AXELOS is a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

set up in 2014 by the

Government of the United Kingdom His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government or otherwise UK Government, is the central government, central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

and Capita, to develop, manage and operate qualifications in best practice, in methodologies formerly owned by the

Office of Government Commerce The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) was a Government of the United Kingdom, UK Government Office established as part of HM Treasury in 2000. It was moved into the Efficiency and Reform Group of the Cabinet Office in 2010, before being closed ...

(OGC). PeopleCert, an examination institute that was responsible for delivering AXELOS exams, acquired AXELOS in 2021.

Portfolio

AXELOS manages: *

ITIL ITIL (previously and also known as Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is a framework with a set of practices (previously processes) for IT activities such as IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM) that focus ...

(Information Technology Infrastructure Library) – IT Service Management
published in 1989 (updated 2000, 2007, 2011 & 2019/20) *

PRINCE2 PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a structured project management method and practitioner certification programme. PRINCE2 emphasises dividing projects into manageable and controllable stages. It is adopted in many countries wor ...

(Projects IN Controlled Environments) –

Project Management Project management is the process of supervising the work of a Project team, team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project initiation documentation, project documentation, crea ...

published in 1996 (updated 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009 & 2017) *MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) –

Program Management Program management deals with overseeing a group or several projects that align with a company’s organizational strategy, goals, and mission. These Project, projects, are intended to improve an Organizational performance, organization's perfo ...

published in 1999 (updated 2003, 2007, 2011 & 2020) *M_o_R (Management of Risk) –

Risk Management Risk management is the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks, followed by the minimization, monitoring, and control of the impact or probability of those risks occurring. Risks can come from various sources (i.e, Threat (sec ...

published in 2002 (updated 2007 & 2010) * P3M3 or Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model
published in 2005 (updated 2008 & 2015) *P3O (Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices)
published in 2008 (updated 2013) *MoV (Management of Value) – Value Management
published in 2010 *MoP (Management of Portfolios) – Portfolio Management
published in 2011 *RESILIA
published in 2015 *PRINCE2 Agile – Agile Project Management
published in 2015 *AgileSHIFT
published in 2018 There are third-party training providers, but Axelos manages certification. In April 2014, AXELOS announced that it was also launching a cyber-resilience qualification; this would complement guidance available from CESG. PeopleCert have been chosen by AXELOS as the sole EI (Examination Institute) for the delivery of Accreditation and Examination services worldwide, starting 1 January 2018.

Background

The portfolio was originally developed for UK government, and is valuable; the government periodically requests tenders for private-sector partners to manage it. Historically, this had been APMG. However, in April 2013 Capita won the contract, under a new arrangement which required them to invest in a

. Capita hold a 51% majority stake, the

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the remaining 49%. This joint venture, AXELOS, was formed in July 2013, and it took over from APMG on 1 January 2014. "AXELOS to maximise profits in PRINCE2 and other best practice products"
July 31, 2013

References

External links

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OGC (archived)
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