Applied Practice

An Applied Practice is a complex task that involves the application of ideas and methods by a practitioner to a set of interrelated tasks.

AKA: Practice, Skilled Activity, Professional Practice, Technical Practice.
Context:
- It can be performed by a Practitioner (who has received specialized Education/Training).
- It can have a Technical Vocabulary.
- It can be supported by Educators.
- It can involve Accreditation Task.
- It can be associated to one or more Academic Disciplines.
Example(s):
- Computer Programming Practice, with Computer Programming Practitioners.
- Data Mining Practice, with Data Mining Practitioners.
- Data Modeling Practice, with Data Modeling Practitioners.
- Statistics Practice, with Statistics Practitioners.
- Nursing Practice, with Nursing Practitioners.
- Educational Practice, with Educational Practitioners.
- Legal Practice, with Legal Practitioners.
- Medical Practice, with Medical Practitioners.
- Engineering Practice, with Engineering Practitioners.
- Terminology Practice, with Terminologists.
- Cooking.
- Construction.
- Railway Operation.
- …
Counter-Example(s):
- Academic Discipline.
- Research Task (is a Researcher a Practitioner of Research?).
See: Practice Method, Industry, Profession.

References

(Moody & Buist, 1999) ⇒ Daniel Moody, and Anne Buist. (1999). “Improving Links Between Information Systems Research and Practice - Lessons from the Medical Profession.” In: Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Conference on Information Systems.
- In an applied discipline, research should be relevant to the needs of practice and research outputs should ultimately contribute to the development of improved practices.