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Scott M. Graffius to Speak at California Inland Empire Chapter of Project Management Institute
28 January 2019
Scott M. Graffius will present "How to Deliver Your Projects with Faster ROI, Competitive Advantage, and Additional Benefits Using Agile Scrum" at the California Inland Empire chapter of the Project Management Institute. The session will provide attendees with a vibrant and highly visual presentation of Scrum, the most popular agile development and delivery framework for products and services. Scott will cover the roles, responsibilities, tools, and techniques unique to Scrum—spanning from vision through release—based on best practices and top factors from successful implementations. Attendees will be presented with practical information they can use. This will be Scott's second talk at the chapter. The session will be held in Murrieta, California on Saturday, February 16, 2019. For more information and to register for the event, visit here.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, CSP, CSM, CSPO, PMP, ITIL, LSSGB is a project management expert, consultant, international speaker, and award-winning author.
Scott is the CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions, a professional services firm, where he partners with client companies to help them achieve their strategic objectives and business initiatives through project management leadership. The consultancy provides project, program, portfolio, and PMO management services inclusive of agile, traditional, and hybrid development and delivery frameworks. Business results include improved responsiveness to business needs, faster delivery and time-to-market, upgraded on-budget performance, higher customer and stakeholder satisfaction, and greater competitive advantage. For infographics and additional resources, visit http://Exceptional-PMO.com.
A fantastic agile transformation experience and result with a client in the entertainment industry was the inspiration for Scott’s book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions. The publication has garnered 17 first place awards. The credit is shared with Chris Hare and Colin Giffen, the technical editors on the book. Scott and Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions have been featured in Yahoo Finance, the Dallas Business Journal, BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly, Innovation Management, and additional media outlets. A trailer, high-resolution images, reviews, a detailed list of awards and more are available at https://AgileScrumGuide.com.
Scott is a former vice president of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more. He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets.
He holds six professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), and IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL). He is a member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, the IEEE Internet of Things Community, and the IEEE Consultants Network.
Scott regularly speaks at conferences and other events in the United States and internationally where he delights audiences with presentations on agile, traditional, and hybrid project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. He integrates and includes professional standards, best practices, and his first-hand experience with successful implementations. Scott uses everyday language and vibrant visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. His upcoming and past appearances are listed at http://scottgraffius.com/publicspeaker.html.
His full bio is available here.
Connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
- Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
- Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
- Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇦🇪 UAE
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
About the Project Management Institute California Inland Empire (PMICIE) Chapter
The PMICIE—chartered by the Project Management Institute in 2002—is based in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The chapter is committed to the advancement of the project management profession. It provides its members with networking, training, and professional development opportunities. The website for the chapter is https://pmicie.org.
© Copyright 2019 Scott M. Graffius. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written permission of Scott M. Graffius.
Scott M. Graffius to Judge 2019 Textbook Excellence Awards
15 January 2019
I'm honored to serve as a judge in business/technical fields in the Textbook & Academic Authors Association's 2019 Textbook Excellence Awards. This will be my second year as a judge for the program.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, CSP, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, LSSGB is a project management expert, consultant, international speaker, and award-winning author.
He is the CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™, a professional services firm, where he partners with client companies to help them achieve their strategic objectives and business initiatives through project management leadership. Graffius is a former vice president of project management with a global, publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more. He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets.
A fantastic agile transformation experience and result with a client in the entertainment industry was the inspiration for Scott’s book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions. The publication has garnered 17 first place awards. The credit is shared with Chris Hare and Colin Giffen, the technical editors on the book. Scott and Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions have been featured in Yahoo Finance, the Dallas Business Journal, BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly, Innovation Management, and additional media outlets. A trailer, high-resolution images, reviews, a detailed list of awards and more are available at https://AgileScrumGuide.com.
Scott is a former vice president of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more. He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets.
He holds six professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), and IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL). He is a member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, the IEEE Internet of Things Community, and the IEEE Consultants Network.
Scott regularly speaks at conferences and other events in the United States and internationally where he delights audiences with presentations on agile, traditional, and hybrid project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. He integrates and includes professional standards, best practices, and his first-hand experience with successful implementations. Scott uses everyday language and vibrant visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. His upcoming and past appearances are listed at http://scottgraffius.com/publicspeaker.html.
Connect with Scott on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.His full bio is available here.
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About the Textbook & Academic Authors Association
The Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) (https://www.taaonline.net) provides professional development resources and events for textbook authors and authors of scholarly journal articles and books. Established in 1987, TAA is the only national, nonprofit membership association dedicated solely to assisting textbook and academic authors. TAA's name was changed from "Text and Academic Authors Association" to "Textbook & Academic Authors Association" in 2016 to offer a clearer identity for TAA in light of the new meaning of "texting" on smart devices today.
About the Textbook Excellence Award
TAA created the Textbook Excellence Award—also known as the Texty—in 1992 to recognize current textbooks and learning materials. Nominated works must carry a copyright date for the previous or current year, and entries can include learning materials in all mediums. Textbooks in their first editions with publication dates in the previous or current year may compete for a Most Promising New Textbook Award. In 1993, TAA initiated the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award, to recognize textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. Nominated works must have been in print 15 years and are still being sold. All works are ranked on certain criteria: interesting and informative, well organized and well prepared, up to date and appealing, and teachability. TAA's annual conference will be held in Philadelphia, PA, on June 14-15, 2019. Awards will be presented at a ceremony during the meeting.
About Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™
Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ (http://Exceptional-PMO.com) helps organizations achieve their strategic objectives and business initiatives via world-class project management. The professional services firm provides expert advisory, training, and facilitative consulting services related to project, program, portfolio, and PMO management in agile, traditional/waterfall, and hybrid development and delivery frameworks.
© Copyright 2019 Scott M. Graffius. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written permission of Scott M. Graffius.
Scott M. Graffius to Speak at Los Angeles Chapter of the Project Management Institute
21 March 2019
An updated version of this story appears here.
Scott M. Graffius will present "Getting (More) Benefits from Agile" at the Los Angeles chapter of the Project Management Institute. He will deliver practical information including top factors from successful Scrum implementations—based on his first-hand experience and 116 sources—which attendees can leverage to gain (more) benefits from agile. This will be Scott's second talk at the chapter. The session will be held in Santa Clarita, California on June 2, 2020. In early 2020, additional information including the time and venue for the talk will be shown at http://scottgraffius.com/publicspeaker.html.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, CSP, CSM, CSPO, PMP, ITIL, LSSGB is a project management expert, consultant, international speaker, and award-winning author.
Scott is the CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions, a professional services firm, where he partners with client companies to help them achieve their strategic objectives and business initiatives through project management leadership. The consultancy provides project, program, portfolio, and PMO management services inclusive of agile, traditional, and hybrid development and delivery frameworks. Business results include improved responsiveness to business needs, faster delivery and time-to-market, upgraded on-budget performance, higher customer and stakeholder satisfaction, and greater competitive advantage. For infographics and additional resources, visit http://Exceptional-PMO.com.
A fantastic agile transformation experience and result with a client in the entertainment industry was the inspiration for Scott’s book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions. The publication has garnered 17 first place awards. The credit is shared with Chris Hare and Colin Giffen, the technical editors on the book. Scott and Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions have been featured in Yahoo Finance, the Dallas Business Journal, BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly, Innovation Management, and additional media outlets. A trailer, high-resolution images, reviews, a detailed list of awards and more are available at https://AgileScrumGuide.com.
