Thought Leader and Influencer


Scott M. Graffius has been named a thought leader and influencer; he's been involved in the development of professional standards; he's spoken at conferences and other events around the world; and his content has been used and featured by businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities in publications, online media, and more.

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Videos of Scott M. Graffius Speaking at Conferences Around the World

The following examples are where the respective event organizers recorded the session and made the video available to the public (note: this is not common). Details on all of Graffius's speaking engagements and workshops are here.











































This list above is not exhaustive. Details on
all of Graffius's speaking engagements and workshops are here.

Scott M. Graffius Featured by Others in Videos and Podcasts



In their countdown timer (video) for conferences and other events, Advance Agility included a quote by Scott M. Graffius

Scott M. Graffius's Agile Transformation listed as "Good Read" in talk at Agile of the East Conference 2019

BeeBole featured content from Scott M. Graffius in their webinar on KPIs

Scott M. Graffius's Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions included in Tanya and Sunny Singh's Books to Grow Your Tech Career


Scott M. Graffius' content was featured in a talk at the House of PMO's 'PMO Conference 2022'

Scott M. Graffius quoted in talk at CFO South Africa Event in 2021

Dutch professional football team FC Utrecht leveraged Scott M. Graffius's 'Phases of Team Development' content at a training session for coaching staff

Scott M. Graffius quoted in talk at National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) Event in 2020


Scott M. Graffius quoted in talk at RSA Conference 2020


Scott M. Graffius quoted in talk at SANS Cloud Security Conference 2021

Scott M. Graffius quoted in a presentation by SmartLyte


Scott M. Graffius quoted in talk by Autom8 Now in 2020

Scott M. Graffius' visual content featured in getNextIT's Agilität Besser Verstehen (in English: Understand Agility Better) video on YouTube

Scott M. Graffius quoted in NHD Podcast, Episode 17


Scott M. Graffius quoted in Polymash Podcast (Podcasting Strategy Show), Episode 9

Excerpt from Scott M. Graffius' 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 featured in "Agile HR Workplace Culture" video by LearnTor

Content from Scott M. Graffius' AgileScrumGuide.com platform referenced in the French-language podcast, TheCheneCast

Ukraine-based SavvyUA/SOFTsphere Podcast features Scott M. Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP in their new episode, ‘Конфлікт: провокувати чи уникати? SOFTsphere Talks Podcast, епізод 6’

Performance - Teams, Agilität, und Organisationsentwicklung (in English: Performance - Teams, Agility, and Organizational Development) episode of Ein Wirklich Guter Podcast features Graffius’ 'Phases of Team Development' IP

Ravi Abuvala, founder of the business accelerator Scaling With Systems, featured Graffius’ research in 'What is the Lifespan of Your Content?'

