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Best Practice Guides

Generating Best Practice for the e-Business age
In today's fast changing environment, business and IT managers face uncertainty characterised by a lack of relevant, practical advice and standards to guide them through the e-Business revolution. Recognising this, NCC has created the NCC Best Practice series.

Through consultation with the membership and the wider IT user community, NCC is able to capture and define best practice across all aspects of successful e-Business deployment. The first outputs presented are an essential series of best practice guides designed to help you make the right decisions. Developed through consensus amongst senior IT professionals, the guides provide a concise yet thorough perspective of the business benefits of effective IT.

Best Practice Guides are FREE to Premium and Vendor Members on request. Please contact your account manager for more information.

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Enterprise Architecture – What to do with it once you’ve got it! This guide describes the notions of the "Minimum Essential Model" and "Progressive Development" of the Enterprise Architecture. Price £50.00 Members Price £35.00		Outsourcing Best Practice Guide The Guide is aimed at senior executives already experienced in outsourcing who wish to hone their knowledge, and those considering the promise of offshoring. Price £50.00 Members Price £35.00

Information Security Management A comprehensive guide to standards for information security management Price £50.00 Members Price £35.00		Enterprise Architecture – What to do with it once you’ve got it! (pdf) This guide describes the notions of the "Minimum Essential Model" and "Progressive Development" of the Enterprise Architecture. Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00

IT Governance This Best Practice Guide provides a high level set of business arguments for IT Governance. Price £50.00 Members Price £35.00		IT Governance (pdf) This Best Practice Guide provides a high level set of business arguments for IT Governance. Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00

Information Security Management (pdf) A comprehensive guide to standards for information security management Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00		Aligning IT With Business Strategy Documents a tangible plan for alignment of IT and business strategy, with clear, practical guidance for managing the alignment process. Price £50.00 Members Price £35.00

Enterprise Architecture - Understanding the Bigger Picture A Best Practice Guide Price £50.00 Members Price £35.00		Outsourcing Best Practice Guide (pdf) Outsourcing Best Practice Guide (pdf) The Guide is aimed at senior executives already experienced in outsourcing who wish to hone their knowledge, and .... Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00

Aligning IT With Business Strategy (pdf) Documents a tangible plan for alignment of IT and business strategy, with clear, practical guidance for managing the alignment process. Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00		Intellectual Property Rights - Protecting Your Key Assets The guide will enable you to appreciate and evaluate strategically the assets within your organisation wrapped up as Intellectual Property. Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00

Successful Change Management - A Best Practice guide for decision makers in IT Establish an organisation which has flexible and enduring change capability, together with the supporting mechanisms to make change a success. Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00		IT Skills - Recruitment and Retention The lack of skilled IT staff not only affects immediate project deliverables but also impacts competitive advantage and commercial effectiveness. Price £40.00 Members Price £25.00

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