Best Practice
The term “Best Practice” comes from the field of benchmarking and means the best implemented solution.
Brief description
Best Practice derives from a process that systematizes the available experience of successful companies and users and, based on the company's goals, compares and evaluates various solutions that can be used in practice. It further determines, on this basis, which settings and types of activities can contribute to achieving the goals.
Inside the benchmarking process, one does not look for a theoretical or technical best practice, but compares actual products or services sold against each other on the basis of uniform quality criteria. The winner is then referred to as “Best Practice.”.
Features and requirements
Best Practice features include:
- No compulsion to SELF find the best solution
- Proven solutions should be verified first, and only then should you look for „better“ ones“
- Focus on specific and clear evaluation criteria
- Checking the acquisition from other systems
- Only practice-based concepts take precedence
Application
Criteria for transferability of objects:
- Effective for a long period of time
- Innovative and repeatable
- Measurability of results
- Positive Outcome
- Wide area of application
- No or few restrictions (for example, regional)
If certain guidelines or conditions in the acquisition or introduction of new ideas are overlooked, this can lead to errors in their application, which can reduce the result. Therefore, the above-mentioned transfer criteria must necessarily be taken into account.