Making Core Practice for Small Business

It needs to avoid being too prescriptive.  “For large organisations with high-risk projects, serious management is required and a formalized approach is necessary. For small organisations, a more ad-hoc process is used and usually depends on the type of customers and projects, and on team leaders or managers. By implementing appropriate … processes slowly over time, using consensus to reach agreement on processes and adjusting as the organisation grows and matures, productivity is improved. At the same time, attempts are made to keep processes simple and efficient, minimize paperwork, promote computer-based processes and automated tracking and reporting, minimize time required in meetings and promote training.”(ref 0.11.15) 

In order to avoid stifling creativity in SMEs, we allow a little informality in the derived processes: Core Practice is about introducing vision and focus, and a systematic structure, not red tape.