The BuyIT Best Practice Network operates at three levels to achieve its mission, to: "help organisations realise the business benefits from Information & Communications Technology by identifying and promoting best practice in e-business".



Identifying Best Practice
Thought leadership - we identify key issues in ICT and e-business, facilitate dialogue and enable informed debate for members and non-members across industry and the public sector.
Early adopter experience-sharing - the BuyIT Experience Sharing Group encourages the sharing of practical experience and identification of emerging best practice among members; this leads directly to the guideline development process.

Promoting Best Practice
Guidelines Development - members collaborate to develop and publish new guidelines and maintain currency of existing guidelines.
Publication - All BuyIT materials, including Guidelines, articles and commentaries are published on the BuyIT website

Promotion:
Networking - A key element in the success of BuyIT. There is a regular programme of networking events for members and invited senior-level guests, and we run open events to provide visibility and increase the group's influence.
Media Relations - BuyIT sources and places best practice case studies, articles and press notices in trade media, membership journals and newsletters of participating trade and professional bodies. For example, the regular series in Computer Weekly magazine.