Annex 2

OGC Best Practice brands are:

Achieving Excellence in Construction
The Achieving Excellence in Construction (AEC) initiative was introduced in March 1999 by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Right Honourable Andrew Smith MP, to improve the performance of Government as a client of the construction industry. The guidance is contained within a set of 11 guides and two high-level guides. It builds on department's recent experience, supports future strategy and aligns with the OGC Gateway process.

OGC Gateway
The OGC Gateway Process examines programmes and projects at key decision points in their lifecycle it looks ahead to provide assurance that they can progress successfully to the next stage; the process is best practice in central civil government, the health sector, local government and Defence.

OGC Best Management Practice brands are:

ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)
ITIL is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world. ITIL provides a cohesive set of best practice, drawn from the public and private sectors internationally. The best practice processes promoted in ITIL support and are supported by, the British Standards Institution's standard for IT Service Management (BS15000).

PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments)
PRINCE is a generic, tailorable, simple to follow project management method.  It covers how to organise, manage and control your projects.  It is aimed at enabling you to successfully deliver the right products, on time and within budget. As a Project manager you can apply the principles of PRINCE2 and the associated training to any type of project. It will help you to manage risk, control quality and change effectively, as well as make the most of challenging situations and opportunities that arise within a project.

MSP (Managing Successful Programmes)
Programmes are different from projects in that it is their outcomes that matter, not their outputs.  Programmes are initiated to realise benefits through change, whether to do things differently, to do different things, or to do things that will influence others to change.  MSP distinguishes between Outcomes and Benefits.

M_o_R (Management of Risk)
M_o_R provides a generic framework for the management of risk across all parts of an organisation - strategic, programme, project and operational.  It incorporates all the activities required to identify and control the exposure to any type of risk, positive or negative, which may have an impact on the achievement of your organisation's business objectives.