Best Practice is an idea that asserts that there is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, etc. The idea is that with proper processes, checks, and testing, a desired outcome can be delivered with fewer problems and unforeseen complications. Best practices can also be defined as the most efficient (least amount of effort) and effective (best results) way of accomplishing a task, based on repeatable procedures that have proven themselves over time for large numbers of people.
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Best Practice is an idea that asserts that there is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, etc. The idea is that with proper processes, checks, and testing, a desired outcome can be delivered with fewer problems and unforeseen complications. Best practices can also be defined as the most efficient (least amount of effort) and effective (best results) way of accomplishing a task, based on repeatable procedures that have proven themselves over time for large numbers of people.
Despite the need to improve on processes as times change and things evolve, Best Practice is considered by some as a business buzzword used to describe the process of developing and following a standard way of doing things that multiple organizations can use for management, policy, and especially software systems.
Best Practice is, however, often a misused term. It is frequently used to support politically correct ideals which, in reality take no account of individual need or circumstances. In this sense the ensuing practice is far from 'best' when the resulting effects are contrary to the real ideal situation. It is also used to prevent challenges to rules and systems that are, in reality, not best practice.
As the term has become more popular, some organizations have begun using "best practices" to refer to what are in fact "rules," causing a linguistic drift in which a new term such as "good ideas" is needed to refer to what would previously have been called "best practices."
Exchange
Best practices in a particular industry or other professional field can be exchanged, just like any instructional capital, by any means, though Internet-related information is most commonly exchanged this way:
- source code
- e-democracy
- e-government
There are numerous such efforts now in government especially in the English speaking world:
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities FCM InfraGuide
- U.S. government Government Open Code Collaborative
- UK local democracy project which calls this a knowledge pool
An emerging trend looms that many international organizations like to use 'best practice" methodology to promote the good systems, procedures of one country among its members.
Best practices domains
Domains where Best Practices have been applied include:
- Incremental and iterative development
- Quality Assurance
- Performance engineering
- Risk management
- Change Process
- Release execution
- Milestones
- Release Control
- Defect tracking
- Use Case
- Requirements management
- Automated testing process
- Evidence-based medicine
- Physical planning and land use management
- Water pollution control, watershed protection and restoration
- Local governance
- Home Care
