On Thursday 18th June I had the privilege to present at the Dutch PRINCE2 User Group in Utrecht. It was an excellent event with:
- around 250 people attending
- more than 20 exhibitors
- 6 parallel streams of seminars and tutorials
- a networking event into the evening
The event demonstrated good planning in action as it was no coincidence that it was scheduled for 2 days after the official launch of PRINCE2 2009 in London. In addition to presenting an overview of the changes to PRINCE2 2009 I was also given the task on behalf of APMG-Benelux (the accreditation body) to hand over the first copies of the new publications to the user group's chairman, Hans Schneider. Ian Fik from TSO (the publisher) was also at the event having dropped in on his way back from the IPMA international congress in Helsinki.
While I was there I was well looked after by members of the user group committee and in particular Ruud Peltzer (from Fortes), Joost Nuyten (from Rabobank) and Robert Garskamp (from Everett). Being a football fan I couldn't resist a look round the stadium to get a photo to add to my collection.
The day concluded with a stand-up comedian kicking-off the evening networking event. It was clear from talking to people at the networking event that the Dutch PUG is a highly active of community that hold regular events throughout the year and continues to grow its membership. It is groups like this that help to advance best practices such as PRINCE2, and indeed the public consultation included a thorough report from the Dutch PUG back in October 2006. Once again well done to the Dutch PUG.
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