Pretension is a great way to lose respect of your peers. As my friend Brad has commented:
“If he were only half as good as he thinks he is, he would be a great developer.”
Brad likes to emphasize the idea of negative ability: that quality that allows one to say “I don't know”. You can never reach your potential if you think you know it all and are always right.
This discussion relates to this issue. As does this study summarized here.
Synonym: Incompetence
Update: Link to MSF 4.0 Intro.
Update: Lorenzo Barbiari has a great list of MSF 3.0 resources here. Also before jumping into this too deeply, remember that Visual Studio Team System will include MSF 4.0, so hold on to your hat.
I used Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) on a project nine years ago and referenced it in a process improvement effort six years ago, but haven't kept up with it. Now in it's third version (3.1 to be exact), it's changed a lot.
Here's a link to their home page and a nice overview white paper.
I found herveyw's “Zero Bug Bounce” there:
For reference here's RUP and SEI's CMM and Team Software Process (TSP). I'm telling ya, SEI could really use some marketing help.