Effective project management is the key to project success. An understanding of project basics - that is, all those elements and characteristics that projects have in common - will aid your understanding of the most efficient project management processes. PRINCE2 is a process-based methodology for enabling best-proven practices when managing projects. This course introduces PRINCE2(r) concepts, principles, themes, processes, and stages. This is one of a series of courses that cover the objectives for the PRINCE2(r) Foundation exam (2017 update).