The Microsoft® Solutions Framework (MSF) is a collection of models, principles, and practices that help organizations frame problems and facilitate effective creation and use of technology to solve business problems. The project management techniques advocated in MSF are based on best practices from product developers, consultants, service providers, and customers worldwide. MSF provides rigorous project guidance that is flexible enough to be adapted to meet the needs of the project and the organization. The core building blocks for this MSF-based solutions guidance are the six major MSF models: the Enterprise Architecture Model, the Team Model, the Process Model, the Risk Management Model, the Design Process Model and the Application Model. MSF exposes critical risks, important planning assumptions and key interdependencies required for successfully planning, building, and managing a technology infrastructure or a business solution.