1. Understanding the project
- Review the existing project documentation
- To understand the project's history
- Identify end-of-project objectives and deliverables
- Review or establish a hierarchy of objectives and identify higher-level project objectives
- Analyze the project
- To assess if it is will meet its higher-level objectives
- Identify and document the assumptions underlying the project
- Identify changes or errors in the assumptions
- Including technological, financial, economic, institutional, social, and environmental issues
- Determine if these changes or issues justify recommending a reappraisal of the project