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Content from Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions CEO Scott M. Graffius Featured by Hochschule Zittau Gorlitz University of Applied Sciences
26 April 2023
Businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities have used and featured Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions Founder and CEO Scott M. Graffius and content from his books, talks, workshops, and more. Examples of organizations include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Yale University, Tufts University, and many others.
This month, Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences) was added to the list of organizations. Dr. Ingo Cassack, Professor at the university, incorporated Graffius' Phases of Team Development work into Dr. Cassack's material on project management. Two excerpts follow.
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The firm and its people and content has been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities. Examples include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Yale University, Tufts University, and many others.
About Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz
Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in Zittau — in the border triangle between Germany, the Czech Republic, and Poland . The institution also has a branch campus in Görlitz, Saxon, Germany. Officially recognized by the Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts), Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz is a top tier coeducational German higher education institution with no tuition fees, state-of-the-art equipment, and intensive support. Visit https://www.hszg.de to learn more.
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Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions Founder Scott M. Graffius Speaking at DevOps Institute's SKILup Day Conference
13 April 2023
Scott M. Graffius — Founder of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and Exceptional Agility™ subsidiary — has delivered 84 talks and workshops on agile, project management, and technology leadership at conferences and other events across 25 countries.
His newest engagement will be at SKILup Days, an online conference presented by the DevOps Institute. Graffius will deliver "The Science of High-Performance Teams” on April 26, 2023 to a global audience of DevOps Engineers, Developers, Software Engineers, Testing and QA Experts, CI/CD Engineers, Heads of DevOps, Cloud Engineers, and others interested or involved in DevOps. Here's the current agenda (note: times are subject to change).
Registration is free. Sign up here: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/skilup-days-registration.
About Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions, and Exceptional Agility
Led by Scott M. Graffius, Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™ provides organizations with advisory, training, speaking, embedded talent, and facilitative consulting services to help them build and advance their agile project, program, portfolio, and PMO management capabilities and results to best realize their strategic objectives and initiatives, making them more competitive and valuable.
The firm and its people and content has been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities. Examples include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Yale University, Tufts University, and many others.
About the DevOps Institute
DevOps Institute is a global learning community that empowers the people who power IT – helping them develop both the professional and personal expertise to make the most of DevOps in both their business and their career.
Focused on all things DevOps, including site reliability engineering (SRE), DevSecOps, and whatever’s next, the DevOps Institute supports professionals at all levels in bringing greater human connection to the world of IT. Providing deep practical knowledge, a welcoming professional network, cutting-edge research, respected certification programs, and unique insider events, the DevOps Institute’s goal is to give people the confidence and know-how to transform their team, their organization, their career, and beyond.
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Exceptional's Scott M. Graffius Featured by Erste Bank
06 July 2023
Businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities have used and featured Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions Founder Scott M. Graffius and content from his books, talks, workshops, and more. Examples of organizations include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, Yale University, and many others.
Erste Group Bank AG — a financial service provider serving 15.7 million clients in Central and Eastern Europe — was added to the list of organizations as it featured Graffius' Phases of Team Development material in their training.
The picture above shows Erste Bank using Graffius' Phases of Team Development material at their training session.
Erste Bank used the 2019 edition of the Phases of Team Development visual at their session. The image above shows the now-current (2023) edition of the Phases of Team Development visual.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, SA, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, SFE, ITIL, LSSGB is an agile project management practitioner, consultant, multi-award-winning author, and international keynote speaker. He is the Founder of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™. He has generated over $1.9 billion of business value in aggregate for Global Fortune 500 businesses and other organizations he has served. Graffius and content from his books (Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions and 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), talks, workshops, and more have been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities. Examples include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, Qantas, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Yale University, Tufts University, and others. He has delighted audiences with dynamic and engaging talks and workshops on agile, project management, and technology leadership at 87 conferences and other events across 25 countries.
