PRINCE2 anchors

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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.