Best Management Practice
Welcome to the one-stop shop for all official Cabinet Office publications including ITIL, PRINCE2, P3O, MSP, M_o_R, MoP and MoV in print, CD-ROM, eBooks, online subscription, and downloadable PDFs. Multi-user licences are also available to maximise access throughout your organisation.
- IT Service Management – ITIL
- Project Management – PRINCE2
- Portfolio Management - Management of Portfolios (MoP)
- Value Management - (MoV)
- P3 Office – P3O
- Programme Management – Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
- Risk Management – Management of Risk (M_o_R)
Practitioner Guidance
IT
Service Management – ITIL
ITIL is the most
widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world. Providing a
cohesive set of best practice guidance drawn from the public and private
sectors across the world, it has recently undergone a major and important
refresh project. IT Service Management (ITSM) derives enormous benefits from a
best practice approach. Because ITSM is driven both by technology and the huge
range of organisational environments in which it operates, it is in a state of
constant evolution....more
Project Management –
PRINCE2
The PRINCE2 project management method provides
detailed guidance on how to set up, organise, manage, control and deliver your
projects on time, within budget and to the right quality. PRINCE2 is an easy to
follow structured method suitable for any type of project. The processes and
techniques in PRINCE2 will help your project team cope with the risks,
challenges and opportunities of today's rapidly changing environment....more
Portfolio
Management - Management of Portfolios (MoP)
Management
of Portfolios is a new set of guidance for senior executives, published in June
2010 and it is followed by practitioner guidance, which is supported by a
qualification scheme....more
Value
Management - (MoV)
Value Management is a new set of
guidance that includes both a practitioner guide and a pocket book. The
practitioner guidance will be supported by a qualification scheme....more
P3 Office –
P3O
Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O)
published in Autumn 2008 and was accompanied by a qualification scheme. This
guidance – aligned to PRINCE2, MSP, and MoR – brings together in
one place a set of principles, processes and techniques to facilitate effective
portfolio, programme and project management through enablement, challenge and
support structures. These structures also bridge the gap between the
strategy/policy makers and the delivery arm of the organisation.
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Programme
Management – Managing Successful Programmes
(MSP)
Combining rigour and flexibility, MSP helps all
organisations – public sector and private, large and small –
achieve successful outcomes from their programme management time and time
again. With change a pressing reality for all organisations, successful
programme management has never been more vital to success. Organisations must
respond as new processes or services are introduced, supplier relationships
alter and structures adapt to market forces or legislation....more
Risk
Management – Management of Risk (M_o_R)
In
organisations almost every decision has an upside and a downside involving some
degree of risk. Aimed at everyone who has ever made an important decision,
M_o_R is a robust yet flexible framework that allows organisations to assess
risk accurately time and time again. Every organisation must find the right
balance between opportunities and threats in managing its risks. M_o_R takes a
best practice approach, which offers a structured and effective framework for
risk management....more
Business Systems
Development Series
Business Systems Development (BSD)
is a powerful analysis and design technique which provides IT professionals
with a tool for investigating, modelling and specifying Information Systems.
This new edition of BSD provides the content of SSADM 4+ but is now
restructured into separate BSD components, plus the SSADM Foundation for those
who wish to make use of the full integrated method....more
Strategic Level Guidance
The IS Management
Guides
The 'IS Management and Business Change Guides'
provide invaluable real-world experience in government and beyond. Each guide
is structured in a clear, step-by-step way that sets out the issues, questions
and techniques relevant to each stage, begining by describing a governance
framework that supports the strategic decision-making process and explain how
to manage the key components of business change. They also provide individual
focus on managing performance, service acquisition, and service
provision....more
Further Information
For further information on Best Management Practice please visit http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/.
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