Microsoft® Solutions Framework Essentials

Why a "Framework"?

No single method or process optimally applies to all projects. Yet, the need for guidance exists. To compound this challenge, few technology efforts are either "pure" software development or infrastructure efforts. Accordingly, MSF was assembled to be an adaptable and scalable framework. It was thought that a framework would better enable an organization to adapt this information easily into a methodology that fits its needs—not change an organization to fit a methodology. The trade-off of this decision is that the resultant guidance is sometimes less prescriptive than what people generally expect. Microsoft recognizes this, too, and built a new suite of products to enable a project team to pick as much MSF prescriptive guidance ...