“To deal with complex projects there is an increased need for agile and flexible project management… In future, ‘people’ and leadership skills will be viewed as more important than technical skills.” Statements like these hardly seem surprising to regular readers... Mike Griffiths

Next week I will be teaching two one-day agile workshops and an executive summary session in Costa Rica. The courses are organized by Invenio University Research and Education and will be taking place in the capital, San Jose. I will... Mike Griffiths

To be truly effective you need ability and passion. Some people use the formula: Performance = Ability * Passion However, you also need time to dedicate to the work at hand; and so Availability factors in also. In the volunteer... Mike Griffiths

I have just returned from a great trip to Alaska. It was made possible by a request to speak at the PMI Alaska chapter and deliver two one-day training courses. Alaska is one of those places I have always wanted... Mike Griffiths

The PMI Agile SIG is gathering speed. This Special Interest Group (SIG) is set to be launched later this year and is very timely. While currently the interaction between agile and traditional project management approaches in most organizations may be... Mike Griffiths

(Well actually a bunch of hiking stories) Do large teams bog-down, do delays propagate, is specialization harmful or desirable? In today's knowledge-worker environment we process intangible information rather than physical products, and so seeing the impact of good and bad... Mike Griffiths