Scott M. Graffius Featured by Others in Publications and Online Media


  1. Ravi Abuvala, founder of the business accelerator Scaling With Systems, featured Graffius’ research in 'What is the Lifespan of Your Content?'
  2. Content by Scott M. Graffius included in a publication of the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)
  3. Team development content by Scott M. Graffius featured in a presentation by Adobe at DesignOps Summit 2021
  4. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a post by AidasInc
  5. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a post by Agile42 International GmbH
  6. Scott M. Graffius quoted by AgileCoach.ee
  7. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a post by Agile Scaling Experts
  8. Scott M. Graffius's content (translated to Spanish) featured in a presentation by Agile Wise Corp.
  9. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an AJR article
  10. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by ALLAGIS
  11. Scott M. Graffius's content featured (in French) by Amadium
  12. American Management Association features Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' in a course on leadership
  13. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute's APH Quality Handbook
  14. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in APAC CIO Outlook article
  15. Scott M. Graffius's content was referenced in "Application of Agile and Scrum in Education," a paper at Tendenze Attuali Della Moderna Ricerca Scientifica (Current Trends in Modern Scientific Research Conference)
  16. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in an article by Ascendix
  17. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society; Graffius’ research is referenced in this ACM publication
  18. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in an article by Avion
  19. The Beacon (Volume 25, Issue 7; August 2021) included an event with Scott M. Graffius
  20. Scott M. Graffius was featured in a post by Being Agile LLC
  21. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a post by Berteig Consulting
  22. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in an article from BMC Software
  23. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a presentation at Boston University's Idea Conference 2023
  24. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in a post by technology journalist, Adrian Bridgwater
  25. Article by Brights features a quote from Graffius on the MVP
  26. Broadcom features Graffius' IP
  27. Buffer’s article on 9 ways to grow your following on 𝕏 has a hyperlink to Graffius' ‘Lifespan (Half-Life) of Social Media Posts’ research
  28. Center for Direct Marketing featured content from Scott M. Graffius
  29. CEWEP 10th Congress (Berlin, Germany) featured research by Scott M. Graffius
  30. With a license from Scott M. Graffius, Cisco uses Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' work
  31. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted by Change Management Review
  32. Chakor Software Company featured content by Scott M. Graffius
  33. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by CHRO
  34. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a presentation by Cisco, delivered at DX Summit
  35. CloudVane article incorporated quote from Graffius on metrics
  36. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Coach Agile
  37. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in an online article in Spanish, "Coaching—Por Qué Nos Sirve a Todos"
  38. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by CodeMonk
  39. Scott M. Graffius quoted in a post by Code Work (The Code Work)
  40. In its ‘2023 Impact Report,’ Community Capital Management (CCM) features an excerpt from Scott M. Graffius’ ‘Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions’
  41. Scott M. Graffius quoted in a Computer Weekly article
  42. Constructor Institute Switzerland features content by Scott M. Graffius (published via AgileScrumGuide.com)
  43. Scott M. Graffius's content included in an article by Consultport
  44. ContentStudio linked to research by Scott M. Graffius in their article on mastering the art of using Pinterest for blogging
  45. Content from Scott M. Graffius heads up Chapter 8 of the book, Conquering Cash Flow
  46. Scott M. Graffius's content included in a blog post by Coupler.io/Railsware
  47. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in CreativeStack's article (episode 3)
  48. Scott M. Graffius's content included in an article by CSDN (note: article is in Chinese)
  49. Cyber Instincts AB featured content by Scott M. Graffius
  50. Dagen featured Graffius' Phases of Team Development in a post
  51. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in a post by darey.io
  52. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in the book, Data Governance Success
  53. DBI Services, a Swiss IT services firm, wrote about presentations delivered at DevOpsDays Geneva, which included a talk by Scott M. Graffius
  54. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by DBK Advisory
  55. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a DDI Development article
  56. European aerospace company Deimos Space used Graffius' material in an interactive training workshop
  57. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article by Deloitte's HashedIn Technologies
  58. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Digital Defined
  59. Content about Scott M. Graffius featured in a post by DigitalDisrupting.com
  60. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in a Digitpost (DigiTechnoPost) article
  61. Scott M. Graffius's content was featured by Dot Consulting AG
  62. Scott M. Graffius quoted in a DueDash Capital Networks GmbH article
  63. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted by DX Innovation Institute
  64. Scientific paper 'Dynamic Pricing Under Self-Exciting Arrival Processes' references Graffius' work
