Discovery:
Distribute/collect/analyze the Client Survey
Distribute/collect/address the Maintenance Survey
Collect existing marketing and research materials from the client
Identify audience demographics
Create user profile(s)
Identify the audience's technical capabilities
Identify backend programming needs
(if any exist, employ additional workflow)
Analyze your industry (see also Chapter 9)
Clarification:
Determine overall goals
Prepare a creative brief
Planning:
Set your budget
Establish a means of time tracking
Create schedules
Assign your project team
Set up a client staging site
Set up an internal team development area
Plan for user testing
Assemble your project plan
Have a kick-off meeting
Get client signatures on all documents