• How to Adopt the Practice Framework Architecting Practice

• Key Concepts
• Practice Framework
• Work Product Slot
• Practice Configuration

• Guidance
• Guidelines
• Sketching a Method
• Developing a Method Proof-of-Concept
• Structuring the Practice Framework Core
• Customizing Practice Framework Core Element
• Detailing Practice Framework Core
• Publishing a Practice Framework
• Reviewing Methods

This practice provides guidance for architecting a Practice Framework, including information on how to author the core elements that are shared between the Practices and Practice Configurations that will exist with the framework.  This practice enables you to develop an infrastructure that supports practice-based method authoring.

The best way to read this practice is to first familiarize yourself with its overall structure -- what it is in it and how it is organized. 

The best place to start is with the Key Concepts for the practice -- those concepts that are critical to understand in order to adopt the practice.  Once you understand the key concepts, you can turn your attention to the key capabilities provided by the practice (i.e., the Scenarios), from which you can access the applicable practice elements. You can also access the guidance provided by the practice directly, via the Guidance folder.

You may also want to review the practices Work Products and/or Tasks.  From the work products and the tasks, you can access applicable guidance -- guidelines and tool mentors associated with each task provide details of how to perform the task. Templates and checklists associated with the work products guide you in their completion and evaluation.

If you are interested in how the tasks of the practice can be assembled into processes, take a look at the provided Processes.

For information on how to adopt this practice, see How to Adopt the Practice Framework Architecting Practice.