Best practices, methods or procedures

'It is possible to identify a best practice that has been achieved after benchmarking, when several comparable companies have exchanged views to find the best of this group. With the orientation towards "best practice", the weaker companies want to measure and evaluate their own services, products, projects, methods and systems with the practicable standards of the others and, if necessary, improve them by setting new goals.

The prerequisite for success is to completely transfer the process structure from the best-practice company. This is why half-hearted changes fail. Anyone who boasts of being a "best practice company" wants to draw attention to their exemplary working methods and quality as determined by external parties.' (Wikipedia)