Each phase leading up to the Master Plan and Detail Design is important and provides a threshold from which to make decisions that will guide future phases. This step-by-step process allows the owner and the design team to make decisions on both the design side and the economic side as the process evolves.

1. Master Plan
   Virtually all Master Plans follow this six-phase process:
1. Program Definition
2. Site Inventory
3. Site Analysis
4. Conceptual Design
5. Preliminary Master Plan
6. Master Plan
2. Detailed Design
   Virtually all detailed design follows this four-phase process:
1. Conceptual and Schematic Design
2. Design Development
3. Construction Documents
4. Construction Administration