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November 26, 2025November 26, 2025Uncategorized

Confidently Wrong – Post 2

Confidently Wrong – Post 2 In the first post about my Global Summit session “Confidently Wrong: Avoiding GenAI Pitfalls with SME-First Thinking” we summarized how GenAI works and how its training influences the results returned. It focused on how Large Language Models (LLMs) are pattern matchers that return likely and plausible results, but do not truly understand project management. LLMs have been trained on vast datasets which make them great for suggesting project artifact templates, but usually poor at filling in the details for your unique project. Also, due to their training materials, they tend to suggest summarized content of popular ideas, unless specifically forced to think deeper and broader. Finally, while their outputs look plausible, we always need a […]

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025Uncategorized

PMI Global Summit 2025

Global Summit 2025 – Post 1 I had a great time last week at Global Summit. I did a presentation on using AI to augment team and SME knowledge rather than replace it. I co-presented on the evolution of the PMBOK Guide and agile integration from the 3rd to the 8th edition with Jonathan Lee and a guest appearance by Jesse Fewell. I also got to attend some great sessions and hang out with Agile Alliance board members (Bob Hartman, CP Richardson, Songbac Toh) at the Agile Arcade booth during breaks and lunches. This year, the sessions were not recorded, so I will highlight some of my points in a series of posts here. My talk was called “Confidently Wrong: […]

November 30, 2021Uncategorized

PMP Study Plan

Daunted by the PMP Exam? Use a Big Picture Roadmap and Small Chunks to Tackle it with Confidence (The PMP Exam® can seem like a big scary monster, but it is worth pursuing.) Value The PMP credential is valued by hiring managers for a reason. It is not a “Certification-Mill” produced certificate that is easy to get and issued for just attending a class or passing a trivial exam. You have to understand the concepts involved and show you know how to apply them. This makes it more challenging to master but also more worthwhile. Salary surveys (including PMI’s New 12th Edition Report) indicate project managers with a PMP credential earn, on average, 16% more than those without […]

July 7, 2020October 3, 2026Uncategorized

Toptal Blog Proposal: Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value. Agile projects typically prioritize the backlog based on business value or perceived needs. The Product Owner or business representative prioritizes the backlog elevating the highest value features to the top, so they get delivered first. Taking an Economic View of Decision Making Prioritizing based on business value is an example of the lean concept of ‘Taking an Economic View of Decision Making.’ In deciding which feature to develop first, those […]

July 6, 2020Uncategorized

About

Mike Griffiths CONTACT Email Address: Mike@LeadingAnswers.com LinkedIn: Mike Griffiths BIOGRAPHY I am Mike Griffiths, an independent author, project manager, trainer and consultant based in Canmore, Alberta. I moved to Canada in 2000 from England with my wife, Samantha, to be close to the Rocky Mountains where we enjoy hiking, mountain biking and snowboarding. In 1994, I was very fortunate to be involved in the creation of the agile method DSDM and have been using agile methods including FDD, Scrum and XP for the last 25 years. I served on the board of directors for the Agile Alliance and the board of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN). I founded the Calgary Chapter of the APLN in 2006. In addition to […]

June 5, 2020Uncategorized

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Beyond Agile: Achieving Success with Situational Knowledge and Skills Beyond Agile is for project practitioners, PMOs, and business representatives who want relevant, high-value delivery guidance. The book presents a model that provides a context-specific approach from a full spectrum of project disciplines including: lean/agile, leadership/EI, plan-driven, and industry-specific approaches. Unlike scaling models such as SAFe, LeSS, and Nexus, the Beyond Agile Model avoids agile-myopia (believing everything can be solved best by agile approaches) and buffet-syndrome (taking on too much process) by being simultaneously broader but ruthlessly selective in its recommendations. The Beyond Agile Model has agile at its core; it also layers in additional ideas while encouraging teams to discontinue practices that no longer add sufficient value. Since there are […]