PRINCE2 anchors

Stefan Coetzeecreated 2026-05-12updated 2026-05-121 min readanchors
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Primary documents

  • Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 (7th edition, 2023).
  • PRINCE2 Agile Guidance.
  • PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner exam syllabi.

Operating body

  • PeopleCert — current owner (since AXELOS acquisition 2021).
  • PRINCE2 Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs) — multiple worldwide.

Adjacent frameworks

  • MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) — programme-level, PeopleCert.
  • P3O (Portfolio, Programme, Project Offices) — PeopleCert.
  • Praxis Framework — competing UK-origin alternative.
  • PMBOK / PMI — US competitor methodology.
  • Scrum / Agile — iterative complement.
  • SAFe — scaled agile.

Reference resources

  • peoplecert.org/prince2 — official.
  • APMG-International — earlier accreditor; reduced role post-2021.

See also