MSF Agile Frame (Workstreams and Key Activities) - J.D. Meier's Blog - Site Home

When I review an approach, I find it helpful to distill it to a simple frame so I can get a bird's-eye view. For MSF Agile, I found the most useful frame to be the workstreams and key activities. According to MSF, workstreams are simply groups of activities that flow logically together and are usually associated with a particular role. I couldn't find this view in MSF Agile, so I created one:

Workstream	Role	Key Activities
Capture Project Vision	Business Analyst	Write Vision Statement; Define Personas; Refine Personas
Create a Quality of Service Requirement	Business Analyst	Brainstorm quality of Service Requirements; Develop Lifestyle Snapshot; Prioritize Quality of Service Requirements List; Write Quality of Service Requirements; Identify Security Objectives
Create a Scenario	Business Analyst	Brainstorm Scenarios; Develop Lifestyle Snapshot; Prioritize Scenario List; Write Scenario Description; Storyboard a Scenario
Guide Project	Project Manager	Review Objectives; Assess Progress; Evaluate Test Metric Thresholds; Triage Bugs; Identify Risk
Plan an Iteration	Project Manager	Determine Iteration Length; Estimate Scenario; Estimate Quality of Service Requirements; Schedule Scenario; Schedule Quality of Service Requirement; Schedule bug Fixing Allotment; Divide Scenarios into Tasks; Divide Quality of Service Requirements into Tasks
Guide Iteration	Project Manager	Monitor Iteration; Mitigate a Risk; Conduct Retrospectives
Create a Solution Architecture	Architect	Partition the System; Determine Interfaces; Develop Threat Model; Develop Performance Model; Create Architectural Prototype; Create Infrastructure Architecture
Build a Product	Developer	Start a Build; Verify a Build; Fix a Build; Accept Build
Fix a Bug	Developer	Reproduce the Bug; Locate the Cause of a Bug; Reassign a Bug; Decide on a Bug Fix Strategy; Code the Fix for a Bug; Create or Update a Unit Test; Perform a Unit Test; Refactor Code; Review Code
Implement a Development Task	Developer	Cost a Development Task; Create or Update a Unit Test; Write Code for a Development Task; Perform Code Analysis; Perform a Unit Test; Refactor Code; Review Code; Integrate Code Changes
Close a Bug	Tester	Verify a Fix; Close the Bug
Test a Quality of Service Requirement	Tester	Define Test Approach; Write Performance Tests; Write Security Tests; Write Stress Tests; Write Load Tests; Select and Run a Test Case; Open a Bug; Conduct Exploratory Testing
Test a Scenario	Tester	Define Test Approach; Write Validation Tests; Select and Run a Test Case; Open a Bug; Conduct Exploratory Testing
Release a Product	Release Manager	Execute a Release Plan; Validate a Release; Create Release Notes; Deploy the Product

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