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 worldwide, including the UK, Western European countries, and Australia.

PRINCE2 training is available in many languages.

PRINCE2 was developed as a UK government standard for information systems projects.

PRINCE2® is a globally-recognised, tailorable, methodology that teaches you the fundamental skills needed to be a successful project manager.

The skills you learn through PRINCE2 will help you to manage a project more successfully and more effectively, and will support career progression.

PRINCE2 provides a method for managing projects within a clearly defined framework, but project management is a complex discipline and using such a framework is no guarantee of a successful project.

Some of the advertised benefits of PRINCE2 are: increased quality of the finished products, efficient control of resources, avoidance of either "heroic" (under-regulated) or "mechanistic" (over-regulated) working, and increased confidence among the project team.

PRINCE2 is sometimes considered inappropriate for small projects or where requirements are expected to change, due to the work required in creating and maintaining documents, logs and lists. The deliverable structure may also lead to focus on producing deliverables for their own sake, to "tick the boxes" rather than do more useful work.