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Scott M. Graffius Delivered 40 Talks and Workshops Across 17 Countries in 2021
27 December 2021
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In 2021, Scott M. Graffius delivered 40 dynamic and engaging talks and workshops across 17 countries. His sessions spanned leadership, technical project management (inclusive of agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches to project, program, portfolio, and PMO management), and strategic and business management. He incorporated everyday language and vibrant custom visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provided audiences with practical information they can use. His engagements were highly rated by attendees and event organizers alike.
Here's an abridged list his 40 sessions in 2021 (most recent shown first):
Visit here for detailed listings, videos (where available), testimonials, and more.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, SFE, ITIL, LSSGB is an agile project management practitioner, consultant, multi award-winning author, and international speaker. He has generated over 1.75 billion dollars of business value in aggregate for the organizations he has served. His expertise spans project, program, portfolio, and PMO leadership inclusive of agile, traditional, and hybrid approaches. Content from Graffius's books, workshops, speaking engagements, and more have been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities including Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Gartner, Deloitte, Project Management Institute, IEEE, SANS Institute, Ford, Qantas, Atlassian, Wrike, Bayer, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, United States Army, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Tufts University, Texas A&M University, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Warsaw University of Technology, University of Waterloo, National University of Ireland Galway, Loughborough University London, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, and others. Thinkers360 named Graffius a global top thought leader and influencer in four domains: Agile, Change Management, Digital Transformation, and GovTech.
Graffius is the founder, CEO, and principal consultant at Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™, based in Los Angeles, California. The professional services firm provides client organizations with advisory, training, speaking, embedded talent, and facilitative consulting services to help them advance their agile project, program, portfolio, and PMO management capabilities to best realize their strategic objectives and business initiatives, making them more competitive and valuable. The company 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 Graffius’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 garnered 17 first place awards from national and international competitions. 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. Graffius and his works have been featured by media outlets and publications including Yahoo Finance, Computer Weekly, MobileAppDaily, Innovation Management, the PM World Journal, NASSCOM, Software Quality Management, Nimble Ways, Business Application Monitoring, Learning Solutions, Innovation Ecosystem Metrics, DZone, Innovation Project Management (by Dr. Harold Kerzner), TopDevs, NHD Podcast, and others.
Graffius 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.
Graffius has a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a focus in Human Factors. He holds eight professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Foundations Educator (SFE), 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 (PMI), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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. Graffius 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.
Graffius delivers dynamic and engaging talks and workshops at public and private/corporate events. His engagements include 59 in-person and online conferences and other events around the world, including Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Graffius delights audiences with sessions on technology leadership and project, program, portfolio, and PMO management inclusive of agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches. He uses everyday language and vibrant custom visuals to make complex topics clear, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. For details, visit the public speaker section of his website here.
He resides in Los Angeles, California.
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.
The short link for this article is: https://bit.ly/40-in-2021
The short link for a related post on LinkedIn is: https://bit.ly/21-in
© Copyright 2021 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.
In 2021, Scott M. Graffius delivered 40 dynamic and engaging talks and workshops across 17 countries. His sessions spanned leadership, technical project management (inclusive of agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches to project, program, portfolio, and PMO management), and strategic and business management. He incorporated everyday language and vibrant custom visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provided audiences with practical information they can use. His engagements were highly rated by attendees and event organizers alike.
