I understand this is an old forum, but in effort to add to a discussion that others may benefit from I want to share a document that might also help. I found the attached standards guide on a search for a similar topic. The link is www.cms.hhs.gov/dbadmin/downloads/sqlserverstandardsandguildelines.pdf. It appears to have been developed for the US Dept of Health & Human Services CMS group. But I think its a simple plain language example of a best practices document.