What follows is a representative listing of best practices that may have an impact on your project.
Best Practices & Regulations

Information Technology Infrastructure Library - 'defacto industry best practice' for service management
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Building Research Establishment Environment - sets standards for best practices in sustainable building design, construction and operations
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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
Sarbanes Oxley - legislation focused on corporate financial accountablity
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DoE DCEP Program - US Department of Energy - Data Center Energy Practitioner
Reform meaure developed to strengthen the regulation supervison & risk management of the banking sector
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European Union Code of Conduct for Data Centres
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Management Standards

COBIT - is an IT governance framework and toolset that allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks
PMBOK - Project management Book of Knowledge
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PRojects IN Controlled Environments is a de facto process-based method for effective project management.
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TOGAF - The Open Group Architecture Framework
ISO/IEC 20000 - is the first international standard for IT service management.
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CMMI - Capacity Maturity Model Integration
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