Best practice

A document detailing a range of design activities and tools that support the effort to create a reliable item. The handbook may include basic procedures and approaches, resources for additional information, best practices, and lessons-learned information. Specific sets of approaches, tools, and tasks are given to guide the organization’s DFR work.

A compilation of an organization’s experiences that should be actively taken into account in future endeavors. It provides a method to avoid past mistakes or reinforce the use of best practices.

The process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time, and cost.

The liternal translation is to go and see for yourself. It means the best practice is to go see the location or process where the problem exists in order to solve the problem quickly.