Scott is a former vice president of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more. He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets.
He holds six professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), and IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL). He is a member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Within the IEEE, Graffius is a member of the Computer Society, the Consumer Electronics Society, the Broadcast Technology Society, the Internet of Things Community, and the Consultants Network.
Scott regularly speaks at conferences and other events in the United States and internationally where he delights audiences with presentations on agile, traditional, and hybrid project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. He integrates and includes professional standards, best practices, and his first-hand experience with successful implementations. Scott uses everyday language and vibrant visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. His upcoming and past appearances are listed at http://scottgraffius.com/publicspeaker.html.
His full bio is available here.
Connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
- Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
- Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
- Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇦🇪 UAE
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
About the Los Angeles Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI-LA)
The Los Angeles chapter (PMI-LA) was chartered by the Project Management Institute in 1974. The chapter's vision is "PMI-LA will be recognized as a premier PMI chapter for the advancement of project management and a benchmark for other PMI chapters." Its mission is “To provide opportunities for individual growth in project management and increase corporate awareness of the project management profession.” For more on the PMI-LA, visit https://pmi-la.org. The chapter's hashtag is #PMILA.
© Copyright 2019 Scott M. Graffius. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written permission of Scott M. Graffius.
Scott M. Graffius to Speak at Virtual Event of Los Angeles Chapter of the Project Management Institute
06 May 2020
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An earlier version of this story appeared on March 21, 2019. This version includes the update that Scott's talk will be a virtual event.
Scott M. Graffius will present "Getting (More) Benefits from Agile" at a virtual event of the Los Angeles chapter of the Project Management Institute. He will deliver practical information including top factors from successful Scrum implementations—based on his first-hand experience and 116 sources—which attendees can leverage to gain (more) benefits from agile.
⁃ Location: Virtual event
⁃ Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2020
⁃ Time: 5:30-7:15 p.m. Pacific Time
For more information and to register for the virtual event, visit bit.ly/agile-virtual.
This will be Scott's second talk at the chapter.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius is a technology leader, project management expert, consultant, award-winning author, and international speaker. His content has been used by corporations, governments, and universities.
Scott is a Principal Consultant and the CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™, a professional services firm, where he helps clients strengthen their project management capabilities and realize their strategic objectives and business initiatives. The consultancy provides advisory, training, and facilitative consulting services related to governance and project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. The firm’s expertise spans agile, traditional waterfall, and hybrid approaches. While every engagement is unique, outcomes typically include getting more projects done, faster delivery time, improved on-budget performance, improved customer and stakeholder satisfaction, and more. Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ confidently backs its services with a Delighted Client Guarantee™.
A fantastic agile transformation experience and result with a client organization in the entertainment industry was the inspiration for Scott’s first book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions (ISBN-13: 9781533370242). It helps technical and non-technical teams develop and deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement—which supports innovation and drives competitive advantage. The book has garnered 17 first place awards from national and international competitions. Scott and Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions have been featured in Yahoo Finance, the Boston Herald, NBC WRAL, Informa, Innovation Management, the Dallas Business Journal, Computer Weekly, the PM World Journal, BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly, NHD Podcast, Learning Solutions, Dr. Harold Kerzner’s Innovation Project Management, and additional media outlets and publications. The trailer, high-resolution images, reviews, a list of awards, and more are available in the digital media kit.
His second title, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change (ISBN-13: 9781072447962), was named one of the best Scrum books of all time by BookAuthority.
Scott's content has been used by corporations, governments, and universities—including Cisco, RSA, Ford, LITE-ON Technology Corporation, Liberty Mutual Group, the New Zealand Ministry of Education, Tufts University, James Madison University, Santa Clara University, Brigham Young University, Texas A&M University, The Open University, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, and others.
Scott is a former vice president of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more. He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets, as well as experience spanning 20 countries.
Scott has a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a focus in Human Factors. He holds seven professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), and IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL). He is a member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
He has been actively involved with the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the development of professional standards. He was a member of the team which produced the Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition. Scott was a contributor and reviewer of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Sixth Edition, The Standard for Program Management—Fourth Edition, and The Practice Standard for Project Estimating—Second Edition. He was also a subject matter expert reviewer of content for the PMI EMEA Congress 2019, and he served as a member of the review team for the Scrum Alliance’s Global Scrum Gathering—New York City 2020.
Scott regularly speaks at conferences and other events around the globe where he delights audiences with presentations on agile, traditional, and hybrid project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. He integrates content on professional standards, best practices, and his first-hand experience with successful implementations. Scott uses everyday language and vibrant custom visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. Appearances and testimonials are listed at the public speaker section of his website.
His full bio is available here.
Connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
About Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits.
Based on actual events, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a quick (60-90 minute) read about a successful agile transformation at a multinational entertainment and media company, told from the author's perspective as an agile coach.
The award-winning book by Scott M. Graffius is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
About the Los Angeles Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI-LA)
The Los Angeles chapter (PMI-LA) was chartered by the Project Management Institute in 1974. The chapter's vision is "PMI-LA will be recognized as a premier PMI chapter for the advancement of project management and a benchmark for other PMI chapters." Its mission is “To provide opportunities for individual growth in project management and increase corporate awareness of the project management profession.” For more on the PMI-LA, visit https://pmi-la.org. The chapter's hashtag is #PMILA.
© Copyright 2020 Scott M. Graffius. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written permission of Scott M. Graffius.
An earlier version of this story appeared on March 21, 2019. This version includes the update that Scott's talk will be a virtual event.
Scott M. Graffius will present "Getting (More) Benefits from Agile" at a virtual event of the Los Angeles chapter of the Project Management Institute. He will deliver practical information including top factors from successful Scrum implementations—based on his first-hand experience and 116 sources—which attendees can leverage to gain (more) benefits from agile.
⁃ Location: Virtual event
⁃ Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2020
⁃ Time: 5:30-7:15 p.m. Pacific Time
For more information and to register for the virtual event, visit bit.ly/agile-virtual.
This will be Scott's second talk at the chapter.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius is a technology leader, project management expert, consultant, award-winning author, and international speaker. His content has been used by corporations, governments, and universities.
Scott is a Principal Consultant and the CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™, a professional services firm, where he helps clients strengthen their project management capabilities and realize their strategic objectives and business initiatives. The consultancy provides advisory, training, and facilitative consulting services related to governance and project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. The firm’s expertise spans agile, traditional waterfall, and hybrid approaches. While every engagement is unique, outcomes typically include getting more projects done, faster delivery time, improved on-budget performance, improved customer and stakeholder satisfaction, and more. Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ confidently backs its services with a Delighted Client Guarantee™.
A fantastic agile transformation experience and result with a client organization in the entertainment industry was the inspiration for Scott’s first book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions (ISBN-13: 9781533370242). It helps technical and non-technical teams develop and deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement—which supports innovation and drives competitive advantage. The book has garnered 17 first place awards from national and international competitions. Scott and Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions have been featured in Yahoo Finance, the Boston Herald, NBC WRAL, Informa, Innovation Management, the Dallas Business Journal, Computer Weekly, the PM World Journal, BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly, NHD Podcast, Learning Solutions, Dr. Harold Kerzner’s Innovation Project Management, and additional media outlets and publications. The trailer, high-resolution images, reviews, a list of awards, and more are available in the digital media kit.
