 26, 2023 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Beyond Agile presentation this Friday

On Friday, September 30, I will be presenting a session on Beyond Agile at the HTEC Project Management Virtual Conference. The session is free to attend and is part of a program that also features Scott Ambler, Sanjiv Augustine, Nader... Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Extending Servant Leadership with Host Leadership

This article talks about adding tools to the servant leader toolkit. However, let’s start by examining what servant leadership already contains. Servant leadership was popularized by Robert Greenleaf and described as a mindset and set of practices. It flips the... Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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From Servant Leadership to Shared Leadership

This is part one in a series on leading agile teams from the Beyond Agile book. We will examine what leadership entails and how it applies to agile teams. Then discuss the transition from servant leadership to shared leadership. EQ... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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PM illustrated - 35 PDU Bundle

Looking for some PDUs to renew your PMP credential? Curious about the agile content added to the PMP exam since you took yours? Like to try a gamified, visual-learning experience? In partnership with Peak Business, this 35-module micro-learning suite provides... Continue reading

Posted Jun 18, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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The Evolution of Leadership

Thanks to Improving for inviting me to speak at the recent Improving Edge Summit. It was a great conference dedicated to leadership this year. A topic near and dear to my heart and the focus of my Leading Answers blog.... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Agile Adoption – Left to Right is the Way to Go

Agile approaches "Crossed the Chasm" a decade ago. The organizations we see adopting it today are in the "Late Majority" and "Laggard" categories of Geoffrey Moore's Technology Adoption Life Cycle. As companies adopt agile because they have to / it's... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Hybrid Agile Discussion

Upcoming Presentation: “Hybrid Agile, Stepping Stone or Quicksand?” How do you feel about hybrid agile – mixing agile approaches with non-agile approaches? Can it be useful sometimes, or is it the path to compromise and failure? (A great way to... Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Emotional Intelligence for Scrum Masters, Team Leads and Project Managers - #3

<This is post 3 in a multi-post series about EI and leadership taken from my book Beyond Agile. Check out Post 1 and Post 2 first if you have not seen them. In this article, we will dive into personal... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Emotional Intelligence for Scrum Masters, Team Leads and Project Managers - #2

This is post #2 in a multi-post series about EI and leadership taken from my book Beyond Agile. Check out Post #1 first, if you have not seen it already. In this article, we will explore what EI is and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 2, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Emotional Intelligence for Scrum Masters, Team Leads and Project Managers - #1

I am long overdue for posting to LeadingAnswers.com. I have been busy finishing the content and games over at PMillustrated.com. While explaining project management through cartoon animals is fun, I wanted to post some meatier content here. This is the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 27, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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January 2022 - PMI-ACP Supported Self-Study Group

The next 7-week PMI-ACP Supported Study Group with Mike Griffiths is starting soon. Register by January 15th for Earlybird pricing of just $99 (regular $199). This live 7-week online book-club / self-study program works as follows: Read one chapter of... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2022 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Beyond Agile – Relentlessly Reduce Process

Stefan Wolpers recently reposted his survey “Would you recommend SAFe®?” on LinkedIn and it prompted some excellent discussion. One comment I liked by Maxwell Lamers summarized a common view of SAFe® succinctly as “The framework itself is built on solid... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Beyond Agile Gratitude #2 - Lean Thinking and the Kanban Method

Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank people who helped shape its content and ideas. David Anderson has done much to popularize and explain lean and the Theory of Constraints thinking. The Kanban... Continue reading

Posted Nov 19, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Beyond Agile Gratitude #1 – Weaving People and Process

Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank some people who helped shape its content and ideas. Alistair Cockburn and Joshua Kerievsky helped me appreciate the balance between people-focussed activities and effective processes. “...Agile... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Announcing “PM Illustrated” – The Fun Way to Prepare for Your PMP® Exam

I know, “Fun” and “PMP Exam” are rarely used in the same sentence. When I studied for my PMP credential in 2001, materials were text-based, process-focused, and dry! Unfortunately, not much has changed since then. However, fun is a serious... Continue reading

Posted Aug 20, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Beyond Agile - Webinar Recording

Last month I did a 20-minute overview of my new Beyond Agile book for the Washington D.C. Lean-Agile MeetUp group hosted by Sanjiv Augustine. I outline how Beyond Agile grew from studying high-performing teams and trying to distill what they... Continue reading

Posted Jun 18, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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PMI-ACP and My New Book “Beyond Agile: Achieving Success with Situational Knowledge and Skills”

It has been 10 years since the PMI-ACP exam was created, and I published my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book. I recall the Steering Committee meetings where we discussed what we believed was necessary for agile practitioners and team leaders to... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Announcing My New Book “Beyond Agile”

I am excited to announce my new book “Beyond Agile: Achieving success with situational knowledge and skills“ is launching. It is available now from RMC in paperback or electronic form here. This post explains the name and motivation for the... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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Exploring the Scope (and Opportunities) of Digital Transformation

A digital transformation means far more than offering products and services digitally. That is undoubtedly the core of it, but as this article illustrates, it goes far beyond. To start, let's review a simplified business model for a traditional bricks-and-mortar... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2021 at LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog

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