  65. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a DZone article
  66. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in an Edge Conquers article
  67. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in an online article from Educations Media Group AB (Sweden) on FindCourses.com
  68. Performance - Teams, Agilität, und Organisationsentwicklung (in English: Performance - Teams, Agility, and Organizational Development) episode of Ein Wirklich Guter Podcast features Graffius’ 'Phases of Team Development' IP
  69. Scott M. Graffius's content was featured in a presentation by the English Institute of Sport
  70. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article by Enlab
  71. Erste Bank featured content by Scott M. Graffius in their training
  72. Scott M. Graffius referenced by Brazil-based software development firm Etus
  73. A division of the EU's European Commission used Graffius' work
  74. FINAT -- the association for the European label industry -- used Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ work at their 2024 Summit (additional, separate link here)
  75. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article by FindCourses.com (EMG – Educations Media Group AB, Stockholm, Sweden)
  76. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted by Flexie Solutions
  77. Ford featured work by Scott M. Graffius
  78. Scott M. Graffius's content was quoted in a Forum on Workplace Inclusion presentation
  79. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by Founder Success Hub
  80. FSU College of Medicine featured Scott M. Graffius' work
  81. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article by Function Point
  82. In its Regulations and Syllabus (page 245), Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) includes Scott M. Graffius's first book in reference materials for its IT Project Management course
  83. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Gartner
  84. Scott M. Graffius quoted in a post by Gearóid Hardy & Associates
  85. Geekflare article features content by Scott M. Graffius
  86. Scott M. Graffius quoted in a post by GetxInstitute
  87. GitHub / LeadingEng Conference / GitHub featured Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' Work (also: LeadingEng)
  88. Scott M. Graffius was cited as a reference in "Building a Collaborative Relationship," a publication of the Global-Watch.com Network
  89. Scott M. Graffius's content was featured by Globility Coaching (Globality-Coaching Consultancy and Training / Bizz-Buzz.co.uk)
  90. GoDaddy article hyperlinks to Graffius' research
  91. Article by Gotch SEO Academy (GSA) links to Graffius’ research
  92. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Grow Predictably
  93. Harvard Medical School talk featured (uncredited) excerpt from Scott M. Graffius' Agile Scrum book
  94. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by the Hasso Plattner Institute (Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH)
  95. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a presentation by the Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG)
  96. How Teams Work book references Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development'
  97. Scott M. Graffius's content included in an article by Humble Associates
  98. iCentra featured content by Scott M. Graffius
  99. IEEE Xplore publication "Exploring the Dynamics of Team Formation in Human-Artificial Intelligence Collaboration" featured Graffius' work
  100. Illumination featured content by Scott M. Graffius
  101. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in article by Impala Intech
  102. Scott M. Graffius's company in verified profile by Inc.
  103. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Incubadora Despegue
  104. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article published by Informa
  105. InfoSecurity.US posted content by Scott M. Graffius
  106. Innovify featured content by Scott M. Graffius
  107. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by the Institute of Management Studies
  108. Scott M. Graffius cited in a paper — "How Romanian IT Companies Adopted Agile Practices" — presented at the International Conference on Informatics in Economy, published in the Proceedings of the IE 2020 International Conference
  109. International Institute of Learning named Scott M. Graffius in their article on agile, creativity, and innovation
  110. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article of the International Journal of Business Analytics and Intelligence
  111. Influencer Marketing article, item 24, has a link to Graffius' research
  112. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in post by the International Rhino Keeper Association (IRKA)
  113. Scott M. Graffius's content is featured in an article published by Innovation Management (Sweden)
  114. France-based Intuiti referenced Graffius' work in their story on media and the customer experience
  115. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a post by Invensis Learning
  116. Scott M. Graffius's content was featured again by Invensis Learning, here in an article on LinkedIn
  117. Scott M. Graffius quoted in a publication by ip-label
  118. IT Chronicles featured content from Scott M. Graffius (via his AgileScrumGuide.com)
  119. Study Program Handbook for Master of Science in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Jacobs University Bremen includes references to Scott M. Graffius’s content (published at his AgileScrumGuide.com platform)
  120. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted by Jedi Squad
  121. Johns Hopkins University features the work of Scott M. Graffius
  122. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in article by KeeVurds