His second title, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change (ISBN-13: 9781072447962), was named one of the best Scrum books of all time by BookAuthority.
Scott's content has been used by corporations, governments, and universities—including Cisco, RSA, Ford, LITE-ON Technology Corporation, Liberty Mutual Group, the New Zealand Ministry of Education, Tufts University, James Madison University, Santa Clara University, Brigham Young University, Texas A&M University, The Open University, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, and others.
Scott is a former vice president of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more. He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets, as well as experience spanning 20 countries.
Scott has a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a focus in Human Factors. He holds seven professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), and IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL). He is a member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
He has been actively involved with the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the development of professional standards. He was a member of the team which produced the Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition. Scott was a contributor and reviewer of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Sixth Edition, The Standard for Program Management—Fourth Edition, and The Practice Standard for Project Estimating—Second Edition. He was also a subject matter expert reviewer of content for the PMI EMEA Congress 2019, and he served as a member of the review team for the Scrum Alliance’s Global Scrum Gathering—New York City 2020.
Scott regularly speaks at conferences and other events around the globe where he delights audiences with presentations on agile, traditional, and hybrid project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. He integrates content on professional standards, best practices, and his first-hand experience with successful implementations. Scott uses everyday language and vibrant custom visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. Appearances and testimonials are listed at the public speaker section of his website.
His full bio is available here.
Connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
- Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
- Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
- Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇦🇪 UAE
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
About Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits.
Based on actual events, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a quick (60-90 minute) read about a successful agile transformation at a multinational entertainment and media company, told from the author's perspective as an agile coach.
The award-winning book by Scott M. Graffius is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
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Scott M. Graffius Speaking on Agile at Scottish Summit 2021
01 December 2020
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🔥 Update: The Scottish Summit 2021 tech conference recorded sessions and made the videos available to the public. The video for Scott's session is included at the end of this post.
Scott M. Graffius will present "Are You Realizing All the Benefits from Agile?" at Scottish Summit 2021. The tech conference is normally conducted as an in-person gathering at the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. In 2021, the event will be virtual.
For more information and to register for the conference, visit https://scottishsummit.com.
Attendees of this talk may be eligible to receive continuing education unit (CEU) credit, equivalent to 45 minutes. For reporting with the Project Management Institute (PMI), it’s 0.75 professional development unit (PDU), under the Technical Project Management category. For reporting with the Scrum Alliance, it’s 0.75 Scrum educational unit (SEU), under either the Learning category or the Events category. For reporting with other organizations, refer their respective instructions.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, LSSGB is an agile project management consultant, practitioner, award-winning author, and keynote speaker. Content from his books, speaking engagements, and more has been used by businesses, governments, and universities, including: Gartner, Cisco, Ford, Qantas, Atlassian, Bayer, the National Academy of Sciences, the United States Department of Energy, the New Zealand Ministry of Education, Tufts University, Texas A&M, and others. Thinkers360 named Scott a Top 20 Global Thought Leader and Influencer on Agile. His full-length bio is available at https://www.scottgraffius.com/bio.html.
His full bio is available here.
Connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
About Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits.
Based on actual events, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a quick (60-90 minute) read about a successful agile transformation at a multinational entertainment and media company, told from the author's perspective as an agile coach.
The award-winning book by Scott M. Graffius is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
About Scottish Summit 2021
Scottish Summit is a diverse and inclusive tech conference that features a broad range of topics presented by the best speakers. It provides attendees with an excellent experience in a fun, relaxed, and friendly environment. Normally conducted as an in-person gathering at the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, UK, the event will be virtual in 2021. To learn more, visit https://scottishsummit.com.
Update on March 5, 2021
If you missed the event, recordings of sessions are now available on YouTube. Scott's talk is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydwIehQdLKU and the video is also shown below.
© Copyright 2020 Scott M. Graffius. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written permission of Scott M. Graffius.
🔥 Update: The Scottish Summit 2021 tech conference recorded sessions and made the videos available to the public. The video for Scott's session is included at the end of this post.
Scott M. Graffius will present "Are You Realizing All the Benefits from Agile?" at Scottish Summit 2021. The tech conference is normally conducted as an in-person gathering at the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. In 2021, the event will be virtual.
- Date: Saturday, February 27, 2021
- Location: Virtual
For more information and to register for the conference, visit https://scottishsummit.com.
Attendees of this talk may be eligible to receive continuing education unit (CEU) credit, equivalent to 45 minutes. For reporting with the Project Management Institute (PMI), it’s 0.75 professional development unit (PDU), under the Technical Project Management category. For reporting with the Scrum Alliance, it’s 0.75 Scrum educational unit (SEU), under either the Learning category or the Events category. For reporting with other organizations, refer their respective instructions.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, LSSGB is an agile project management consultant, practitioner, award-winning author, and keynote speaker. Content from his books, speaking engagements, and more has been used by businesses, governments, and universities, including: Gartner, Cisco, Ford, Qantas, Atlassian, Bayer, the National Academy of Sciences, the United States Department of Energy, the New Zealand Ministry of Education, Tufts University, Texas A&M, and others. Thinkers360 named Scott a Top 20 Global Thought Leader and Influencer on Agile. His full-length bio is available at https://www.scottgraffius.com/bio.html.
His full bio is available here.
Connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
- Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
- Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
- Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
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About Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits.
Based on actual events, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a quick (60-90 minute) read about a successful agile transformation at a multinational entertainment and media company, told from the author's perspective as an agile coach.
The award-winning book by Scott M. Graffius is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle in the United States and around the world. Some links by country follow.
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- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
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- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇫🇮 Finland
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About Scottish Summit 2021
Scottish Summit is a diverse and inclusive tech conference that features a broad range of topics presented by the best speakers. It provides attendees with an excellent experience in a fun, relaxed, and friendly environment. Normally conducted as an in-person gathering at the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, UK, the event will be virtual in 2021. To learn more, visit https://scottishsummit.com.
Update on March 5, 2021
If you missed the event, recordings of sessions are now available on YouTube. Scott's talk is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydwIehQdLKU and the video is also shown below.
© Copyright 2020 Scott M. Graffius. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written permission of Scott M. Graffius.
Top Predictions of 2024, Tested in 2025
06 September 2025
BY SCOTT M. GRAFFIUS | ScottGraffius.com
Introduction
How well can experts predict the future of technology in a rapidly innovating world? The IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024, released in February 2024, offered insights into emerging trends. Scott M. Graffius shared the report’s top five predictions on social media and, one year later, posted follow-up comments evaluating their accuracy. This article revisits and provides a deeper dive on those predictions—Generative AI Applications, Next-Generation AI, Advances in Cybersecurity, Managing Misinformation, and Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors—to assess how they held up. This evaluation:
This article evaluates the IEEE Computer Society report’s foresight and practical value for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in a rigorous yet accessible way.
See the bibliography section of this article for sources.
