The first step in planning your project is conducting a Needs Assessment to determine exactly what problem you are solving. During the Needs Assessment, your project may begin building momentum as you identify the problems, causes, and possible solutions.

Use The Basics of A Needs Assessment as a guideline for conducting your Needs Assessment.

The next steps might include:

• Building your team of individuals who will help define the solution and solve the problem.
• Developing the best solution to address the identified problem(s)
• Forming a plan to implement the solution, including a budget and timeline

Suggest further steps such as fundraising, garnering community support, and creating a guiding coalition will help guide the project during implementation.

Final steps include a stakeholder retrospective meeting to determine what went well, and what didn't.

And finally, the very last step is CELEBRATION!