M

(The) Machine that Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production (Womack and Jones), 127

MANAGE_EVERYONE_GROUP permission, 201

managing

cost and schedule, 132–133

project scope, 130–132

vendors, 137

virtual team, 136

Managing New Product and Process Development: Text and Cases (Clark and Wheelwrite), 117

mandatory rules, 187

MATCH rule, 189

maturity levels, 214–215

Mercury, 17

@Me special parameter, 165, 172

methodology

general information, 181

reinforcing, 56

selecting, 18

metrics, 22–23

Microsoft BizTalk Server Web services, 25

Microsoft Download Center, 179

Microsoft Office InfoPath, 14

Microsoft Office Project, 82

Microsoft Office Visio, 91

Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), 3, 82

activities, 231

advocacy, 230

Agile software development, 222–223

capacity, 224

components, 224–232

core ideas, 227–228

cycles, 225–226

designing for operations, 223

entire software development cycle, 223

Envisioning track, 45–47

flow of value, 228

fostering open communications, 227

frequent delivery, 229

getting specific early, 229

governance, 224, 226

history, 222

innovations, 223–224

iterations, 44–45, 225–226

lean project management with staggered planning, 223

making deployment habitual, 228

overview, 221

partnering with customer, 227

personas, 45–46, 224

perspective on project execution, 120

pride of workmanship, 228

principles and mindsets, 226–231

project initiation, 44–47

QoS requirements, 223

qualities of service, 229

quality is everyone's business every day, 227

quality specified by customer, 228

risk management, 223

risk-management model, 37

roles, 231

Scenarios, 223

shadowing, 224

staying agile, adapting to change, 227–228

stretching to fit, 230

team model, 230

team of peers, 228, 230

team roles, 223

test thresholds, 224

tracks, 44

trustworthy transparency, 224

willingness to learn, 229

working toward shared vision, 227

work items, 232

workstreams, 45, 231

Microsoft Technology Centre, 52

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 53

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server, 202–203

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, 23, 164

Microsoft Windows workstation, 137

Mitigating Action Assigned to Me query, 164

mitigation actions, 164

Mitigation Action Status query, 164–165

Mitigation Plan, 123

mitigation tasks, 83

Mitre Corporation, 209

money management, 32–34

monitoring and controlling project work, 125–130

Monitoring and Control Process Group, 119–120

Move Down command, 196

Move Up command, 196

MSDN Web site, 222

MS-DOS 1.0 operating system, 5

MSF Agile-based projects, 95

MSF for Agile Software Developers, 69

MSF for Agile Software Development, 7, 33, 44, 69, 221

change control, 130

competitive development environments, 50

Continuous track, 46

default list of documents, 84

default work items, 182

envisioning tasks, 66–68

focus on, 52

issue flag, 135

plan as you go approach, 82

planning activities, 82

planning work streams, 85

process guidance, 55

Project Checklist work item query, 57

projects, 58

Quality of Service work item type, 49–50, 84

reports, 66

risk planning, 83

scenarios, 49, 84

task work item type, 82–83

"walking into the cloud" approach, 50

work item impeding progress, 123

work items to store requirements, 91

work products related to planning, 84

MSF for Agile Software Development process template, 14, 37, 49–50, 176

groups, 200–201

Task work item type, 191

MSF for CMMI Process Improvement, 7–8, 29, 33, 44, 69, 221

aligned with PMBOK deliverables, 84

Bug work item, 58

capturing planning information, 84

Change Request work item, 50

Customer Requirements work item query, 57

default list of documents, 84

Issues work item type, 135

Issue work items, 50

planning activities, 82

planning work streams, 85

process and planning, 51

process-improvement infrastructure, 51

reports, 51, 66

requirements, 91

Requirement work item, 50

Review work item type, 50

risk planning, 83

task work item type, 82–83

work items, 50

MSF for CMMI Process Improvement process template, 14, 20, 37, 50–51, 176

MSF process guidance, 14, 85, 120, 129–130

MSF tracks, 120

MSF Web site, 69

multitasking, 117

My Outstanding Tasks from All Projects work item query, 173

My Queries folder, 58

My Queries query list, 57, 169, 174