Here's an abridged list his 40 sessions in 2021 (most recent shown first):
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | DevOps Experience 2021 Conference
- 🇦🇲 | Frug'Agile Conference Armenia 2021
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | IEEE Day 2021
- 🇧🇷 | Private event
- 🇬🇧 | BSides Newcastle England 2021 InfoSec Conference
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇧🇷 | Agile Trends Gov Conference 2021
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇭🇰 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | Central Virginia Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇸🇪 | Private event
- 🇱🇹 | DevOps Pro Europe 2021 Conference
- 🇺🇸 | Southwest Virginia Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇬🇧 | Private event
- 🇱🇺 | Luxembourg Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇬🇧 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | Monterey Bay Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇦🇺 | Private event
- 🇳🇿 | New Zealand Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇮🇪 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | Southern Nevada Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇺🇸 | California Institute of Advanced Management
- 🇦🇺 | Private event
- 🇬🇧 | Scottish Summit 2021
- 🇫🇮 | Finland Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇨🇦 | ConFoo Developer Conference 2021
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇨🇿 | DevConf.CZ 2021 Conference
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | California Inland Empire Chapter of Project Management Institute
- 🇺🇸 | Private event
- 🇩🇪 | Private event
- 🇺🇸 | Alaska Chapter of the Project Management Institute
- 🇺🇸 | North Alabama Chapter of Project Management Institute
- 🇳🇱 | Netherlands Chapter of the Project Management Institute
Visit here for detailed listings, videos (where available), testimonials, and more.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, SFE, ITIL, LSSGB is an agile project management practitioner, consultant, multi award-winning author, and international speaker. He has generated over 1.75 billion dollars of business value in aggregate for the organizations he has served. His expertise spans project, program, portfolio, and PMO leadership inclusive of agile, traditional, and hybrid approaches. Content from Graffius's books, workshops, speaking engagements, and more have been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities including Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Gartner, Deloitte, Project Management Institute, IEEE, SANS Institute, Ford, Qantas, Atlassian, Wrike, Bayer, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, United States Army, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Tufts University, Texas A&M University, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Warsaw University of Technology, University of Waterloo, National University of Ireland Galway, Loughborough University London, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, and others. Thinkers360 named Graffius a global top thought leader and influencer in four domains: Agile, Change Management, Digital Transformation, and GovTech.
Graffius is the founder, CEO, and principal consultant at Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™, based in Los Angeles, California. The professional services firm provides client organizations with advisory, training, speaking, embedded talent, and facilitative consulting services to help them advance their agile project, program, portfolio, and PMO management capabilities to best realize their strategic objectives and business initiatives, making them more competitive and valuable. The company 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 Graffius’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 garnered 17 first place awards from national and international competitions. 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. Graffius and his works have been featured by media outlets and publications including Yahoo Finance, Computer Weekly, MobileAppDaily, Innovation Management, the PM World Journal, NASSCOM, Software Quality Management, Nimble Ways, Business Application Monitoring, Learning Solutions, Innovation Ecosystem Metrics, DZone, Innovation Project Management (by Dr. Harold Kerzner), TopDevs, NHD Podcast, and others.
Graffius 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.
Graffius has a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a focus in Human Factors. He holds eight professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Foundations Educator (SFE), 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 (PMI), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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. Graffius 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.
Graffius delivers dynamic and engaging talks and workshops at public and private/corporate events. His engagements include 59 in-person and online conferences and other events around the world, including Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Graffius delights audiences with sessions on technology leadership and project, program, portfolio, and PMO management inclusive of agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches. He uses everyday language and vibrant custom visuals to make complex topics clear, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. For details, visit the public speaker section of his website here.
He resides in Los Angeles, California.
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.
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
The short link for this article is: https://bit.ly/40-in-2021
The short link for a related post on LinkedIn is: https://bit.ly/21-in
© Copyright 2021 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.
Boston Scientific Corporation Utilizes Scott M. Graffius' Intellectual Property
19 August 2024
BY SCOTT M. GRAFFIUS | ScottGraffius.com
Scott M. Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' Intellectual Property
Informed by the research of Bruce W. Tuckman and Mary Ann C. Jensen, over 100 subsequent studies, and Scott M. 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 — Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning — inclusive of a graph showing how performance varies by phase, as well as the characteristics and strategies for each phase.
Graffius' intellectual property (IP) is registered with the United States Copyright Office.
Graffius initially developed his ‘Phases of Team Development’ unique material in 2008, and he periodically refreshes it.
Graffius' property applicable to this story is here.
For reference only, the visual for the current (2024) edition is below and the details are here.
Organizations around the world engage Graffius to deliver compelling talks and workshops. To date, he's presented sessions at 91 conferences and other events across 25 countries, including:
Graffius ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP is central and key to many of those sessions. His rate card and a listing of his engagements are at https://scottgraffius.com/resources/Exceptional-PPM-and-PMO-Solutions-Rate-Card-for-2024-2025-v24071607.pdf and https://scottgraffius.com/publicspeaker.html, respectively.
With an authorization/license from Graffius, his ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP is featured and used by businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities around the world. Examples include:
Copyrights protect the IP rights of creators, ensuring they receive recognition and compensation for their work, thus incentivizing creativity and innovation. Graffius is vigilant in upholding, protecting and enforcing his copyrights and other IP rights.