Prediction 1: Generative AI Applications
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"Generative AI use will increase with rapidly expanding efficiency and new applications and services both beneficial and detrimental. Ethical and societal issues will continue to rise. Expect strong short-term impacts on business, education and society."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"With 71%+ of organizations employing generative AI, use is widespread. But there are significant ethical and societal issues."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE’s prediction about generative AI was remarkably accurate. By 2025, generative AI has become deeply woven into daily professional and personal life. In business, organizations deploy generative AI for customer service, coding assistance, marketing content, and product design. In education, AI tools are utilized for tutoring, research support, and accessibility, while simultaneously sparking debates over plagiarism, learning outcomes, and the integrity of assessments.
Societally, generative AI is a double-edged sword: it drives productivity and creativity but also raises ethical concerns. Bias in outputs, the spread of misinformation through AI-generated text and media, and the challenge of “AI hallucinations” have become widely recognized issues. Regulatory efforts—such as the European Union’s AI Act—reflect the urgency of addressing these concerns.
In short, the IEEE foresaw both the opportunities and the challenges of generative AI.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 2: Next Generation AI
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"The evolving advancements and developments in the field of artificial intelligence that push the boundaries beyond current capabilities. It is the next generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is expected to be more advanced and sophisticated than the current AI systems."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"Advancements such as more sophisticated LLMs and multimodal systems pushed beyond previous capabilities with broader adoption and impact."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE’s forecast of “next generation AI” anticipated that new models would surpass the systems available in 2024. In hindsight, that framing was well-judged. Over the past year, breakthroughs have centered on three areas:
Although the field is still at an early stage, these trends clearly move AI “beyond current capabilities,” as the IEEE predicted. The term “next generation” fits: these are not incremental tweaks but foundational shifts in how AI is conceived and applied.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 3: Advances in Cybersecurity
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"Advances in Cybersecurity will enhance public confidence and will enable reliance on the cyber infrastructure for large scale applications including energy production and distribution."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"AI-driven threat detection has bolstered trust and supported critical applications. But rising ransomware and phishing attacks persist."
Expanded Assessment:
The prediction that cybersecurity would advance significantly—particularly in ways that bolster public confidence—has proven largely accurate. In 2025, three developments stand out:
Cybersecurity remains a dynamic challenge. Ransomware groups, state-sponsored attacks, and vulnerabilities in emerging technologies continue to pose serious risks. However, the IEEE was correct that the net effect of recent advancements has been to increase trust in cyber infrastructure, particularly for large-scale applications.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 4: Managing Misinformation
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"AI deepfakes (text, audio, visual) will become regular tools that will require careful management."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"AI-driven deepfakes and misinformation escalated, spreading across digital platforms and demanding robust countermeasures throughout."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE’s prediction was prescient. In 2024 and 2025, AI-generated misinformation—especially deepfakes—became a defining feature of political communication. During election cycles around the globe, fabricated audio of candidates, manipulated images, and synthetic videos circulated widely across social media. These were used not only for disinformation campaigns but also for satire, further blurring the line between parody and deception.
In response, platforms have taken steps to introduce AI-content labeling and watermarking mechanisms, but these measures remain inconsistent and easily circumvented. Governments have likewise begun exploring regulatory frameworks: for instance, the European Union and the United States both advanced proposals targeting transparency and accountability for synthetic media. Still, implementation lags behind the speed of innovation.
The prediction’s emphasis on “careful management” captures the current state well. Managing misinformation is less about eliminating deepfakes—an unlikely outcome—and more about mitigating their societal impact through education, detection tools, and policy interventions.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 5: Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"Remote Healthcare, monitoring sensors and system-level data integration will enable patients to obtain remote medical assistance, physicians to improve diagnosis and treatment, optimal utilization of individuals’ medical history, and efficient health care delivery protocols."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"Telehealth surged. Wearables advanced monitoring. Data integration improved diagnosis. Full medical history use, etc. still progressing."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE correctly anticipated the continued rise of remote healthcare and monitoring technologies. Since 2024, wearable devices—from smartwatches tracking vital signs to medical-grade biosensors—have seen broader adoption. Healthcare providers increasingly integrate these data streams into patient records, enabling more personalized and proactive care. Similarly, telemedicine platforms have matured, offering virtual consultations, chronic disease management, and remote monitoring that reduce the need for in-person visits.
However, progress has been uneven. Integration across healthcare systems remains fragmented, with interoperability challenges slowing widespread adoption. Privacy and security concerns also loom large, as sensitive health data transmitted across networks remains an attractive target for cyberattacks. Moreover, issues of equity and access persist: while urban and affluent populations benefit from connected health solutions, rural and underserved communities often face barriers such as limited internet connectivity, lack of insurance coverage, or prohibitive device costs.
Overall, the IEEE’s forecast captured the direction of change but overstated the universality of its impact. Remote healthcare has advanced, but the promise of widespread, efficient system-level integration is not yet fully realized.
This prediction earns a ‘Partial Hit’ for its accuracy.
Conclusion
The IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024 demonstrated remarkable foresight. Across five key areas—Generative AI Applications, Next-Generation AI, Advances in Cybersecurity, Managing Misinformation, and Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors—the predictions were largely validated by subsequent developments.
Generative AI and Next-Generation AI delivered rapid, transformative progress, reshaping business, education, and society as anticipated. Cybersecurity advancements bolstered trust in critical infrastructure despite ongoing threats. The rise of AI-generated misinformation underscored the need for careful management, as predicted. Remote healthcare and monitoring sensors progressed significantly, though challenges resulted in a partial hit.
These outcomes highlight the value of thoughtful technology forecasting. Predictions are not certainties but provide a framework for understanding trends, preparing organizations, and guiding policy and research. The IEEE report shows how informed projections can help society navigate opportunities and challenges, even as the pace of technological change remains uneven and complex.
In sum, revisiting these predictions a year later offers both affirmation and insight. The IEEE Computer Society’s 2024 report largely hit its mark, underscoring the need for continued vigilance and evaluation. As technology evolves, such analyses will remain critical for shaping innovation, informing policy, and ensuring equitable outcomes in an increasingly connected world.
About the IEEE
The following is an excerpt from the IEEE (here).
IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization and is a public charity dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Learn more at https://www.ieee.org.
About the IEEE Computer Society
The following is an excerpt from the IEEE Computer Society (here).
Engaging computer engineers, scientists, academia, and industry professionals from all areas and levels of computing, the IEEE Computer Society (CS) serves as the world’s largest and most established professional organization of its type. IEEE CS sets the standard for the education and engagement that fuels continued global technological advancement. Through conferences, publications, and programs that inspire dialogue, debate, and collaboration, IEEE CS empowers, shapes, and guides the future of not only its 375,000+ community members, but the greater industry, enabling new opportunities to better serve our world. Visit https://computer.org for more information.
Bibliography
Here's the select bibliography for this article. It features several of Graffius' articles, as they address related topics.
Bhattacharya, P., Mukherjee, A., Bhushan, B., Gupta, S. K., Gadekallu, T. R., & Zhu, Z. (2025, July 2). A Secured Remote Patient Monitoring Framework for IoMT Ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 15 (1): 22882. Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04774-y.
Brown, Sara (2025, June 2). Machine Learning and Generative AI: What Are They Good For in 2025? MIT Sloan Management Review. Available at: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/machine-learning-and-generative-ai-what-are-they-good-for.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (2024, September 27). Teaching AI What It Should and Shouldn’t Do. Available at: https://www.darpa.mil/news/2024/teaching-ai.
