The 4 stages of any significant project (like building a website)
D.O.I.T is a simplified process for the different stages of building a website: Discovery, Organization, Implementation, and Testing. It’s meant to be easy to remember and support you in bringing some ease and order through an endeavor without feeling like you’re stuck in the weeds. Below you’ll find a brief explanation of each stage along with suggestions on how to follow each step that may support in keeping moving.
The D.O.I.T. process can also be used for planning any sub-projects that come up that require the gathering of ideas and material and getting to work.
Discovery:
Collect everything you want that may apply to this project.
Suggestions:
- Decide where you are on the E(P) Matrix and where you want to go next.
- Begin with E.M.I.T. — and if you wish, W.O.W. yourself.
- Consider Essential A-F.
- Gather everything else you’ve got that may apply.
Organization:
Organize everything that’s been collected, create projects, and prioritize.
Suggested Steps:
- Take everything you’ve got and divide them into:
Definite Keepers (we’ll be using these);
Someday/Maybe (stash these);
Trash (just get rid of these, they’re in the way); - Organize the Keepers into Logical Groups or Projects.
- Prioritize the projects into Now / Later / Someday
Implementation:
Crush out the Now Projects with the best resources you’ve got (or can pick up):
Suggestion:
Choose 1 – 3 projects as prioritized above. Continue keeping up to 3 projects going until satisfied.
Testing:
Test the projects against your chosen criteria.
Suggestion:
Test against the targets created in E.M.I.T. and Essential A-F.
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