Boston Scientific — a global BioMed and BioTech corporation — used Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP without permission or attribution.
Notes:
Boston Scientific Utilizes Scott M. Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' IP Without Permission or Attribution
Boston Scientific is a biomedical/biotechnology engineering firm and multinational manufacturer of medical devices. Their website at https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/about-us.html informs that the company operates globally, employs 48,000 people, has invested $1.4 billion in research and development, and has $14.2 billion in net sales. A photo of their corporate headquarters is shown below.
Boston Scientific did not request nor receive permission to use Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' IP.
Unfortunately, Boston Scientific's "Presentation Templates" site, shown next, includes content which infringes on Graffius' copyright.
The top of Boston Scientific's website includes four elements: Home, PowerPoint Templates, Visual & Data Templates, and “?”. As delineated below, selecting the "?" starts an email to [name redacted]@bsci.com.
As shown next, BSCI.com is the property of the Boston Scientific Corporation. Visual 1 of 2 is below.
Visual 2 of 2 is below.
And entering BSCI.com into a browser automatically takes the user to Boston Scientific's main website.
Selecting the URL (shown in the visual below) at Boston's Scientific's "Presentation Templates" site downloads a PowerPoint. Slide 1 (also shown in the visual below) infringes on Graffius' copyright.
Boston Scientific's use of Graffius' copyrighted text content is covered shortly.
As shown below, summary information for Boston Scientific's respective PowerPoint lists the author of the file as [name redacted]@bsci.com. That's the same identifier listed earlier. And again, @BSCI.com is a Boston Scientific address.
Boston Scientific's material infringes on Graffius' copyright. The infringement uses a significant portion (the majority of) Graffius' IP. There are too many examples to list, but some follow.
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Questioning”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Questioning”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Socializing”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Socializing”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Displaying eagerness”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Displaying eagerness”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Sticking to safe topics”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Sticking to safe topics”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Taking the ‘lead’”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Taking the ‘lead’”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Quick response times”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Quick response times”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Resistance”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Resistance”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Lack of participation”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Lack of participation”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Conflict”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Conflict”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Competition”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Competition”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “High emotions”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “High emotions”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Normalizing matters”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Normalizing matters”
🟢 Under Norming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Encouraging leadership”
🔴 Under Norming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Encouraging leadership”
🟢 Under Norming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Reconciliation”
🔴 Under Norming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Reconciliation”
🟢 Under Norming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Developing cohesion”
🔴 Under Norming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Developing cohesion”
🟢 Under Performing, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Healthy system”
🔴 Under Performing, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Healthy system”
🟢 Under Performing, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Celebrating”
🔴 Under Performing, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Celebrating”
🟢 Under Adjourning, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Shift to process orientation”
🔴 Under Adjourning, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Shift to process orientation”
🟢 Under Adjourning, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Sadness”
🔴 Under Adjourning, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Sadness”
🟢 Under Adjourning, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Recognizing change”
🔴 Under Adjourning, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Recognizing change”
Those are just some examples.
Corresponding visuals follow. Here's part 1 of 2.
And here's part 2 of 2.
Boston Scientific did not request nor receive permission to use Graffius' IP. Nevertheless, Boston Scientific used a significant portion (the majority) of Graffius' IP and Boston Scientific did not credit Graffius as the author and copyright owner.
Ethics, Integrity, and IP Rights Including Copyright
What are Boston Scientific's stated commitments to ethics, integrity, and copyright and other IP rights? Answers follow.
As reported at https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/corporate-responsibility/integrity.html, Boston Scientific’s priorities include: “We believe in strong corporate governance and business practices that reflect our priorities, values and commitment to ethics and integrity.” But Boston Scientific infringed on Graffius' copyright.
In a press release at https://news.bostonscientific.com/news-releases?item=58870, Jim Tobin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific, is reported as saying: “Boston Scientific was built on the strength of its intellectual property.” But Boston Scientific utilized Graffius' IP — and without permission or attribution.
The company’s ‘Code of Conduct’ at https://www.bostonscientific.com/content/dam/bostonscientific/corporate/citizenship/compliance-ethics/Code%20of%20Conduct/2022/2022_CodeofConduct_English.pdf states that: “Boston Scientific protects its intellectual property rights to patents, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property. We also respect the intellectual property rights of others.” But Boston Scientific infringed on Graffius' IP rights.
