Comments on: (Not Quite) Best Practices

By: Best Practice vs Next Practice | Above and Beyond KM

Best Practice vs Next Practice | Above and Beyond KM — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:37:42 +0000

[...] Gould’s comment on my previous post (Not Quite) Best Practices pointed me to Derek Wenmoth’s blog post on Best Practice vs Next Practice. Derek makes the [...]

By: Just Tell Me What Works! | Above and Beyond KM

Just Tell Me What Works! | Above and Beyond KM — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:58:57 +0000

[...] exceptional folks have found works precisely because it is their solution. It succeeds because it was created for their context and was carried out by them. Unless you are operating under exactly the same circumstances (and with the same type of [...]

By: Mary Abraham

Mary Abraham — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:37:00 +0000

Mark -

Thanks for pointing me to Derek's post on Best Practice vs Next Practice. He provides a lot to chew on.

Best practices may be popular because they represent a type of insurance policy. If you're complying with what is understood to be a best practice, who can criticize?

Mary

By: Mark Gould

Mark Gould — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:05:00 +0000

This is a topic that fascinates me. People (and especially lawyers) are always keen to ensure that they are following ‘best practice’, but are often less critical about what that best practice is or, most importantly, whether it can be improved.

For this and some other reasons, I try and avoid using the phrase. One day I will get round to blogging why, but in the meantime, you might find this blog post (http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/2007/05/best_practice_vs_next_practice.html) interesting.