Index[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] satisfied stakeholders schedule constraints scheduling and planning risks accepting risks avoiding risks contingency exposure reduction goals inputs mitigation outputs research risk action planning risk action plans risk planning activities risk scheduling activities transferring risks updated master risk list updated project schedules and plans scheduling process scope assessing risk constraints managing project trade-offs overview project trade-off matrix project trade-off triangle Security Plan 2nd selecting and preparing project teams accountability adapting to change agility empowering team members foundational principles overview fundamentals overview Governance Model incremental value individual knowledge and experience investing in quality learning from experiences managing readiness continuously measuring skills and goals open communications overview partnering with customers Project Structure Document readiness gaps as risks Readiness Management Discipline overview Readiness Management Process [See Readiness Management Process] readiness planning shared responsibility shared vision Team Model sequence diagram service-oriented architecture (SOA) shared responsibility overview readiness risk management solution delivery life cycles team building shared vision defining overview readiness risk management solution delivery life cycles team building single site for teams Situational Leadership Model small teams 2nd SOA (service-oriented architecture) Solution Architecture functional area solution definitions acceptance criteria architectural design strategy conceptual understanding customer acceptance criteria finding requirements high-level requirements operations acceptance criteria overview 2nd problems and opportunities shared vision solution design strategies technical design strategy user acceptance criteria user profiles writing requirements solution deliveries administratively closing projects checkpoints overview closing down projects overview customer acceptance customer satisfaction surveys defining project charters deliverable acceptance procedure goals improving processes and procedures interim checkpoints key deliverables kickoff logistics major checkpoints ongoing guidance operations acceptance overview project closeout reports project completion overview project kickoffs overview project reviews ramping down teams success criteria team focus tracking and reporting status user acceptance solution delivery environments [See also solution delivery life cycles] assessing challenges overview business environments corporate culture costs identifying opportunities internal governance legacy solutions optimizing constraints overview organizational structure overcoming challenges overview 2nd people challenges process process and procedure challenges quality risk schedule scope skills team chemistry team morale effect on life cycle technology technology challenges tools solution delivery life cycles [See also solution delivery environments] accountability adapting adapting to change agility amount of governance compared to project life cycles delivering as soon as possible empowering team members foundational principles overview fundamentals overview Governance Model [See Governance Model] implementation incremental value investing in quality learning from experiences MSF vs. MOF open communications overview partnering with customers shared responsibility shared vision team morale effect two frameworks two parts solution deployments checkpoints overview core solution components deployed deployment completed deployment mechanisms deployment resources deployment stabilized goals installation approach interim checkpoints key deliverables major checkpoints overview performing deployments period between deployment stabilized and completed preparing for deployments production environment overview quiet period site deployments completed stabilizing deployments success criteria team focus training during deployments transitioning to operations and support solution planning checkpoints overview development environment functional specifications goals how to build [See how to build] interim checkpoints key deliverables major checkpoints master project plan master project schedule overview preparing supporting environments project plans approval research environment staging environment success criteria supporting environments checkpoint team focus technology validation test environment training environment what to build [See what to build] when to build [See when to build] solution stabilization 1st through nth functional testing assessment overview capacity testing checkpoints overview concluding pilot testing conducting pilot testing defining done deployment testing disaster recovery testing functional testing getting done goals integration testing interim checkpoints issue convergence issue log cleared key deliverables major checkpoints overview performance testing pilot completed pilot testing focus pilot testing goals pilot testing overview predicting done preparing for pilot testing preproduction testing regression testing release candidate 1 through n release readiness approved release testing success criteria system testing 2nd team focus usability testing user acceptance testing user interfaces stabilized solutions abstract vs. specific building [See building solutions] definitions [See solution definitions] deliveries [See solution deliveries] delivery environments [See solution delivery environments] delivery life cycles [See solution delivery life cycles] deployments [See solution deployments] perspective planning [See solution planning] quality goals [See quality goals] roles stabilization [See solution stabilization] specific vs. abstract solutions Stabilize Track 1st through nth functional testing assessment overview capacity testing checkpoints overview concluding pilot testing conducting pilot testing defining done deployment testing disaster recovery testing functional testing getting done goals integration testing interim checkpoints issue convergence issue log cleared key deliverables major checkpoints overview performance testing pilot completed pilot testing focus pilot testing goals pilot testing overview predicting done preparing for pilot testing preproduction testing regression testing release candidate 1 through n release readiness approved release testing success criteria system testing system testing overview team focus usability testing user acceptance testing user interfaces stabilized stabilizing deployments stabilizing solutions 1st through nth functional testing assessment overview capacity testing checkpoints overview concluding pilot testing conducting pilot testing defining done deployment testing disaster recovery testing functional testing getting done goals integration testing interim checkpoints issue convergence issue log cleared key deliverables major checkpoints overview performance testing pilot completed pilot testing focus pilot testing goals pilot testing overview predicting done preparing for pilot testing preproduction testing regression testing release candidate 1 through n release readiness approved release testing success criteria system testing system testing overview team focus usability testing user acceptance testing user interfaces stabilized Staffing Plan 2nd staging environment stakeholders Envision Track Product Management Advocacy Group status tracking and reporting success criteria Build Track Deploy Track Envision Track Governance Track Plan Track Stabilize Track support for this book supporting environments development environment interim checkpoints preparing research environment staging environment test environment training environment surveys swim lanes system testing capacity testing deployment testing disaster recovery testing integration testing overview performance testing release testing System Testing functional area |