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Microsoft Solutions Framework

White Paper

Published: December 10, 1999

Microsoft Solutions Framework

Overview White Paper

Contents

Microsoft Solutions Framework 4

The “Plan & Build” Phase 4

Enterprise Services Framework 4

Evolution of MSF 5

The Origins of MSF 5

MSF Today 6

MSF Models Overview—Risk Management, Team, and Process 8

The Three Core MSF Models 8

The MSF Risk Management Model 8

Introduction to the MSF Risk Management Model 8

Characteristics of Risk 8

Principles of Successful Risk Management 8

MSF Proactive Risk Management 9

Risk Management Strategies 10

Steps of the MSF Risk Management Process 10

Risk Assessment Document 11

The MSF Team Model 12

Introduction to the MSF Team Model 12

MSF Team Model Principles 12

MSF Team of Peers 13

The Six Team Goals for Success 14

Team Roles 15

Scaling the MSF Team Model 19

Applying the MSF Team Model 19

The MSF Process Model 21

Introduction to Process Models 21

Applying the MSF Process Model 22

Applying the MSF Process Model to an Enterprise Architecture Project 22

Applying the MSF Process Model to an Application Development Project 23

Applying the MSF Process Model to an Infrastructure Deployment Project 25

Principles of the MSF Process Model 26

MSF Models for Enterprise Architecture and Component Design 29

Overview 29

BAIT Model for Enterprise Architecture 30

Introduction 30

Four Perspectives, One Architecture—The BAIT Model 30

Business Perspective 31

Application Perspective 31

Information Perspective 32

Technology Perspective 32

The MSF Component Design Model 33

The MSF Design Process Continuum 33

Conceptual Design 33

Logical Design 33

Physical Design 34

Relationship with the MSF Process Model 34

Conceptual Design in the Process Model 34

Logical Design in the Process Model 35

Physical Design in the Process Model 35

The MSF Application Model 35

Three-Tiered Model 35

User Services 36

Business Services 36

Data Services 37

Benefits of Service-based Applications 37

MSF at the Speed of Internet Time 38

Versioned Releases at the Speed of the Web 38

The MSF Team Model and the Web 38

The MSF Process Model and the Web 39

Other MSF Models and the Web 41

MSF and Application Hosting 41

Application Hosting vs. Outsourcing 41

MRF, MSF, MOF: How the Frameworks Work Together 42

Overview 42

MSF and MRF 43

MSF and MOF 43

Next Steps 45

Where to Find More Information 45

Appendix 46

Additional Information 46

Courses 46

Web Sites 46

Glossary 47

Microsoft Solutions Framework

The “Plan & Build” Phase

This paper provides an overview of Microsoft® Solutions Framework (MSF), which is the “plan & build” phase within Microsoft’s Enterprise Services Framework (ESF). This paper outlines the purpose of MSF and introduces the key models that underpin MSF. It is intended to assist information technology (IT) managers, developers, and engineers to assess the appropriateness of MSF for their organization and indicate how they may gain a deeper understanding of MSF if they decide to take their interest further.

Enterprise Services Framework

ESF is made up of three “sub-frameworks,” each targeted at different, but integral, phases in the life cycle of providing world-class information technology to the enterprise. This specialization allows each framework to provide useful and detailed information on the people, processes, and technologies required to succeed in these areas. In addition to MSF, the other two sub-frameworks that complete Microsoft’s Enterprise Services Framework are the Microsoft Readiness Framework (MRF) and the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF). The Enterprise Services Framework is depicted in the following diagram (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Enterprise Services Framework

Microsoft Readiness Framework, the “prepare” phase of ESF, offers a structured approach to reliably and efficiently

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