Microsoft® Solutions Framework Essentials

Chapter 7. MSF Envision Track: Defining a Solution

In this chapter:

Goals

Team Focus

Key Deliverables

Key Checkpoints

Understanding Stakeholders

Selecting and Preparing a Project Team

Defining a Solution

Scoping a Solution

Establishing a Basis for Review and Change

Success Criteria for an Envision Track

An Envision Track addresses one of the most fundamental requirements for project success—unification of a project team behind a common vision. A team must have a clear vision of what it wants to accomplish and be able to state it in terms that motivate the entire team and the customer. Envisioning, by creating a high-level view of a project’s goals and constraints, is an early form of planning; it sets the stage for the more detailed planning process that ...