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Led by Scott M. Graffius, Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™ provides organizations with advisory, training, speaking, embedded talent, and facilitative consulting services to help them build and advance their agile project, program, portfolio, and PMO management capabilities and results to best realize their strategic objectives and initiatives, making them more competitive and valuable.
The firm and its people and content has been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities. Examples include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Yale University, Tufts University, and many others.
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Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School Features the Work of Scott M. Graffius, CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions
01 August 2024
Johns Hopkins University Features the Work of Scott M. Graffius, CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions
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' 'Phases of Team Development' is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
Leaders of teams can apply Graffius' information to help handle challenges or issues experienced by teams. By doing so, they’ll advance teams’ (and their own) happiness, productivity, and success.
Graffius' copyrighted 'Phases of Team Development' work has been adopted by a wide array of businesses, professional associations, government agencies, and universities. 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, London South Bank University, Microsoft, Oracle, Torrens University Australia, UC San Diego, TBS Switzerland, University of Galway Ireland, U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Tennis Association, Virginia Tech, Yale University, and many others.
Johns Hopkins University was added to the list. The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School features Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP in Business Communications (BU 120.601). The course is taught by Steven D. Cohen, Ph.D., M.P.P.
Excerpts from a related presentation follow.
The title page of the JHU presentation is shown above.
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Page 3 of the JHU presentation is shown above.
Current Edition of Graffius’ ‘Phases of Team Development’ IP
Graffius initially developed his respective material in 2008, and he periodically refreshes it. Information on the current (2024) edition of his 'Phases of Team Development' IP is available here.
About Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
- The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is the graduate business school of Johns Hopkins University. It programs leading to the Master of Business Administration and Master of Science degrees.
- The School of Advanced International Studies’ interdisciplinary curriculum—delivered at locations on three continents and grounded in the study of international economics, international relations, and regional studies—prepares students to address the multifaceted challenges facing the world today.
- Krieger School of Arts and Sciences—comprised of 22 departments and 33 centers, programs, and institutes—is home to students interested in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
- The School of Education prepares educators to make a difference in the lives of children and adults.
- The Whiting School of Engineering, a global leader in innovation and research, teaches students to think creatively while drawing upon mathematics and scientific principles to tackle difficult, real-world problems.
- The School of Medicine has revolutionized the education of physicians, the practice of medicine, and medical research nationally and internationally.
- The School of Nursing aims to improve health locally and globally through leadership and excellence in nursing education, research, practice, and service.
- Founded in 1857 as America’s first academy of music, the Peabody Institute trains musicians and dancers of every age and at every level through its degree-granting Conservatory and its community-based Preparatory.
- The Bloomberg School of Public Health educates scientists and public health professionals committed to the improvement of health and prevention of disease and disability around the world.
Visit https://www.jhu.edu/ to learn more.
About Business Communication (BU 120.601)
The JHU Business Communication (BU 120.601) course refines students’ skills in business writing, public speaking, and interpersonal communication. Through analyses and practice of communication strategies adopted by successful business professionals, students learn to write clearly and concisely, deliver compelling presentations, and construct effective arguments. Visit https://e-catalogue.jhu.edu/course-descriptions/management/ to learn more.
About Steven D. Cohen, Ph.D., M.P.P.
Steven D. Cohen is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He is well known for helping leaders communicate with confidence, influence, and authority. Dr. Cohen has been quoted in media outlets such as the Financial Times, Forbes, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and NBC News. To learn more about Professor Cohen, visit https://carey.jhu.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/steven-d-cohen-phd.
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.
Graffius is CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions and subsidiary Exceptional Agility. 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, 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 Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions, and Exceptional Agility
Led by Scott M. Graffius, Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™ provides organizations with advisory, training, speaking, embedded talent, and facilitative consulting services to help them build and advance their agile project, program, portfolio, and PMO management capabilities and results to best realize their strategic objectives and initiatives, making them more competitive and valuable.
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