Team Model

The Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) Team Model describes Microsoft’s approach to structuring people and their activities to enable project success. The fundamental principles of the MSF team model are:

• A team of peers with clear accountability, shared responsibility and open communications. Each role is accountable for a specific share of the quality of the overall solution.

• Advocacy for all key constituencies who must be represented on a successful software project. Every perspective is represented to provide the checks and balances that prevent errors of omission and lopsided decisions.

• Stretch to fit to the scale necessary for the specific project. Constituencies may be combined in small teams or further refined as teams scale for larger projects.