Microsoft Software Development Solutions Framework

Author: Maizhong Fan
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) is a summary of software development experience from Microsoft, as well as product developers, IT organizations, consultants, customers, and global partners. SMF is a practical software engineering methodology. This book introduces the three fundamental models of MSF: the Risk Management Model, the Team Model, and the Process Model; details the four software development paradigms of MSF: Enterprise Architecture Principles, Application Development Principles, Component Design Principles, and Infrastructure Deployment Principles; discusses how to use MSF to improve software process maturity, analyzes the relationship between MSF and CMM, introduces Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Extreme Programming (XP), and compares RUP, XP, and MSF. The appendix provides Microsoft-recommended MSF document templates. This book is suitable for software development professionals, senior undergraduate and graduate students in software engineering, and can also serve as a textbook for graduate students in software schools.