How we D.E.L.I.V.E.R. digital projects

This project management lifecycle framework was developed by a consortium of twenty five of some of the best Digital Project Managers in the world with combined experience of over 150 years. Actually, no it wasn’t. I made it up last night.

How we D.E.L.I.V.E.R™ digital projects

Discover

Initial discovery phase to scope simple requirements.

Experiment

Create tests to validate assumptions made in the Discover phase.

Launch plan

Using the results of the Experiment phase, develop a Launch plan that includes more detailed scoping of the requirements, benefits, impact, budget, resources, timescales, risk, etc and has Implementation, Verification, and Evaluation criteria.

Implement

Launch the project.

Verify

Monitor the implementation to verify that it is performing as expected and make changes as required.

Evaluate

Evaluate the project against

Report

Report on the successes and failures of the project

Acronyms are easier to remember, the seven headings are general enough that lots of things can fit under them, it encourages an experiment/testing approach, and has (kind of) logical steps in managing a project.