Formulas and procedures that have proven successful in practice. In the IT world, best practices often refers to software development methodologies. See XP, RUP and Scrum.
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- Blog posts 2009-11-18
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- Webcasts 2009-11-17
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- News items 2009-11-12
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- White papers 2009-11-06
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- News items 2009-11-05
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
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- White papers 2009-11-04
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