MSF
Microsoft Solution Framework or MSF in short :)
I actually do quite a bit of study of this back then about 3 years ago in my ex-company and found it very nice indeed. A process guideline to built and deploy your topnotch solution.
Intro ...
MSF provides proven practices for planning, building, and deploying a variety of technology solutions, combining aspects of software design and development and building and deploying infrastructure into a single project lifecycle for guiding technology solutions of all kinds. MSF helps organizations achieve a delicate balance of flexibility while meeting commitments; speed while minimizing risk....
More detail - www.microsoft.com/msf/
And today I found this post in msf newsgroup, nice resource info + MSF Practitioner exam info.
http://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/articles/MSF_Resources.aspx
FYI, I did plan to go for the exam last year.. but then again busy + lazy :)