Business Software Design

MOC 2710: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to design Microsoft .NET-connected solutions to business problems. Students participate in activities and tutorials to gather and analyze information for designing a business solution, create vision/scope documents, create the conceptual design, logical design and physical design for a business solution,.

Modules include:

Module 1: Introduction to Designing Business Solutions
Module 2: Gathering and Analyzing Information
Module 3: Envisioning the Solution
Module 4: Creating the Conceptual Design
Module 5: Creating the Logical Design
Module 6: Creating the Physical Design
Module 7: Designing the Presentation Layer
Module 8: Designing the Data Layer
Module 9: Designing Security Specifications
Module 10: Completing the Planning Phase
Module 11: Stabilizing and Deploying the Solution

MOC 1846: Microsoft Solutions Framework Essentials

This course is designed to expose students to the key elements of the Microsoft Solutions Framework. These key elements include the MSF Team and Process models as well as the Risk Management, Project Management, and Readiness Management Disciplines. The course utilizes a combination of presentation lectures and hands-on activities geared toward utilizing the MSF to provide an improved solution strategy that can alleviate the challenges to delivering technology solutions.

Modules include:

Module 1: Introduction to the Microsoft Solutions Framework
Module 2: Building an MSF Team
Module 3: Managing Project Risks
Module 4: Establishing Your Project Life Cycle
Module 5: Starting Your Project
Module 6: Planning Your Project
Module 7: Developing Your Solution
Module 8: Stabilizing Your Solution
Module 9: Deploying Your Solution

MOC 1585: Gathering and Analyzing Business Requirements

This workshop teaches how to gather, analyze, and present business processes and requirements by developing and communicating a vision document that captures the solution goals. The workshop includes portions about modeling dynamic behavior as well as determining requirements, wants and constraints. The workshop trains on developing designs using the appropriate Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) models and processes.

Modules include:

Module 1: Course Overview
Module 2: Identifying Business Processes, Challenges, and Vision
Module 3: Characteristics of Information
Module 4: Gathering Information
Module 5: Analyzing Information: Use Cases and Usage Scenarios
Module 6: Analyzing Information: Rationalizing Information
Module 7: Presenting Information

MOC 1608: Designing Business Solutions

This workshop covers the use of Microsoft Solutions Framework models and processes to create conceptual, logical, and physical designs for a business solution. This involves learning how to select suitable technologies and architectures for solutions based on trade-off analysis, creation of baseline functional specifications, identifying attributes and relationships, and risk mitigation. Clarification on methodologies for assessing the feasibility of proposed solutions within business and technical constraints is also discussed. In addition, the workshop includes dialogue on appropriate types of user interfaces with regard to a complete business solution

Modules include:

Module 1: Course Overview
Module 2: Solution Design Using the MSF
Module 3: A Services-based Approach to Solution Design
Module 4: Business Solution Conceptual Design
Module 5: Business Solution Logical Design
Module 6: Beginning Physical Design
Module 7: Selecting Solution Technologies
Module 8: Solution Design and the Component Object Model
Module 9: Designing Solutions with Microsoft Technologies
Module 10: Completing Physical Design
Module 11: Designing the Presentation Layer
Module 12: Introduction to Functional Specifications