The UK government recognised very early on the significance of best practice and created initiatives to identify efficient, successful and reliable approaches to various management disciplines. The Cabinet Office, part of Her Majesty's Government (HMG), has played a vital role in developing methodologies, processes and frameworks, and establishing these as best practice. These include ITIL, which is now the most widely accepted approach to service management in the world, PRINCE2, a world leading project management methodology, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), Management of Risk (M_o_R), Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O), Management of Portfolios (MoP), Management of Value (MoV) and the Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3).
To support its Best Practice guidance, the Cabinet Office created an innovative and successful arrangement with TSO (as official publisher) and APM Group (as official accreditor). This provides Best Practice users with high quality publications, training, qualification schemes and consultancy services. Through the provision of official accreditation and publishing services, the partners can ensure that quality assured products and services are readily available and easily identified in the ever-expanding best practice marketplace.
For more information visit: www.best-management-practice.com.
TSO (The Stationery Office) has 200 years experience of providing publishing and information solutions to the public sector. It specialises in the creation, production and distribution of information in print, online and electronic formats. TSO is Britain's largest publisher by output, publishing 15,000 printed and electronic products each year.
TSO has a long history of working with the Cabinet Office and is the only official publisher of its Best Practice Guidance, managing various refresh projects on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
For further information visit: www.tso.co.uk.
The APM Group Ltd is a global business providing accreditation and certification services. Through its international network of Accredited Consultancy and Training Organisations APM Group helps end users develop their professional skills and organisations improve their processes through the adoption of worldwide best practice.
The APM Group works closely with the Cabinet Office and TSO, their official publisher, in running global accreditation schemes for the Best Management Practice portfolio of products.
For further details about APM Group please visit: www.apmgroupltd.com.