PRINCE2? 7 launch event
Ing. Branislav Gablas Ph.D.
CEO and Project Academy lead trainer, PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, PMO, Scrum, Agile Coach, author, public speaker, consultant and trainer
First of all, it is necessary to clarify the terminology. The name of the new version of PRINCE2 is written as it appears in the title. Sometimes the name is written as PRINCE2 version 7 or abbreviated ver. 7. The problem is that if you don't specify "?", the name looks like PRINCE2 7, which can look a bit strange.
Where did the event take place?
Peoplecert decided to implement an event for the ceremonial launch of PRINCE2 in three cities, namely in London (of course, because AXELOS is still based in Great Britain), in Frankfurt, Germany (because probably Germany is the largest consumer of PRINCE2 on the old continent) and in Sydney. Probably because Australia the biggest user of PRINCE2 outside of Europe.
I took part in the ceremony in London in a rather unconventional place, in the connecting corridor at the top of the pillars of Tower Bridge.
The ceremonial event in London took place on 11.10.2023.
Who attended the event?
Participation in the launch of PRINCE2? was not limited in any way. It was enough to register with the attached line on the form, so we could invite our partners and colleagues.
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The event was also attended by senior managers from AXELOS and Peoplecert, as well as the main authors of the new PRINCE2 version.
Which was the main topic of the evening
Peoplecert CEO Byron Nicolaides presented his vision for the development of Peoplecert. He assured the participants that the leap change that was applied to PRINCE2 version 7 will also be implemented in other products. He even mentioned ITIL?, which was significantly upgraded in 2019 to version 4.
Peoplecert is starting to use state-of-the-art tools in the application of courses, and it is mainly AI that has allowed them to reduce the translation of manuals from several years to several weeks.
What I took away from the event
First of all, a lot of information and contacts and some gifts associated with this event. I met with competent people and lobbied to ensure that the possibility of conducting training in some minor languages, because after the expiry of the validity of version 5, there will be no possibility of certification in some local languages, including my native language Slovak and Czech..
I will inform about further developments in this area on my Linkedin profile.