Microsoft Solutions Framework Essentials: Building Successful Technology Solutions

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major checkpoints

     Build Track

     Deploy Track

     Envision Track

     Governance Model

     Governance Track

     Plan Track

     Stabilize Track

managing risks

     accountability

     across portfolio of projects

     adapting to change

     agility

    analyzing risks [See analyzing and prioritizing risks]

     constraints

     continuous assessment

    controlling risks [See controlling risks]

     creating risk management culture

     empowering team members

     foundational principles overview

    identifying risks [See identifying risks]

     incremental value

     inherent nature of risk

     integrating in project life cycles

     investing in quality

     learning from experiences

    learning from risks [See learning from risks]

     number of risks

     open communications 2nd

     overview

     partnering with customers

    planning [See planning and scheduling risks]

    prioritizing risks [See prioritizing and analyzing risks]

     proactive risk management

    reporting risk status [See reporting and tracking risk status]

     risk identification

     risk management discipline

     risk management planning

    Risk Management Process [See Risk Management Process]

    scheduling risks [See scheduling and planning risks]

     shared responsibility

     shared vision

     specifying and managing risks

     throughout projects

    tracking risk status [See tracking and reporting risk status]

Marketing/Corporate Communications functional area

master project plans

     Benefit Analysis Plan

     Budget Plan 2nd

     Capacity Plan 2nd

     Change Enablement Plan 2nd

     Change Management Plan 2nd

     Communications Plan

     Configuration Management Plan 2nd

     Deployment Management Plan 2nd

     Disaster Recovery Plan 2nd

     Integrated Master Schedule

     Integration Management Plan 2nd

     Knowledge Management Plan 2nd

     organizational plan

     overview

     Performance Management Plan

     Pilot Plan 2nd

     procurement plan

     Purchasing and Facilities Plan 2nd

     Quality Management Plan

     Readiness Plan 2nd

     Risk and Issue Management Plan 2nd

     Roles and Responsibilities document

     Security Plan 2nd

     Staffing Plan 2nd

     Test Plan 2nd

     Training Plan 2nd

master project schedule

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

mindsets

     business value

     delivering on commitments

     good citizenship

     learning continuously

     overview 2nd 3rd

     pride in workmanship

     qualities of service (QoS)

     solution perspective

     team of peers

models

    Governance Model [See Governance Model]

     overview

     Process Model

    Team Model [See Team Model]

MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework)

Moore's Technology Adoption Life Cycle

motivated teams

MSF Build Track

     checkpoints overview

     closing issues

     coverage testing

     executing project plans

     goals

     interim checkpoints

     issue tracking and remediation overview

     issue-tracking process

     major checkpoints

     overview

     prioritizing and assigning issues

     reporting issues

     resolving issues

     retiring issues

     scope complete

     solution issues vs. project issues

     success criteria

     team focus

     testing overview

     types of tests

MSF Deploy Track

     checkpoints overview

     core solution components deployed

     deployment completed

     deployment mechanisms

     deployment resources

     deployment stabilized

     goals

     installation approach

     interim checkpoints

     key deliverables

     major checkpoints

     overview

     performing deployments

     period between deployment stabilized and completed

     preparing for deployments

     production environment overview

     quiet period

     site deployments completed

     stabilizing deployments

     success criteria

     team focus

     training during deployments

     transitioning to operations and support

MSF Envision Track

     assessing risk

     checkpoints overview

     core team organized

    defining solutions [See defining solutions]

     goals

     identifying stakeholders

     interim checkpoints

     key deliverables

     major checkpoints

     managing project trade-offs

     overview

    preparing project teams [See preparing and selecting project teams]

     prioritizing stakeholders

     project trade-off matrix

     project trade-off triangle

     review and change overview

    selecting project teams [See selecting and preparing project teams]

     solution scope overview

     stakeholders overview

     success criteria

     team focus

     traceability

     understanding key stakeholders

     vision and scope approval

     vision and scope baselined

     vision/scope document

MSF foundational principles

     accountability

     adapting to change

     agility

     causes of project failure

     empowering team members

     incremental value

     investing in quality

     learning from experiences

     open communications

     overview 2nd 3rd

     partnering with customers

    readiness [See foundational principles for readiness]

    risk management [See foundational principles for risk management]

     shared responsibility

     shared vision

    solution delivery life cycles [See foundational principles for solution delivery life cycles]

    team building [See foundational principles for team building]