Boston Scientific addresses copyright infringement at https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/medical-specialties/electrophysiology/CRM-YouTube-Disclaimer.html, among other places. There, it informs that: “It is strictly forbidden to make copies, whether partial or total and on whichever media without prior approval. Anyone failing to respect this provision will be guilty of copyright infringement and liable to criminal punishment according to the law.” As shown, Boston Scientific's content infringes on Graffius' copyright.
Status
Scott M. Graffius notified Boston Scientific Corporation of their infringement. Here's an excerpt from Graffius' respective email:
As of the time of this article, Boston Scientific Corporation has not responded to the notice nor discontinued their infringement of Graffius' IP.
Post-publication notes appear at the end of this article.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, SA, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, LSSGB is an Agile project management expert practitioner, consultant, creator, multi-award-winning author, and international public speaker.
He's generated over $1.9 billion of business value in aggregate for Global Fortune 500 businesses and other organizations he's served. Businesses and industries range from consumer products to advanced technology (including AI, R&D), e-commerce, music, streaming/OTT video, television, film, video games, financial services, government, and more.
Graffius and content from his books (Agile Scrum and Agile Transformation), talks, workshops, and more have been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities around the world. Examples include Adobe, American Management Association, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Bayer, Boston University, Broadcom, Cisco, Deimos Aerospace, DevOps Institute, EU's European Commission, Ford Motor Company, Hasso Plattner Institute Germany, IEEE, Johns Hopkins University, London South Bank University, Microsoft, National Academy of Sciences, New Zealand Government, Oracle, Project Management Institute, Torrens University Australia, UC San Diego, TBS Switzerland, UK Sports Institute, University of Galway Ireland, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Tennis Association, Virginia Tech, Warsaw University of Technology, Yale University, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, and many others.
He delights audiences around the world with dynamic and engaging talks and workshops. He's presented sessions at 91 conferences and other events across 25 countries. Visit here to learn more and here to ask Scott to speak at your event.
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.
How to Cite This Article
Graffius, Scott M. (2024, August 19). Boston Scientific Corporation Utilizes Scott M. Graffius' Intellectual Property. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/bsci.html. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14032.32001.
Post-Publication Notes
If there are any supplements or updates to this article after the date of publication, they will appear here.
A PDF of this article is here.
The short link for this article is https://bit.ly/bsci-x.
A link to the infringing PowerPoint file is here.
© Copyright 2024 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' 'Phases of Team Development' Intellectual Property
Informed by the research of Bruce W. Tuckman and Mary Ann C. Jensen, over 100 subsequent studies, and Scott M. 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 — Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning — inclusive of a graph showing how performance varies by phase, as well as the characteristics and strategies for each phase.
Graffius' intellectual property (IP) is registered with the United States Copyright Office.
Graffius initially developed his ‘Phases of Team Development’ unique material in 2008, and he periodically refreshes it.
Graffius' property applicable to this story is here.
For reference only, the visual for the current (2024) edition is below and the details are here.
Organizations around the world engage Graffius to deliver compelling talks and workshops. To date, he's presented sessions at 91 conferences and other events across 25 countries, including:
- Armenia,
- Australia,
- Brazil,
- Canada,
- Czech Republic,
- Finland,
- France,
- Germany,
- Greece,
- Hong Kong,
- Hungary,
- India,
- Ireland,
- Lithuania,
- Luxembourg,
- Nepal,
- Netherlands,
- New Zealand,
- Norway,
- Romania,
- Sweden,
- Switzerland,
- United Arab Emirates,
- United Kingdom,
- and the United States.
Graffius ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP is central and key to many of those sessions. His rate card and a listing of his engagements are at https://scottgraffius.com/resources/Exceptional-PPM-and-PMO-Solutions-Rate-Card-for-2024-2025-v24071607.pdf and https://scottgraffius.com/publicspeaker.html, respectively.
