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Navigating Ops in a Box

Our process is separated into phases, milestones, steps, and tasks.

Phases

The DORIS process contains seven phases:

1:: Project Launch

2 :: Project Orientation

3 :: Challenge Seeking

4 :: Challenge Defining

5 :: Solution Seeking

6 :: Solution Defining

7 :: Project Conclusion

Milestones

MilestonesThe makephases are made up theof phases.unique Milestonesmilestones, which include activities (likesuch as meetings and data collection) and deliverables like the ProjectChallenging BasicsDefining document. Each phase has unique milestones.

Steps

Within each part, a cycle of steps is used to organize tasks. These steps always occur in the same order and must be taken consecutively. However, not every milestone will include tasks in all four steps.

1. Start

Establish the strategy for the milestone.

2. Plan

Prepare all the resources you need to be able to do the milestone.

3. Execute

Conduct the milestone.

4. Monitor

Monitor for quality assurance. The monitor step runs concurrently with execution.

5. Finish

Finish the milestone so you can move on to the next milestone.

Tasks

Finally, within each step,milestone, there are tasks. Each task is a piece of work to be done or undertaken. Each task has its own page with the task's purpose, interdependencies, who is responsible for completing the task, step-by-step directions, and links to resources like templates.