PRINCE2

the rising anger at OGC and APMG over ITIL and Prince2

Submitted by skeptic on Thu, 2010-12-23 20:12

There is rising anger at the attitudes and tactics of OGC and APMG over ITIL and Prince2. Most people can't speak out because APMG hold them to ransom over their livelihood. But a few do.

OGC fix their trademark guidance for ITIL, Prince2 etc

Submitted by skeptic on Wed, 2010-12-01 21:22

There seems to be a little common sense filtering through with OGC's trademark enforcement. [Update: no there doesn't. Stories coming in of obviously silly threatening letters being sent to owners of products - mostly books - that have ITIL in the name. One of the tales is in the comments below.]

One reason why OGC has to make some serious money out of ITIL and PRINCE2

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2010-06-01 20:47

Ever wonder why OGC is so commercially-motivated? It's unusual for a government department in a country with a committed goal to put publicly owned data into the public domain. For one clue, check out this list from the BBC of the UK's highest paid civil servants.

Is TSO operating without a license to enforce copyright for PRINCE2?

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2010-01-03 20:31

Is a British Government website inaccurate or is APMG TSO operating without a license?

OGC stay one step ahead of government policy in their commercialisation of ITIL. Better news for PRINCE2

Submitted by skeptic on Sat, 2009-12-19 02:47

Playing "bush lawyer", I have been tracking down the terms under which OGC control the copyright to ITIL (discussed here recently). And it makes an interesting little story: ITIL was almost free. And I think maybe PRINCE2 is.

Prince2 2009 plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Submitted by skeptic on Sat, 2009-05-02 10:01

Sadly PRINCE2:2009 seems to be a scripted repeat of ITIL V3. Wholesale change is passed off as a minor revision. The public are assured that older certifications will still be of value and that the new certification is no big deal. Your Highness, don't alarm the peasants.

We went through exactly the same crap with ITIL V3, the - haha - "Refresh".

BOK revisions breaking out all over: PMBOK 4th Edition

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2009-04-14 23:22

We had ITIL V3 in 2007 (and 2008 and 2009 if you are talking exam syllabus), and PRINCE2:2009 (why not PRINCE3? - it was a sweeping rewrite). Apparently we have also just had PMBOK 4th Edition.

In both cases of ITIL V3 and PRINCE2:2009, OGC/APMG have cavalierly assured users there was little difference and they should happily continue to pay for the old exams up until the time it is no longer convenient for the training companies for users to pay for the old exams. And of course in both cases this was crap, with the new syllabus being totally different.

The new PMP exams are due June 30th. How different will they be?

PRINCE2 2009 refresh spookily familiar to ITIL users

Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2009-04-06 06:40

PRINCE2 gets a new version this year. For those who went through ITIL V3 Refresh, it is deja vu all over again.

Solid Harmony: mentions of PRINCE2 in ITIL V3

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2008-09-12 20:18

Further to my post about the invisibility of Project Management in ITIL V3, it is interesting to see that there is even less mention of PRINCE2 in particular, despite it being ITIL's stable-mate at OGC. Not much walking across the corridor here! Of course, the North Americans were in control of writing much of ITIL V3 and none of it is actually done at OGC any more.

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