| About This Book | vii |
| Intended Audience | vii |
| Prerequisites | viii |
| Reference Materials | viii |
| About the CD-ROM | viii |
| Features of This Book | ix |
| The Microsoft Certified Professional Program | xx |
| Technical Support | xxv |
| CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Designing Business Solutions | 1 |
| Lesson 1: Overview of Microsoft Solutions Framework | 2 |
| Lesson 2: Phases in the MSF Process Model | 15 |
| Lesson 3: Introducing the Case Study—Adventure Works Cycles Application | 25 |
| Summary | 34 |
| Review | 35 |
| CHAPTER 2 Gathering and Analyzing Information | 37 |
| Lesson 1: Gathering Information | 38 |
| Lesson 2: Analyzing Information | 49 |
| Lesson 3: Using Modeling Notations | 57 |
| Lesson 4: Creating Use Cases and Usage Scenarios | 69 |
| Activity: Gathering and Analyzing Information | 78 |
| Summary | 81 |
| Review | 82 |
| CHAPTER 3 Envisioning the Solution | 85 |
| Lesson 1: The Envisioning Phase | 86 |
| Lesson 2: Creating a Vision/Scope Document | 91 |
| Lesson 3: Creating the Project Structure Document | 104 |
| Lesson 4: Analyzing Risks | 110 |
| Activity: Developing a Vision/Scope Document | 114 |
| Summary | 118 |
| Review | 120 |
| CHAPTER 4 Creating the Conceptual Design | 123 |
| Lesson 1: An Introduction to the Planning Phase | 125 |
| Lesson 2: An Overview of the Functional Specification | 131 |
| Lesson 3: An Overview of the Conceptual Design Process | 138 |
| Lesson 4: Building the Conceptual Design | 143 |
| Lesson 5: Optimizing the Conceptual Design | 157 |
| Activity: Analyzing Requirements | 163 |
| Summary | 165 |
| Review | 168 |
| CHAPTER 5 Creating the Logical Design | 171 |
| Lesson 1: An Overview of Logical Design | 173 |
| Lesson 2: Creating a Logical Design | 180 |
| Lesson 3: Documenting Logical Design Output | 194 |
| Lesson 4: Optimizing Logical Design | 202 |
| Activity: Identifying Objects for the Logical Design | 208 |
| Summary | 210 |
| Review | 212 |
| CHAPTER 6 Creating the Physical Design | 215 |
| Lesson 1: An Overview of Physical Design | 216 |
| Lesson 2: Physical Design Analysis | 225 |
| Lesson 3: Physical Design Rationalization | 232 |
| Lesson 4: Physical Design Implementation | 241 |
| Activity: Working on the Physical Design | 247 |
| Summary | 248 |
| Review | 250 |
| CHAPTER 7 Designing the Presentation Layer | 253 |
| Lesson 1: Basics of User Interface Design | 255 |
| Lesson 2: Designing the User Interface | 262 |
| Lesson 3: Designing User Process Components | 275 |
| Activity: Creating the User Interface | 279 |
| Summary | 281 |
| Review | 283 |
| CHAPTER 8 Designing the Data Layer | 285 |
| Lesson 1: Designing the Data Store | 286 |
| Lesson 2: Optimizing Data Access | 298 |
| Lesson 3: Implementing Data Validation | 307 |
| Activity: Creating a Data Schema | 314 |
| Summary | 315 |
| Review | 317 |
| CHAPTER 9 Designing Security Specifications | 319 |
| Lesson 1: Overview of Security in Application Development | 320 |
| Lesson 2: Planning for Application Security | 323 |
| Lesson 3: Using .NET Framework Security Features | 330 |
| Lesson 4: Designing Authorization, Authentication, and Auditing Strategies | 339 |
| Activity: Threat Modeling and Mitigation | 349 |
| Summary | 350 |
| Review | 352 |
| CHAPTER 10 Completing the Planning Phase | 355 |
| Lesson 1: Incorporating Design Considerations | 356 |
| Lesson 2: Planning for Administrative Features | 371 |
| Lesson 3: Planning for Future Phases | 375 |
| Lesson 4: Creating the Technical Specification | 381 |
| Activity: Reviewing a Test Plan and Technical Specification | 383 |
| Summary | 385 |
| Review | 388 |
| CHAPTER 11 Stabilizing and Deploying the Solution | 391 |
| Lesson 1: The MSF Stabilizing Phase | 392 |
| Lesson 2: Testing and Piloting for Stabilization | 397 |
| Lesson 3: The MSF Deploying Phase | 410 |
| Lesson 4: Deploying to a Production Environment | 412 |
| Activity: Prioritizing Bugs | 421 |
| Summary | 423 |
| Review | 424 |
| APPENDIX A Questions and Answers | 427 |
| GLOSSARY | 455 |
| INDEX | 469 |
