December 5, 2006 - APMG has established a Senior Examiner Panel that will develop the V3 Qualification Scheme, taking forward the ITIL Refresh into qualifications. ITpreneurs is delighted to inform inclusion of Katsushi Yaginuma, head of ITpreneurs Japan , to the Senior Examiner Panel, who will represent the fast growing Asian ITIL community.

Sharon Taylor, the Chief Architect for the ITIL® Refresh Project, has been appointed by the APM Group as Chief Examiner for ITIL V3 and all the members of this committee represent the global reach of ITIL best practices.

Alan Harpham, Chairman, APMG, said: "The formation of this exam board reflects the aspirations of OGC and APMG to develop a set of qualifications to support ITIL V3 with wide international acceptability."

This panel will be responsible for determining the revised qualification scheme for ITIL V3, along with other ongoing activities related to items such as course syllabuses, exam questions, and marking guidelines.

"This panel of examiners brings a truly international view to the development of ITIL qualifications. Each examiner on this panel offers long standing, world class experience in the ITSM qualifications industry, and represents the views of vendors, ATO's, consultants and consumers of ITIL qualifications. We are all strongly committed to creating a qualification scheme which supports the needs of our global community and to ensure that ITIL qualifications move forward to meet the demands of ITSM professionals today and in the future", says Sharon Taylor, Chief Author & Examiner ITIL V3.

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