The Importance of effective senior management in projects has been demonstrated repeatedly as one of the key contributing factors in achieving success. Now for the first time, the latest version of PRINCE2TM includes a guide specifically aimed at helping senior managers to direct project work efficiently, consistently and, above all, successfully.<BR><BR>Senior managers' time is inevitably divided between the competing and equally intense pressures of maintaining business as usual and adapting to change in a volatile and competitive business environment. This applies in both the public and private sectors in small organizations and in global enterprises.<BR><BR>Projects are the means by which we introduce change - and PRINCE2 is increasingly recognized as the most widely used project management method worldwide. The PRINCE2 framework of processes and guidance has been proven over many years to be an effective solution to the most common causes of project failure. Designed from the outset to be flexible and generic, the method can be applied to projects of any type or scale. Adopting PRINCE2 as part of a corporate quality management system can consequently result in substantial benefits in terms of increased consistency and reduced risk of project failure.