With an authorization/license from Graffius, his ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP is featured and used by businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities around the world. Examples include:
- Adobe,
- American Management Association,
- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute,
- Bayer,
- Boston University,
- Broadcom,
- Cisco,
- Deimos Aerospace,
- DevOps Institute,
- Ford Motor Company,
- Hasso Plattner Institute,
- IEEE,
- Johns Hopkins University,
- LeadingEng,
- London South Bank University,
- Manufacturers Alliance,
- Microsoft,
- New Zealand Government,
- Oracle,
- TBS Switzerland,
- Torrens University Australia,
- U.S. National Park Service,
- U.S. Tennis Association,
- UC San Diego,
- UK Sports Institute,
- University of Galway Ireland,
- Virginia Tech,
- Warsaw University,
- Yale University,
- and many others.
Copyrights protect the IP rights of creators, ensuring they receive recognition and compensation for their work, thus incentivizing creativity and innovation. Graffius is vigilant in upholding, protecting and enforcing his copyrights and other IP rights.
Boston Scientific — a global BioMed and BioTech corporation — used Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP without permission or attribution.
Notes:
- This article includes brief excerpts from Boston Scientific and other sources, attributed and used under fair use for news reporting and analysis. Graffius redacted sensitive information.
- Scott M. Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP is copyright © Scott M. Graffius. All rights reserved.
- Boston Scientific name, mark and content are the property of Boston Scientific Corporation. Boston Scientific images (logo and corporate headquarters) provided courtesy of Boston Scientific. © 2024 Boston Scientific Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Boston Scientific Utilizes Scott M. Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' IP Without Permission or Attribution
Boston Scientific is a biomedical/biotechnology engineering firm and multinational manufacturer of medical devices. Their website at https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/about-us.html informs that the company operates globally, employs 48,000 people, has invested $1.4 billion in research and development, and has $14.2 billion in net sales. A photo of their corporate headquarters is shown below.
Boston Scientific did not request nor receive permission to use Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' IP.
Unfortunately, Boston Scientific's "Presentation Templates" site, shown next, includes content which infringes on Graffius' copyright.
The top of Boston Scientific's website includes four elements: Home, PowerPoint Templates, Visual & Data Templates, and “?”. As delineated below, selecting the "?" starts an email to [name redacted]@bsci.com.
As shown next, BSCI.com is the property of the Boston Scientific Corporation. Visual 1 of 2 is below.
Visual 2 of 2 is below.
And entering BSCI.com into a browser automatically takes the user to Boston Scientific's main website.
Selecting the URL (shown in the visual below) at Boston's Scientific's "Presentation Templates" site downloads a PowerPoint. Slide 1 (also shown in the visual below) infringes on Graffius' copyright.
Boston Scientific's use of Graffius' copyrighted text content is covered shortly.
As shown below, summary information for Boston Scientific's respective PowerPoint lists the author of the file as [name redacted]@bsci.com. That's the same identifier listed earlier. And again, @BSCI.com is a Boston Scientific address.
Boston Scientific's material infringes on Graffius' copyright. The infringement uses a significant portion (the majority of) Graffius' IP. There are too many examples to list, but some follow.
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Questioning”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Questioning”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Socializing”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Socializing”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Displaying eagerness”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Displaying eagerness”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Sticking to safe topics”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Sticking to safe topics”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Taking the ‘lead’”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Taking the ‘lead’”
🟢 Under Forming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Quick response times”
🔴 Under Forming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Quick response times”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Resistance”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Resistance”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Lack of participation”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Lack of participation”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Conflict”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Conflict”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Competition”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Competition”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “High emotions”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “High emotions”
🟢 Under Storming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Normalizing matters”
🔴 Under Storming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Normalizing matters”
🟢 Under Norming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Encouraging leadership”
🔴 Under Norming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Encouraging leadership”
🟢 Under Norming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Reconciliation”
🔴 Under Norming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Reconciliation”
🟢 Under Norming, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Developing cohesion”
🔴 Under Norming, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Developing cohesion”
🟢 Under Performing, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Healthy system”
🔴 Under Performing, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Healthy system”
🟢 Under Performing, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Celebrating”
🔴 Under Performing, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Celebrating”
🟢 Under Adjourning, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Shift to process orientation”
🔴 Under Adjourning, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Shift to process orientation”
🟢 Under Adjourning, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Sadness”
🔴 Under Adjourning, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Sadness”
🟢 Under Adjourning, Scott M. Graffius’ copyrighted property includes “Recognizing change”
🔴 Under Adjourning, Boston Scientific’s infringing material includes “Recognizing change”
Those are just some examples.
