• The waterfall model: Uses milestones to transition from one phase to the next
• Spiral model: Used for rapid development and continual process refinement (no milestones)

• Milestone-based planning
  • Combination of waterfall and spiral models
  • Allows for feedback and creativity

• MSF Team Model specifies six distinct roles
  • Can also include project sponsor, customer, end user, and operations

Our MSF Disciplines

• Risk management
• Readiness management
• Project management
  • Project scope
  • Change control
  • Budgeting, cost control and schedule
  • Communication
  • Vendor management

• Define and manage scope
• Identify project constraints
• Manage tradeoffs

• Establish change control
• Monitor project progress

• The project develops in smaller steps
• Each iteration is identified with specific deliverables
• The team can produce versioned releases

• Broadly describes the project goals and constraints

• Deliverables
  • Vision/scope document
  • Project structure document
  • Initial risk assessment document

• Determines what to develop and how to develop it

• Deliverables
  • Functional specifications
  • Master project plan
  • Master project schedule

• Creates the solution

• Deliverables
  • Source code
  • Executable files
  • Installation scripts
  • Configuration settings
  • Finalized functional specification
  • Performance support elements
  • Test specifications and test cases

• Integrates, loads, and tests the solution

• Deliverables
  • Final release
  • Release notes
  • Performance support
  • Test results and test tools
  • Source code and executable files
  • Project documents
  • Milestone review

• Deploys the solution

• Deliverables
  • Information systems
  • Document repository
  • Load sets
  • Configurations
  • Scripts and code
  • Project completion report