  123. Excerpt from Scott M. Graffius's first book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions, heads up the Agile Innovation section of Dr. Harold Kerzner's book, Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects
  124. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in an article by Kiwop
  125. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in post by Knowledge Convey
  126. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in online article by Knowledge Enthusiast
  127. Scott M. Graffius's content included in Kromatic's "Innovation Ecosystem Metrics"
  128. Scott M. Graffius quoted by Kushim
  129. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an artible by Kylas
  130. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in book, Leadership Worthy: How Leaders are Made by Bill Dellecker
  131. LeadingEng Conference / GitHub featured Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' Work (also: GitHub)
  132. Semiconductor manufacturing firm Lam Research features Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' IP
  133. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in a post by Lean Icon Technology & Training Africa
  134. Scott M. Graffius's content included in a Lean Journey post
  135. Lean Sherpas GmbH featured content from Scott M. Graffius
  136. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article published by Learning Solutions Magazine
  137. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in a post by LEARNTOR
  138. Level Up Coding article quoted Scott M. Graffius
  139. Life Sciences Trainers & Educators Network (LTEN) featured Scott M. Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development'
  140. Graffius' Lifespan (Half-Life) of Social Media Posts research made a cameo in Trena Little's video on strategies with YouTube
  141. London South Bank University references content published at Scott M. Graffius's AgileScrumGuide.com
  142. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by Lumentii
  143. Dr. Robert W. Malone featured Scott M. Graffius' 2021 copyrighted content in Malone's 2022 book
  144. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Marc Ellis Training Academy
  145. Insights from Scott M. Graffius in ‘Managing Information Technology’ (Second Edition) book
  146. Martech Zone / DK New Media covers Graffius' research
  147. Mastercard manager of products and solutions quoted Scott M. Graffius in an article
  148. Content from Scott M. Graffius's first book was featured in another author's book, Mastering Advanced Scrum
  149. Metricool referenced Scott M. Graffius' research
  150. Scott M. Graffius's content quoted by Midiática
  151. Scott M. Graffius's conent referenced by Mind Money Balance
  152. Mind the Product features an excerpt from Scott M. Graffius in their article on metrics
  153. Scott M. Graffius quoted by MKC Training
  154. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in an article by Mobile App Daily
  155. Scott M. Graffius quoted in Monkhouse and Company newsletter
  156. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a post by Motivation Excellence Inc.
  157. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in an article from Narcosa
  158. Scott M. Graffius quoted in a publication of The National Academy of Sciences
  159. National Park Service — part of the United States Department of the Interior — features Scott M. Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' work
  160. Nazarbayev University featured content by Scott M. Graffius
  161. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in a publication of NCCSIF/Rippleworx
  162. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article by Netsmartz
  163. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in an article from Nimble Ways
  164. Ofcom — the regulatory authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications, and postal industries of the United Kingdom — featured and used the work of Scott M. Graffius
  165. Scott M. Graffius' content was posted by Omnizant
  166. Content from Scott M. Graffius was included in a post by OpenSense Labs
  167. Scott M. Graffius's content featured (translated to Portuguese) by Opus Software
  168. Oracle featured Scott M. Graffius' IP in its publication
  169. Scott M. Graffius's content was included in a post by Orli
  170. Scott M. Graffius's content was included in Parabol's "123 Great Agile Quotes to Inspire Your Team"
  171. Content from Scott M. Graffius in bibliography of PeopleCert's PeopleCert Scrum Master II
  172. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Personal Pivots
  173. Scott M. Graffius's content included in post by Plaky on project management quotes
  174. Scott M. Graffius's content included in a Plandek article
  175. PMI Budapest Hírek referenced Scott M. Graffius in their online publication via LinkedIn
  176. PPM Express quoted content from Scott M. Graffius in their article on SAFe
  177. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in an online article from Preezma Software Development Company
  178. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Prima Ressource in their presentation, Réussir une Transformation des Ventes pme B2B 2020 (in English: Succeed in a 2020 B2B Sales Transformation)
  179. Content from Scott M. Graffius (translated to Portuguese) featured by Pro4Tech
  180. Content from Scott M. Graffius (via AgileScrumGuide.com, the website for his first book) referenced in the book, Problem-Solving: Leaning on New Thinking Skills
  181. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) referenced research by Scott M. Graffius
  182. Scott M. Graffius is cited in the Project Management Institute's Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition as he was a member of the team that developed the standard publication (note: this is also covered in the Professional Standards section above)
  183. Scott M. Graffius is cited in Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Sixth Edition as he was a contributor and reviewer of the standard publication (note: this is also covered in the Professional Standards section above)
