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Core Practice – Standards for SMBs
With the alphabet soup of IT Frameworks, it is easy for small and medium businesses to get overwhelmed or confused. Getting a consultant on-board early helps, but it is difficult to get good consultants who can interpret the frameworks in a way that is suitable for the size of the organizations.
Most consultants assume unlimited resources are available (they call it “management commitment!”) for implementing a framework.
The clamour to become certified has reached levels where it has become a sort of polluted noise. In the midst of this chest thumping, a group of people chose to help people regain their sanity. Core Practice (CoPr), pronounced as Copper, is a set of minimum standards, that small and medium businesses can implement across the organizations, while choosing to go for higher levels in core business areas.
According the Core Practice guys, not everyone needs the gold standard in all the areas. Copper is good enough in non-essential areas. Copper does not mean you are unruly or indisciplined – it just means you don’t put a lot of controls and processes in those areas. This is quite similar to the Continuous model of the CMMI, where you an choose to be at different levels in different processes.
The Core Practice team is looking for people to join and help the Institute of Core Practice (IoCP) enrich the community with implementation experience. There are also some resources you can go through before joining.
Core Practice (http://www.corepractice.org)