Dragos (2025). 2025 OT Cybersecurity Report: 8th Annual Year in Review. Dragos. Available at: https://www.dragos.com/ot-cybersecurity-year-in-review/.
Graffius, Scott M. (2024, September 26). How Algorithms Shape the User Experience on Social Media Platforms. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/algorithms-and-the-user-experience.html. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29149.01767.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, June 2). Meta and Anduril’s EagleEye and the Future of XR: How Gaming, AI, and Agile Are Transforming Defense. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/meta-and-anduril-eagleeye-and-the-future-of-xr-how-gaming-ai-and-agile-are-transforming-defense.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, July 18). Harness Sci-Fi and Speculative Design While Embracing Imperfection to Drive Innovation and Proactively Predict and Prepare for the Future. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/harness-scifi-and-speculative-design-while-embracing-imperfection-to-drive-innovation-and-proactively-predict-and-prepare-for-the-future.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, August 8). Exotic Team Dynamics: The New Frontier of Human–AI Collaboration. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/exotic-team-dynamics.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, August 18). AI Institute of Switzerland Features Scott M. Graffius’ Work on Algorithms. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/ai-institute-features-work-of-scott-m-graffius.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, August 22). Scott M. Graffius Premieres His New "Exotic Team Dynamics: Human-AI Collaboration" Talk at Corporate Event in Las Vegas. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/scott-m-graffius-premieres-talk-on-human-and-ai-exotic-team-dynamics.html.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. First on the top five list is Generative AI Applications. Here's an excerpt from the report: “Generative AI use will increase with rapidly expanding efficiency and new applications and services both beneficial and detrimental. Ethical and societal issues will continue to rise. Expect strong short-term impacts on business, education, and society.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758178136137826491.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. Second on the top five list is Next Generation AI. Here's an excerpt from the report: “The evolving advancements and developments in the field of artificial intelligence that push the boundaries beyond current capabilities. It is the next generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is expected to be more advanced and sophisticated than the current AI systems.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758205743969550376.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released predictions for 2024. Third on the top five list is Advances in Cybersecurity. Here's an excerpt from the report: “Advances in Cybersecurity will enhance public confidence and will enable reliance on the cyber infrastructure for large scale applications including energy production and distribution.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758218228399325458.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. Fourth on the top five list is Managing Misinformation. Here's an excerpt from the report: “AI deepfakes (text, audio, and visual) will become a regular electioneering tool that will require careful management.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758225882278416535.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. Fifth on the top five list is Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors. Here's an excerpt from the report: “Remote healthcare, monitoring sensors, and system-level data integration will enable patients to obtain remote medical assistance, physicians to improve diagnosis and treatment, optimal utilization of individuals’ medical history, and efficient health care delivery protocols.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758309611315294543.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 2). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #RemoteHealthcare (see below)? 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. Telehealth surged. Wearables advanced monitoring. Data integration improved diagnosis. Full medical history use, etc. still progressing. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1951824321334419750.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 2). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #Misinformation (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. AI-driven deepfakes and misinformation escalated, spreading across digital platforms and demanding robust countermeasures throughout. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1951864035630276964.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 4). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included Next Gen #AI (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. Advancements such as more sophisticated LLMs and multimodal systems pushed beyond previous capabilities with broader adoption and impact. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1952427998839476336.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 6). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #Cybersecurity (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. AI-driven threat detection has bolstered trust and supported critical applications. But rising ransomware and phishing attacks persist. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1953132783980954002.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 6). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #GenerativeAI (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. With 71%+ of organizations employing generative AI, use is widespread. But there are significant ethical and societal issues. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1953203709602943194.
Hahn, M., Zeng, W., Kannen, N., Galt, R., Badola, K., Kim, B., & Wang, Z. (2025, May 1). Proactive Agents for Multi-Turn Text-to-Image Generation Under Uncertainty. In Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2025. Google DeepMind. Available at: https://deepmind.google/research/publications/121578/.
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About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius is a globally recognized technology leader who drives innovation in AI, Agile, and Project Management/PMO leadership.
He’s a practitioner, researcher, thought leader, award-winning author, and keynote speaker who’s taken the stage at 95 conferences and other events across 25 countries.
He’s delivered over $2.3 billion in value for Fortune 500 companies and other leaders in technology, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, and beyond.
Businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities use Graffius and feature his work. Examples include Adobe, Bayer, Boston University, Ford, Gartner, Harvard Medical School, IEEE, Johns Hopkins University, Microsoft, National Academy of Sciences, Oracle, Pinterest Inc., Project Management Institute, UC San Diego, Verizon, Yale University, and others.
The following sections provide additional information on his experience, contributions, and influence.
Experience
Graffius heads the professional services firm Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions, along with its subsidiary Exceptional Agility. These consultancies offer strategic and tactical advisory, training, embedded expertise, and consulting services to the public, private, and government sectors. They help organizations enhance their capabilities and results in agile, project management, program management, portfolio management, and PMO leadership, supporting innovation and driving competitive advantage. The consultancies confidently back services with a Delighted Client Guarantee™.
Graffius is a former VP of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more.
He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets.
Award-Winning Author
Graffius has authored three books.
International Public Speaker
Organizations worldwide engage Graffius to present on tech (including AI), Agile, project management, program management, portfolio management, and PMO leadership. He crafts and delivers unique and compelling talks and workshops. Graffius has conducted 95 sessions across 25 countries. Select examples of events include Agile Trends Gov, BSides (Newcastle Upon Tyne), Conf42 Quantum Computing, DevDays Europe, DevOps Institute, DevOpsDays (Geneva), Frug’Agile, IEEE, Microsoft, Scottish Summit, Scrum Alliance RSG (Nepal), Techstars, and W Love Games International Video Game Development Conference (Helsinki), and more.
With an average rating of 4.81 (on a scale of 1-5), sessions are highly valued.
The speaker engagement request form is here.
Thought Leadership and Influence
Prominent businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities have showcased Graffius and his contributions—spanning his books, talks, workshops, and beyond. Select examples include:
Graffius has played a key role in the Project Management Institute (PMI) in developing professional standards. He was a member of multiple teams that authored, reviewed, and produced:
Additional details are here.
He was also a subject matter expert reviewer of content for the PMI’s Congress. Beyond the PMI, Graffius also served as a member of the review team for two of the Scrum Alliance’s Global Scrum Gatherings.
Acclaimed Authority on Teamwork Tradecraft
Graffius is a renowned authority on teamwork tradecraft. Informed by the research of Bruce W. Tuckman and Mary Ann C. Jensen, over 100 subsequent studies, and Graffius' first-hand professional experience with, and analysis of, team leadership and performance, Graffius created his 'Phases of Team Development' as a unique perspective and visual conveying the five phases of team development. First introduced in 2008 and periodically updated, his work provides a diagnostic and strategic guide for navigating team dynamics. It provides actionable insights for leaders across industries to develop high-performance teams. Its adoption by esteemed organizations such as Yale University, IEEE, Cisco, Microsoft, Ford, Oracle, Broadcom, the U.S. National Park Service, and the Journal of Neurosurgery, among others, highlights its utility and value, solidifying its status as an indispensable resource for elevating team performance and driving organizational excellence.
The 2025 edition of Graffius' "Phases of Team Development" intellectual property is here.
