In the first phase of Define the Project, you (and your stakeholders) analyzed the needs of your organization and your target audience and decided on appropriate solutions. You also articulated the project goals, which will guide you in the next phases of your project -- planning the project and writing the grant application.

In this phase, you will develop the components of your project plan-activities, the evaluation approach, the schedule, and the resources -- that will be the basis for your budget application.

You will be able to perform the following tasks:

plan activities that will help you develop and implement your project's solution develop an evaluation approach to determine whether your project's goals are being met create a schedule based on the activities and the evaluation approach identify and assign appropriate personnel and material resources develop a budget for your project decide on appropriate sources of funding and in-kind contributions to close any resource "gaps"