Microsoft Solutions Framework Essentials: Building Successful Technology Solutions

With all this envisioning and scoping, how does a team know if they have accomplished their mission of envisioning a solution? Have they done enough? Have they done too much when less would have been sufficient? Well, here are a few commonly observed success indicators:

• Agreement with stakeholders and team has been obtained on the following points:

  • Project motivation

  • Solution vision

  • Solution scope

  • Conceptual solution

  • Conceptual architecture

  • Project team and structure

  • Technical design strategy

• Constraints and goals have been documented.

• Initial risk assessments have been done.

• Change control and configuration management processes have been established.

• Sponsor(s) and/or key stakeholders have signed off.