Expert on Temporal Dynamics on Social Media Platforms
Graffius is also an authority on temporal dynamics on social media platforms. His 'Lifespan (Half-Life) of Social Media Posts' research—first published in 2018 and updated annually—delivers a precise quantitative analysis of post longevity across digital platforms, utilizing advanced statistical techniques to determine mean half-life with precision. It establishes a solid empirical base, effectively highlighting the ephemeral nature of content within social media ecosystems. Referenced and applied by leading entities such as the Center for Direct Marketing, Fast Company, GoDaddy, Pinterest Inc., and PNAS, among others, his research exemplifies methodological rigor and sustained significance in the field of digital informatics.
The 2025 edition of Graffius "Lifespan (Half-Life) of Social Media Posts" research is here.
Education and Professional Certifications
Graffius has a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a focus in Human Factors. He holds eight professional certifications:
He is an active member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute (PMI), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Advancing AI, Agile, and Project/PMO Management
Scott M. Graffius continues to advance the fields of AI, Agile, and Project/PMO Management through his leadership, research, writing, and real-world impact. Businesses and other organizations leverage Graffius’ insights to drive their success.
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Introduction
How well can experts predict the future of technology in a rapidly innovating world? The IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024, released in February 2024, offered insights into emerging trends. Scott M. Graffius shared the report’s top five predictions on social media and, one year later, posted follow-up comments evaluating their accuracy. This article revisits and provides a deeper dive on those predictions—Generative AI Applications, Next-Generation AI, Advances in Cybersecurity, Managing Misinformation, and Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors—to assess how they held up. This evaluation:
- Features brief excerpts from the IEEE Computer Society’s top 5 tech forecasts made in 2024.
- Incorporates content from Graffius’ follow-up posts on social media in 2025.
- Provides an expanded evidence-based analysis, classifying each prediction as a "Hit," "Partial Hit," or "Miss."
This article evaluates the IEEE Computer Society report’s foresight and practical value for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in a rigorous yet accessible way.
See the bibliography section of this article for sources.
Prediction 1: Generative AI Applications
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"Generative AI use will increase with rapidly expanding efficiency and new applications and services both beneficial and detrimental. Ethical and societal issues will continue to rise. Expect strong short-term impacts on business, education and society."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"With 71%+ of organizations employing generative AI, use is widespread. But there are significant ethical and societal issues."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE’s prediction about generative AI was remarkably accurate. By 2025, generative AI has become deeply woven into daily professional and personal life. In business, organizations deploy generative AI for customer service, coding assistance, marketing content, and product design. In education, AI tools are utilized for tutoring, research support, and accessibility, while simultaneously sparking debates over plagiarism, learning outcomes, and the integrity of assessments.
Societally, generative AI is a double-edged sword: it drives productivity and creativity but also raises ethical concerns. Bias in outputs, the spread of misinformation through AI-generated text and media, and the challenge of “AI hallucinations” have become widely recognized issues. Regulatory efforts—such as the European Union’s AI Act—reflect the urgency of addressing these concerns.
In short, the IEEE foresaw both the opportunities and the challenges of generative AI.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 2: Next Generation AI
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"The evolving advancements and developments in the field of artificial intelligence that push the boundaries beyond current capabilities. It is the next generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is expected to be more advanced and sophisticated than the current AI systems."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"Advancements such as more sophisticated LLMs and multimodal systems pushed beyond previous capabilities with broader adoption and impact."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE’s forecast of “next generation AI” anticipated that new models would surpass the systems available in 2024. In hindsight, that framing was well-judged. Over the past year, breakthroughs have centered on three areas:
- Multi-modality: Models now handle text, images, audio, and video within unified frameworks, enabling richer interaction and broader application.
- Agentic systems: AI is increasingly deployed as autonomous or semi-autonomous “agents” capable of reasoning, planning, and executing tasks across digital environments with minimal human intervention.
- Efficiency and scaling: Advances in model compression, specialized hardware, and algorithmic design have improved performance while reducing energy demands and latency.
Although the field is still at an early stage, these trends clearly move AI “beyond current capabilities,” as the IEEE predicted. The term “next generation” fits: these are not incremental tweaks but foundational shifts in how AI is conceived and applied.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 3: Advances in Cybersecurity
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"Advances in Cybersecurity will enhance public confidence and will enable reliance on the cyber infrastructure for large scale applications including energy production and distribution."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"AI-driven threat detection has bolstered trust and supported critical applications. But rising ransomware and phishing attacks persist."
Expanded Assessment:
The prediction that cybersecurity would advance significantly—particularly in ways that bolster public confidence—has proven largely accurate. In 2025, three developments stand out:
- AI-driven defenses: Security platforms increasingly integrate machine learning to detect anomalies, identify threats in real time, and automate responses. This has improved resilience against phishing, ransomware, and supply chain attacks.
- Zero-trust architectures: Organizations have accelerated adoption of zero-trust principles, ensuring that no user or device is inherently trusted. This shift has been critical in protecting remote and hybrid workforces.
- Critical infrastructure protection: Governments and private sector stakeholders have prioritized safeguarding energy grids, healthcare systems, and financial networks. Initiatives in North America, Europe, and Asia have strengthened baseline defenses for these vital systems.
Cybersecurity remains a dynamic challenge. Ransomware groups, state-sponsored attacks, and vulnerabilities in emerging technologies continue to pose serious risks. However, the IEEE was correct that the net effect of recent advancements has been to increase trust in cyber infrastructure, particularly for large-scale applications.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 4: Managing Misinformation
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"AI deepfakes (text, audio, visual) will become regular tools that will require careful management."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"AI-driven deepfakes and misinformation escalated, spreading across digital platforms and demanding robust countermeasures throughout."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE’s prediction was prescient. In 2024 and 2025, AI-generated misinformation—especially deepfakes—became a defining feature of political communication. During election cycles around the globe, fabricated audio of candidates, manipulated images, and synthetic videos circulated widely across social media. These were used not only for disinformation campaigns but also for satire, further blurring the line between parody and deception.
In response, platforms have taken steps to introduce AI-content labeling and watermarking mechanisms, but these measures remain inconsistent and easily circumvented. Governments have likewise begun exploring regulatory frameworks: for instance, the European Union and the United States both advanced proposals targeting transparency and accountability for synthetic media. Still, implementation lags behind the speed of innovation.
The prediction’s emphasis on “careful management” captures the current state well. Managing misinformation is less about eliminating deepfakes—an unlikely outcome—and more about mitigating their societal impact through education, detection tools, and policy interventions.
This prediction earns a ‘Hit’ for its accuracy.
Prediction 5: Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors
Excerpt from IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024:
"Remote Healthcare, monitoring sensors and system-level data integration will enable patients to obtain remote medical assistance, physicians to improve diagnosis and treatment, optimal utilization of individuals’ medical history, and efficient health care delivery protocols."
Excerpt from Graffius’ 2025 Post with an Abridged Assessment of the Prediction:
"Telehealth surged. Wearables advanced monitoring. Data integration improved diagnosis. Full medical history use, etc. still progressing."
Expanded Assessment:
The IEEE correctly anticipated the continued rise of remote healthcare and monitoring technologies. Since 2024, wearable devices—from smartwatches tracking vital signs to medical-grade biosensors—have seen broader adoption. Healthcare providers increasingly integrate these data streams into patient records, enabling more personalized and proactive care. Similarly, telemedicine platforms have matured, offering virtual consultations, chronic disease management, and remote monitoring that reduce the need for in-person visits.