  184. Scott M. Graffius is cited in the Project Management Institute's The Standard for Program Management—Fourth Edition as he was a contributor and reviewer of the standard publication (note: this is also covered in the Professional Standards section above)
  185. Scott M. Graffius is cited in the Project Management Institute's The Practice Standard for Project Estimating—Second Edition as he was a contributor and reviewer of the standard publication (note: this is also covered in the Professional Standards section above)
  186. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article of the Project Management Institute, Luxembourg Chapter
  187. Prokatemia (Finland) referenced content by Scott M. Graffius
  188. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in QSM Software Almanac—Fifth Edition
  189. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Quotes Insight
  190. In an online article, French news and media company RiskAssur featured content from Graffius' Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions book
  191. Content from Scott M. Graffius included in a post by Right Management India
  192. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in book, Safety Metrics for the Modern Safety Professional
  193. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in book, Sales Manager's Essentials: Practical Workbook for Success
  194. SalesRabbit quotes Scott M. Graffius in an article
  195. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by The Salvation Army
  196. Ukraine-based SavvyUA/SOFTsphere Podcast features Scott M. Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP in their new episode, ‘Конфлікт: провокувати чи уникати? SOFTsphere Talks Podcast, епізод 6’
  197. Scott M. Graffius quoted by ScreenFrontier
  198. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted by Scrum Masters Inc.
  199. Scott M. Graffius quoted in book, Scrum Mastery: The Essential Guide to Scrum and Agile Project Management
  200. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article from Scrum Inc.
  201. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in a Scrum Viet post
  202. Security Boulevard posted content by Scott M. Graffius
  203. Seed Spot quoted Scott M. Graffius
  204. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in book, Selling is Hard, Buying is Harder
  205. The Skill Garage (TheSkillGarage) featured content from Scott M. Graffius
  206. Scott M. Graffius quoted by Skillioma
  207. Social Selling CRM article featured Scott M. Graffius' research
  208. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article in Software Quality Professional, "Becoming Agile with the Scrum Framework"
  209. Content from Scott M. Graffius quoted by Sprint Recruiting
  210. St. John Ambulance (UK) features Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' IP
  211. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by Statusbrew
  212. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Stickbundle Professional Training and Coaching
  213. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in a Subscript article
  214. In their article, TextaAI featured Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' work
  215. Content from Scott M. Graffius (translated to German) quoted by TI Communication
  216. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in an article by TopDevs
  217. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by Torrens University Australia
  218. Scott M. Graffius's content was featured in a presentation at the 2019 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference
  219. United States Tennis Association (USTA) used Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' work published at AgileScrumGuide
  220. Content by Scott M. Graffius was quoted in a post by the 1174th Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion of the U.S. Army
  221. Scott M. Graffius's content is included in a publication of the United States Department of Energy (note: this version — accessible to the public — is marked "draft")
  222. Universal Agile featured content by Scott M. Graffius
  223. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management features Scott M. Graffius' work
  224. University of Galway Ireland referenced Scott M. Graffius's content
  225. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in the SE Capstone Design Project Handbook, a publication of the University of Waterloo
  226. Verizon - Graffius' 'Phases of Team Development' featured in LinkedIn article by Verizon AD
  227. Victoria Fide Consulting featured Scott M. Graffius in an article on metrics and project success
  228. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a post by Workspace Infotech Limited
  229. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an article by innovation management platform company, Viima Solutions Oy
  230. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured in an article published by Virginia Tech
  231. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in Data Science Workshop at the Warsaw University of Technology
  232. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by Washington State University
  233. Scott M. Graffius's content featured by Waveaxis
  234. Scott M. Graffius's content featured in a Wisconsin (State of Wisconsin - Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant) presentation
  235. Content from Scott M. Graffius featured by WP Support Team (WPSupportTeam.nl)
  236. Scott M. Graffius quoted in an online article by Wrike
  237. Yale University featured content by Scott M. Graffius (via his AgileScrumGuide.com platform)
  238. Scott M. Graffius's visual content featured in a video by Your SmartHome Family
  239. Xavier Degraux (Belgium) features content by Scott M. Graffius


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