Corresponding visuals follow. Here's part 1 of 2.
And here's part 2 of 2.
Boston Scientific did not request nor receive permission to use Graffius' IP. Nevertheless, Boston Scientific used a significant portion (the majority) of Graffius' IP and Boston Scientific did not credit Graffius as the author and copyright owner.
Ethics, Integrity, and IP Rights Including Copyright
What are Boston Scientific's stated commitments to ethics, integrity, and copyright and other IP rights? Answers follow.
As reported at https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/corporate-responsibility/integrity.html, Boston Scientific’s priorities include: “We believe in strong corporate governance and business practices that reflect our priorities, values and commitment to ethics and integrity.” But Boston Scientific infringed on Graffius' copyright.
In a press release at https://news.bostonscientific.com/news-releases?item=58870, Jim Tobin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific, is reported as saying: “Boston Scientific was built on the strength of its intellectual property.” But Boston Scientific utilized Graffius' IP — and without permission or attribution.
The company’s ‘Code of Conduct’ at https://www.bostonscientific.com/content/dam/bostonscientific/corporate/citizenship/compliance-ethics/Code%20of%20Conduct/2022/2022_CodeofConduct_English.pdf states that: “Boston Scientific protects its intellectual property rights to patents, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property. We also respect the intellectual property rights of others.” But Boston Scientific infringed on Graffius' IP rights.
Boston Scientific addresses copyright infringement at https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/medical-specialties/electrophysiology/CRM-YouTube-Disclaimer.html, among other places. There, it informs that: “It is strictly forbidden to make copies, whether partial or total and on whichever media without prior approval. Anyone failing to respect this provision will be guilty of copyright infringement and liable to criminal punishment according to the law.” As shown, Boston Scientific's content infringes on Graffius' copyright.
Status
Scott M. Graffius notified Boston Scientific Corporation of their infringement. Here's an excerpt from Graffius' respective email:
"I did not receive a request to use my ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP nor did I provide an authorization/license for use. A significant portion (the majority) of my IP was used. The use did not credit me as the author and copyright owner. The use has damaged the marketability and value of my IP. For those reasons, among others, your use is not ‘fair use’ nor ‘fair dealing.’ Your use infringes on my copyright."
"Immediately remove your infringing material from your website at the aforementioned link and anywhere else it is located or used, in any form — digital or hard copy."
"I reserve all rights in this serious matter."
As of the time of this article, Boston Scientific Corporation has not responded to the notice nor discontinued their infringement of Graffius' IP.
Post-publication notes appear at the end of this article.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, SA, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, LSSGB is an Agile project management expert practitioner, consultant, creator, multi-award-winning author, and international public speaker.
He's generated over $1.9 billion of business value in aggregate for Global Fortune 500 businesses and other organizations he's served. Businesses and industries range from consumer products to advanced technology (including AI, R&D), e-commerce, music, streaming/OTT video, television, film, video games, financial services, government, and more.
Graffius and content from his books (Agile Scrum and Agile Transformation), talks, workshops, and more have been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities around the world. Examples include Adobe, American Management Association, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Bayer, Boston University, Broadcom, Cisco, Deimos Aerospace, DevOps Institute, EU's European Commission, Ford Motor Company, Hasso Plattner Institute Germany, IEEE, Johns Hopkins University, London South Bank University, Microsoft, National Academy of Sciences, New Zealand Government, Oracle, Project Management Institute, Torrens University Australia, UC San Diego, TBS Switzerland, UK Sports Institute, University of Galway Ireland, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Tennis Association, Virginia Tech, Warsaw University of Technology, Yale University, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, and many others.
He delights audiences around the world with dynamic and engaging talks and workshops. He's presented sessions at 91 conferences and other events across 25 countries. Visit here to learn more and here to ask Scott to speak at your event.
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.”
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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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How to Cite This Article
Graffius, Scott M. (2024, August 19). Boston Scientific Corporation Utilizes Scott M. Graffius' Intellectual Property. Available at: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/bsci.html. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14032.32001.
Post-Publication Notes
If there are any supplements or updates to this article after the date of publication, they will appear here.
A PDF of this article is here.
The short link for this article is https://bit.ly/bsci-x.
A link to the infringing PowerPoint file is here.
© Copyright 2024 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.