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 Sunday, August 28, 2005
Best practices, redux

Jared Richardson took issue with my assertion that there's no such thing as best practices, stating that, in essence, it's not kosher for me to deny existence of something that I have to define:

They said "There are no best practices" and then they had to define the term... but they defined it wrong! A best practice isn't a required practice or a universally dominant practice. It's just one of the best ones. It's used quite often, but not everywhere and not always. (No such thing as best practices? Sure there are!)

Unfortunately, Jared, the semantics of the term "best practice" implies exactly that: something that's used everywhere and always, for when would anyone choose not to use a "best practice"? And if it's not used everywhere and always, then it's not "best", implying "better than all alternatives", ya?

How about, at the end of the day, we just drop the term "best practice" altogether, and stick with "useful practice" instead? Would that satisfy everyone's sensibilities?


Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:36:04 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
>>Sept 26-29, Boston, Massachusetts: SD Best Practices

You should probably change the name of that talk then...

;)

Monday, August 29, 2005 10:37:00 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
What is so grand about "Best practices" is when someone then says they are going to be "Innovative" and "Original." The two can't co-exist.
Mark Mehelis
Monday, August 29, 2005 3:53:28 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Unfortunately the term "Best Practices" is often used to imply a universal and singular process/solution when in fact there are often specific circumstances or environments involved that define a "Best Practice". What I object most to the use of the term "Best Practices" is their blind adoption without understanding the "why". If someone is adament upon implementing a "Best Practice" but cannot explain why other than to say 'this is what everyone else is doing' or 'such and such said it was a "Best Practice"' then you are in trouble. "Best Practices" help to codify experience but should not be an excuse for not needing to think.
Mark
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