This glossary supports the following titles:
SOA: Principles of Service Design (ISBN: 01323 44823, Prentice Hall)
Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design (ISBN: 0131858580, Prentice Hall)
Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML & Web Services (ISBN: 0131 428985, Prentice Hall)
For more information about this book series, visit: www.soabooks.com
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best practice
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A best practice is generally considered a technique or approach to solving or preventing certain problems. It is usually a practice that has industry recognition and has emerged from past industry experience.
Figure: Best practices provide guidance in the form of general “lessons learned.” In the example, it is suggested that the on-going maintenance of reusable solution logic units from all applications fall under a single custodian.
How then is a best practice differentiated from a design principle? In this book series we make a clear distinction in that a design principle is limited to design only. A best practice can relate to anything from project delivery to organizational issues, governance, or process. A design principle could be considered a best practice associated only with solution design.
See also:
- design characteristic
- design paradigm
- design pattern
- design pattern language
- design principle
- design standard
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