PRINCE2 is a de facto standard developed and used extensively by the UK government and is widely recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally. It embodies established and proven best practice in project management.
 

PRINCE® (Projects in Controlled Environments), is a widely used project management method that navigates you through all the essentials for running a successful project. Since its introduction in 1989 as a UK government standard for IT project management, PRINCE has been taken on by both the public and commercial sectors and is now recognised as a de facto standard for project management. PRINCE is a flexible method and although originally designed for the management of IT projects is now aimed at all other types of projects too.

The latest version of the PRINCE method is PRINCE2 which was driven by user based improvements, project management specialists and a review panel of 150 public and private sector organisations. This end result is a generic best practice tool which is flexible enough to be tailored to your organisation and used successfully for all types of projects.