Prince 2 is a flexible project management method, suitable for use on any type of project. It has been derived from professional Project Managers' experiences and refined over years of use in a wide variety of contexts. Prince 2: A Practical Handbook demonstrates how using Prince 2 can provide a business-like start to a project, ensuring its viability and the effective use of resources before any large-scale expenditure is undertaken. It covers the main management concerns about a project such as initiation, controlling products, quality, risks, change and project closure, and concludes with descriptions of the normal management products of a project. It assessed as conformant with the concepts of Prince Version 2 by the Prince User Group Ltd. This book is fully updated and revised to reflect the year 2001. The changes to Prince 2 relates Prince 2 to the practical issues of setting up and running a project.