IT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE

As IT develops and evolves, so does the body of work that contains IT best management practice. This website enables you to access information about a wide range of best practice, and to find out about and purchase your own copies of a comprehensive collection of IT best management practice from around the world.

OGC Best Management Practice

The UK's Office of Government Commerce publishes IT best management practice in a number of critical disciplines, and all these publications are available through this site. You can read about each discipline here, and access critical resources.

 You can now purchase the entire OGC Best Management Practice Library online. It contains all the OGC manuals identified below and provides a considerable saving against the list prices of the individual books. It is the 'must have' best practice library for IT managers and executives everywhere.

 The IT Infrastructure Library®, or ITIL® - the leading IT Service Management Framework, was updated in 2007 to ITIL version 3. Purchase the Complete ITIL Library Plus online (all five core books plus the Official Introduction, available in softcovers, downloadable pdf, eBook and annual online subscription - for single and concurrent multi-users).

 Prince2™ , Projects in Controlled Environments, is the OGC's leading IT Project Management Methodology. Purchase the latest version of the Prince2 Manual online (available in soft covers and CD-Rom).

 Managing Successful Programmes, the leading Programme Management Methodology, was updated in 2007. Purchase the new MSP manual online (available in soft covers, downloadable pdf and annual online subscription).

 Management of Risk, the leading Risk Management Methodology, updated in 2007. Purchase the new M_o_R manual online (available in soft covers, downloadable pdf and annual online subscription).

Starting Point to Best Practice

Sometimes the core manuals of the OGC's methodologies can be awkward to understand and grasp; this is particularly the case if you are a newbie to the area of best practice. The OGC have recognised this by publishing introductory titles on each of their best practice methodologies, including ITIL, PRINCE2, M_o_R and MSP. You can purchase them all in our Best Practice Introductory Set.

International and British Standards

International and British Standards for Management Systems are internationally recognised as providing best management practice in a number of key disciplines. IT Governance Ltd is an authorised IEC and BSI distributor of international and other standards. Through the Frameworks & Standards section of this website you can access information about, and buy, international standards such as

• the ISO27001 series of information security standards,
• the ISO20000 IT Service Management Standards,
• the BS25999 Business Continuity Management Standard,
• other information security standards, including ISO18028 Network Security Standards,
• the ISO14000 series of Environmental Management Standards,
• Quality Management Standards (eg ISO9001),
• Project Management Standards (other than PRINCE2 and PMBoK),
• and many others.

IT Governance Standards and frameworks

IT Governance is "a framework for the leadership, organizational structures and business processes, standards and compliance to these standards, which ensure that the organization’s IT supports and enables the achievement of its strategies and objectives."  (IT Governance: a Pocket Guide). Through this website you can access:

• ISO/IEC 38500 - the international IT governance standard
• The Calder-Moir IT Governance Framework
• IT Governance: Guidelines for Directors
• Leading titles on IT Governance/li>
• Cobit 4.1 Publications
• Togaf Publications
• Unified Compliance Framework