Talk about timing. The IT Skeptic hears that, within a day or so of this blog, APMG got its accreditation back (look under "t" for "The APM Group"). Congratulations. Even the most strident of APMG critics must be sympathetic about having to wend the byzantine pathways of bureaucracy.

The EXIN-and-ASEB (British Computer Society) stranglehold on ITIL certification slips even further away with the accreditation of a sixth Examination Institute (EI) by APMG, the OGC's outsourced official accreditation body. This despite the fact that APMG remains embarassingly without its own accreditation withdrawn by the British Government for six months now.

The IT Skeptic broke the news that APMG had been suspended by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service.

Three months later, APMG accreditation still suspended. This is obviously not a brief tiff to be resolved overnight.

Further to the spot of bother APMG find themselves in with their "accreditation auditors" the UKAS, investigation reveals the suspension is a fact.

This blog is (currently) ITIL-centric, so most readers will be interested that I believe ITIL is not covered by the suspension.

Can any reader offer something more substantial than speculation to explain why The APM Group has had their accreditation by the UK Accreditation Service suspended?

APMG are the accreditor of all examination bodies for ITIL (and Prince2 and ...). They have had their accreditation suspended in both categories:

If the criticism of ITIL version 3 certification that you see on this blog and others concerns you, consider this.

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I knew I should have held this month's newsletter a few days. The moment it is published with another tirade about the lack of support information and direction in ITIL certification, APMG finally open the kimono.