However, progress has been uneven. Integration across healthcare systems remains fragmented, with interoperability challenges slowing widespread adoption. Privacy and security concerns also loom large, as sensitive health data transmitted across networks remains an attractive target for cyberattacks. Moreover, issues of equity and access persist: while urban and affluent populations benefit from connected health solutions, rural and underserved communities often face barriers such as limited internet connectivity, lack of insurance coverage, or prohibitive device costs.
Overall, the IEEE’s forecast captured the direction of change but overstated the universality of its impact. Remote healthcare has advanced, but the promise of widespread, efficient system-level integration is not yet fully realized.
This prediction earns a ‘Partial Hit’ for its accuracy.
Conclusion
The IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report 2024 demonstrated remarkable foresight. Across five key areas—Generative AI Applications, Next-Generation AI, Advances in Cybersecurity, Managing Misinformation, and Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors—the predictions were largely validated by subsequent developments.
Generative AI and Next-Generation AI delivered rapid, transformative progress, reshaping business, education, and society as anticipated. Cybersecurity advancements bolstered trust in critical infrastructure despite ongoing threats. The rise of AI-generated misinformation underscored the need for careful management, as predicted. Remote healthcare and monitoring sensors progressed significantly, though challenges resulted in a partial hit.
These outcomes highlight the value of thoughtful technology forecasting. Predictions are not certainties but provide a framework for understanding trends, preparing organizations, and guiding policy and research. The IEEE report shows how informed projections can help society navigate opportunities and challenges, even as the pace of technological change remains uneven and complex.
In sum, revisiting these predictions a year later offers both affirmation and insight. The IEEE Computer Society’s 2024 report largely hit its mark, underscoring the need for continued vigilance and evaluation. As technology evolves, such analyses will remain critical for shaping innovation, informing policy, and ensuring equitable outcomes in an increasingly connected world.
About the IEEE
The following is an excerpt from the IEEE (here).
IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization and is a public charity dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Learn more at https://www.ieee.org.
About the IEEE Computer Society
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Engaging computer engineers, scientists, academia, and industry professionals from all areas and levels of computing, the IEEE Computer Society (CS) serves as the world’s largest and most established professional organization of its type. IEEE CS sets the standard for the education and engagement that fuels continued global technological advancement. Through conferences, publications, and programs that inspire dialogue, debate, and collaboration, IEEE CS empowers, shapes, and guides the future of not only its 375,000+ community members, but the greater industry, enabling new opportunities to better serve our world. Visit https://computer.org for more information.
Bibliography
Here's the select bibliography for this article. It features several of Graffius' articles, as they address related topics.
Bhattacharya, P., Mukherjee, A., Bhushan, B., Gupta, S. K., Gadekallu, T. R., & Zhu, Z. (2025, July 2). A Secured Remote Patient Monitoring Framework for IoMT Ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 15 (1): 22882. Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04774-y.
Brown, Sara (2025, June 2). Machine Learning and Generative AI: What Are They Good For in 2025? MIT Sloan Management Review. Available at: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/machine-learning-and-generative-ai-what-are-they-good-for.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (2024, September 27). Teaching AI What It Should and Shouldn’t Do. Available at: https://www.darpa.mil/news/2024/teaching-ai.
Dragos (2025). 2025 OT Cybersecurity Report: 8th Annual Year in Review. Dragos. Available at: https://www.dragos.com/ot-cybersecurity-year-in-review/.
Graffius, Scott M. (2024, September 26). How Algorithms Shape the User Experience on Social Media Platforms. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/algorithms-and-the-user-experience.html. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29149.01767.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, June 2). Meta and Anduril’s EagleEye and the Future of XR: How Gaming, AI, and Agile Are Transforming Defense. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/meta-and-anduril-eagleeye-and-the-future-of-xr-how-gaming-ai-and-agile-are-transforming-defense.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, July 18). Harness Sci-Fi and Speculative Design While Embracing Imperfection to Drive Innovation and Proactively Predict and Prepare for the Future. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/harness-scifi-and-speculative-design-while-embracing-imperfection-to-drive-innovation-and-proactively-predict-and-prepare-for-the-future.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, August 8). Exotic Team Dynamics: The New Frontier of Human–AI Collaboration. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/exotic-team-dynamics.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, August 18). AI Institute of Switzerland Features Scott M. Graffius’ Work on Algorithms. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/ai-institute-features-work-of-scott-m-graffius.html.
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, August 22). Scott M. Graffius Premieres His New "Exotic Team Dynamics: Human-AI Collaboration" Talk at Corporate Event in Las Vegas. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/scott-m-graffius-premieres-talk-on-human-and-ai-exotic-team-dynamics.html.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. First on the top five list is Generative AI Applications. Here's an excerpt from the report: “Generative AI use will increase with rapidly expanding efficiency and new applications and services both beneficial and detrimental. Ethical and societal issues will continue to rise. Expect strong short-term impacts on business, education, and society.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758178136137826491.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. Second on the top five list is Next Generation AI. Here's an excerpt from the report: “The evolving advancements and developments in the field of artificial intelligence that push the boundaries beyond current capabilities. It is the next generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is expected to be more advanced and sophisticated than the current AI systems.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758205743969550376.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released predictions for 2024. Third on the top five list is Advances in Cybersecurity. Here's an excerpt from the report: “Advances in Cybersecurity will enhance public confidence and will enable reliance on the cyber infrastructure for large scale applications including energy production and distribution.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758218228399325458.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. Fourth on the top five list is Managing Misinformation. Here's an excerpt from the report: “AI deepfakes (text, audio, and visual) will become a regular electioneering tool that will require careful management.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758225882278416535.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2024, February 15). 🔮 Top 5 Technology Predictions for 2024 🔮 #IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing #technology for the benefit of humanity, and I'm proud to be a member. The IEEE's Computer Society released #predictions for 2024. Fifth on the top five list is Remote Healthcare/Monitoring Sensors. Here's an excerpt from the report: “Remote healthcare, monitoring sensors, and system-level data integration will enable patients to obtain remote medical assistance, physicians to improve diagnosis and treatment, optimal utilization of individuals’ medical history, and efficient health care delivery protocols.” Other predictions from the top five list are highlighted in separate Tweets. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1758309611315294543.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 2). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #RemoteHealthcare (see below)? 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. Telehealth surged. Wearables advanced monitoring. Data integration improved diagnosis. Full medical history use, etc. still progressing. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1951824321334419750.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 2). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #Misinformation (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. AI-driven deepfakes and misinformation escalated, spreading across digital platforms and demanding robust countermeasures throughout. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1951864035630276964.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 4). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included Next Gen #AI (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. Advancements such as more sophisticated LLMs and multimodal systems pushed beyond previous capabilities with broader adoption and impact. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1952427998839476336.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 6). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #Cybersecurity (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. AI-driven threat detection has bolstered trust and supported critical applications. But rising ransomware and phishing attacks persist. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1953132783980954002.
Graffius, Scott M. [@scottgraffius]. (2025, August 6). Predictions Follow-up. #IEEE #ComputerSociety's top #predictions from a year ago included #GenerativeAI (see below). 🎯 Hit or miss? Hit. With 71%+ of organizations employing generative AI, use is widespread. But there are significant ethical and societal issues. [Post]. X. Available at: https://x.com/ScottGraffius/status/1953203709602943194.