MSF Governance Model [See also MSF Governance Track]

     baseline early, freeze late

     change control

     check-in

     checkpoint reviews

     checkpoints overview

     configuration management

     creating incremental release strategy

     creating living documents

     cycling through iterations rapidly

     daily builds

     delivering core functionality first

     enactment tracks

     Governance Track

     interim checkpoints

     iteration

     iterative approach fundamentals

     iterative approach overview

     major checkpoints

     overview 2nd

     prioritizing using risk-driven scheduling

     readiness

     swim lanes

     tracks overview

     versioned releases overview

     work streams

MSF Governance Track [See also MSF Governance Model]

     administratively closing projects

     checkpoints overview

     closing down projects overview

     customer acceptance

     customer satisfaction surveys

     defining project charters

     deliverable acceptance procedure

     goals

     improving processes and procedures

     interim checkpoints

     key deliverables

     kickoff logistics

     major checkpoints

     ongoing solution delivery guidance

     operations acceptance

     overview 2nd 3rd

     project closeout reports

     project completion overview

     project kickoffs overview

     project reviews

     ramping down teams

     success criteria

     team focus

     tracking and reporting status

     user acceptance

MSF Plan Track

     checkpoints overview

     development environment

     functional specifications

     goals

    how to build [See how to build]

     interim checkpoints

     key deliverables

     major checkpoints

     master project plan

     master project schedule

     overview

     preparing supporting environments

     project plans approval

     research environment

     staging environment

     success criteria

     supporting environments checkpoint

     team focus

     technology validation

     test environment

     training environment

    what to build [See what to build]

    when to build [See when to build]

MSF Process Model

MSF Readiness Management Discipline [See also MSF Readiness Management Process]

     accountability

     adapting to change

     agility

     empowering team members

     foundational principles overview

     fundamentals overview

     Governance Model

     incremental value

     individual knowledge and experience

     investing in quality

     learning from experiences

     managing readiness continuously

     measuring skills and goals

     open communications

     overview

     partnering with customers

     readiness gaps as risks

     readiness planning

     shared responsibility

     shared vision

     Team Model

MSF Readiness Management Process [See also MSF Readiness Management Discipline]

     adding assessments to project schedules

     assessing readiness

     changing readiness

     defining readiness

     evaluating readiness

     overview

     step 1

     step 2

     step 3

     step 4

MSF Risk Management Process

     analyzing and prioritizing risks

     controlling risks

     identifying risks

     learning from risks

     overview

     planning and scheduling risks

     step 1

     step 2

     step 3

     step 4

     step 5

     step 6

     tracking and reporting risk status

MSF Stabilize Track

     1st through nth functional testing

     assessment overview

     capacity testing

     checkpoints overview

     concluding pilot testing

     conducting pilot testing

     defining done

     deployment testing

     disaster recovery testing

     functional testing

     getting done

     goals

     integration testing

     interim checkpoints

     issue convergence

     issue log cleared

     key deliverables

     major checkpoints

     overview

     performance testing

     pilot completed

     pilot testing focus

     pilot testing goals

     pilot testing overview

     predicting done

     preparing for pilot testing

     preproduction testing

     regression testing

     release candidate 1 through n

     release readiness approved

     release testing

     success criteria

     system testing

     system testing overview

     team focus

     usability testing

     user acceptance testing

     user interfaces stabilized

MSF Team Model

     advocacy groups overview

    Architecture Advocacy Group [See Architecture Advocacy Group]

     constituents

     defining solutions with roles

    Development Advocacy Group [See Development Advocacy Group]

    foundational principles [See foundational principles]

     functional areas

     fundamentals overview

     organization charts

     overview 2nd

    Product Management Advocacy Group [See Product Management Advocacy Group]

    Program Management Advocacy Group [See Program Management Advocacy Group]

     project management discipline

    quality goals [See quality goals]

     readiness

    Release/Operations Advocacy Group [See Release/Operations Advocacy Group]

     roles for advocacy groups

     roles for functional areas

     size of teams

    team of advocates [See team of advocates]

     team of ambassadors

    team of quality champions [See team of quality champions]

     team of representatives

    Test Advocacy Group [See Test Advocacy Group]

    User Experience Advocacy Group [See User Experience Advocacy Group]

MSF v4 vs. MSF v3

     changed features

     enhancements

     framework

     history

     key elements

     new features

multidisciplinary teams

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