ITIL v.3 - Status update - 2 November 2006

I continue to monitor the timeline and updates from OGC on the progress of ITIL v.3. So far it seems to be tracking to the schedule presented at the itSMF conference in September (see earlier post)

ITIL v.3 - Status update - 2 November 2006
All five core titles were delivered by the author teams by mid-October. Since then the Editorial Board has reviewed the books and carried out work to ensure integration and alignment across all titles. IAG members have been asked to nominate their preferred title to review. The review will start on 7 November and end on 27 November after which there will be a period for further integration work and editing, and for authors to make revisions. Public QA is scheduled for mid-January and a call for participants will be made imminently. People who have already expressed an interest will be contacted directly and details will be available on this website www.itil.co.uk and on www.itsmf.co.uk.

I've included a few of the seven categories below that have timely content:

Category 2 - Web Offerings
The Glossary is available on the ITIL web site. This is the baseline version prior to Refresh development, and will be updated after ITIL Refresh development is complete.
Process models – V3 version work now under way
What’s New – last quarter 2006 draft completion target
High level introduction – last quarter 2006 draft completion target

Category 5 - Qualifications Scheme
The OGC's official accreditor, APMG, has begun forming the Examiner Panel that will be responsible for development of the V3 qualifications Scheme. Once the panel is finalized, a public announcement will be made about the members of this panel. Work on the Qualifications Scheme will begin later this month.

Category 7 - Presentations Planned
itSMF Canada Regional Conferences – Ottawa - November 2006
itSMF UK Conference Birmingham UK - November 2006
itSMF USA Local Interest Group, Wisconsin -January 2007
itSMF Conference Germany - December 2007
Pink Elephant Conference Las Vegas - February 2007
itSMF Conference, Norway - March 2007