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Le Poldevin, Olivia (2025, July 11). UN Report Urges Stronger Measures to Detect AI-Driven Deepfakes. Reuters. Available at: https://www.reuters.com/business/un-report-urges-stronger-measures-detect-ai-driven-deepfakes-2025-07-11/.
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About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius is a globally recognized technology leader who drives innovation in AI, Agile, and Project Management/PMO leadership.
He’s a practitioner, researcher, thought leader, award-winning author, and keynote speaker who’s taken the stage at 95 conferences and other events across 25 countries.
He’s delivered over $2.3 billion in value for Fortune 500 companies and other leaders in technology, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, and beyond.
Businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities use Graffius and feature his work. Examples include Adobe, Bayer, Boston University, Ford, Gartner, Harvard Medical School, IEEE, Johns Hopkins University, Microsoft, National Academy of Sciences, Oracle, Pinterest Inc., Project Management Institute, UC San Diego, Verizon, Yale University, and others.
The following sections provide additional information on his experience, contributions, and influence.
Experience
Graffius heads the professional services firm Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions, along with its subsidiary Exceptional Agility. These consultancies offer strategic and tactical advisory, training, embedded expertise, and consulting services to the public, private, and government sectors. They help organizations enhance their capabilities and results in agile, project management, program management, portfolio management, and PMO leadership, supporting innovation and driving competitive advantage. The consultancies confidently back services with a Delighted Client Guarantee™.
Graffius is a former VP of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more.
He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets.
Award-Winning Author
Graffius has authored three books.
- Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions, his first book, earned 17 awards.
- Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change, his second book, was named one of the best Scrum books of all time by BookAuthority.
- Agile Protocol: The Transformation Ultimatum, his third book and his first work of fiction, was released in April 2025. The book trailer is on YouTube.
International Public Speaker
Organizations worldwide engage Graffius to present on tech (including AI), Agile, project management, program management, portfolio management, and PMO leadership. He crafts and delivers unique and compelling talks and workshops. Graffius has conducted 95 sessions across 25 countries. Select examples of events include Agile Trends Gov, BSides (Newcastle Upon Tyne), Conf42 Quantum Computing, DevDays Europe, DevOps Institute, DevOpsDays (Geneva), Frug’Agile, IEEE, Microsoft, Scottish Summit, Scrum Alliance RSG (Nepal), Techstars, and W Love Games International Video Game Development Conference (Helsinki), and more.
With an average rating of 4.81 (on a scale of 1-5), sessions are highly valued.
The speaker engagement request form is here.
Thought Leadership and Influence
Prominent businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities have showcased Graffius and his contributions—spanning his books, talks, workshops, and beyond. Select examples include:
- Adobe,
- American Management Association,
- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute,
- Bayer,
- BMC Software,
- Boston University,
- Broadcom,
- Cisco,
- Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Germany,
- Computer Weekly,
- Constructor University - Germany,
- Data Governance Success,
- Deimos Aerospace,
- DevOps Institute,
- Dropbox,
- EU's European Commission,
- Ford Motor Company,
- Gartner,
- GoDaddy,
- Harvard Medical School,
- Hasso Plattner Institute - Germany,
- IEEE,
- Innovation Project Management,
- Johns Hopkins University,
- Journal of Neurosurgery,
- Lam Research (Semiconductors),
- Leadership Worthy,
- Life Sciences Trainers and Educators Network,
- London South Bank University,
- Microsoft,
- NASSCOM,
- National Academy of Sciences,
- New Zealand Government,
- Oracle,
- Pinterest Inc.,
- Project Management Institute,
- Mary Raum (Professor of National Security Affairs, United States Naval War College),
- SANS Institute,
- SBG Neumark - Germany,
- Singapore Institute of Technology,
- Torrens University - Australia,
- TBS Switzerland,
- Tufts University,
- UC San Diego,
- UK Sports Institute,
- University of Galway - Ireland,
- US Department of Energy,
- US National Park Service,
- US Soccer,
- US Tennis Association,
- Verizon,
- Wrike,
- Yale University,
- and many others.
Graffius has played a key role in the Project Management Institute (PMI) in developing professional standards. He was a member of multiple teams that authored, reviewed, and produced:
- Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition.
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Sixth Edition.
- The Standard for Program Management—Fourth Edition.
- The Practice Standard for Project Estimating—Second Edition.
Additional details are here.
He was also a subject matter expert reviewer of content for the PMI’s Congress. Beyond the PMI, Graffius also served as a member of the review team for two of the Scrum Alliance’s Global Scrum Gatherings.
Acclaimed Authority on Teamwork Tradecraft
Graffius is a renowned authority on teamwork tradecraft. Informed by the research of Bruce W. Tuckman and Mary Ann C. Jensen, over 100 subsequent studies, and Graffius' first-hand professional experience with, and analysis of, team leadership and performance, Graffius created his 'Phases of Team Development' as a unique perspective and visual conveying the five phases of team development. First introduced in 2008 and periodically updated, his work provides a diagnostic and strategic guide for navigating team dynamics. It provides actionable insights for leaders across industries to develop high-performance teams. Its adoption by esteemed organizations such as Yale University, IEEE, Cisco, Microsoft, Ford, Oracle, Broadcom, the U.S. National Park Service, and the Journal of Neurosurgery, among others, highlights its utility and value, solidifying its status as an indispensable resource for elevating team performance and driving organizational excellence.
The 2025 edition of Graffius' "Phases of Team Development" intellectual property is here.
Expert on Temporal Dynamics on Social Media Platforms
Graffius is also an authority on temporal dynamics on social media platforms. His 'Lifespan (Half-Life) of Social Media Posts' research—first published in 2018 and updated annually—delivers a precise quantitative analysis of post longevity across digital platforms, utilizing advanced statistical techniques to determine mean half-life with precision. It establishes a solid empirical base, effectively highlighting the ephemeral nature of content within social media ecosystems. Referenced and applied by leading entities such as the Center for Direct Marketing, Fast Company, GoDaddy, Pinterest Inc., and PNAS, among others, his research exemplifies methodological rigor and sustained significance in the field of digital informatics.
The 2025 edition of Graffius "Lifespan (Half-Life) of Social Media Posts" research is here.
Education and Professional Certifications
Graffius has a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a focus in Human Factors. He holds eight professional certifications:
- Certified SAFe 6 Agilist (SA),
- Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM),
- Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO),
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM),
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO),
- Project Management Professional (PMP),
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), and
- IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL).
He is an active member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute (PMI), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Advancing AI, Agile, and Project/PMO Management
Scott M. Graffius continues to advance the fields of AI, Agile, and Project/PMO Management through his leadership, research, writing, and real-world impact. Businesses and other organizations leverage Graffius’ insights to drive their success.
Check out Scott’s books:
- Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions — Deliver Products in Short Cycles with Rapid Adaptation to Change, Fast Time-to-Market, and Continuous Improvement
- Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
- Agile Protocol: The Transformation Ultimatum
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How to Cite This Article
Graffius, Scott M. (2025, September 6). Top Predictions of 2024, Tested in 2025. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/top-predictions-of-2024-tested-in-2025.html.
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