Resource Development Life Cycle

EOWG follows a specific Resource Development Life Cycle to create and maintain our deliverables, which are called “resources”. This process is meant to ensure that resources are created and updated in a robust, consistent manner, with adequate working group review.

EOWG documents go through the following stages:

1. Requirements
2. Planning
3. Concept
4. Draft
5. Publication
6. Maintenance

Each stage's key tasks, deliverables, and milestones are outlined in the table below. The first row contains each of the six RDLC stages. Find tasks, deliverables, and EO Decision to be made in the rows below that. Click on links for more info and sample deliverables.

	Stage 1. Requirements	Stage 2. Planning	Stage 3. Concept	Stage 4. Draft	Stage 5. Publication	Stage 6. Maintenance
Task	Define Requirements	Plan Begin Outreach Plan	Develop Concept	Develop WG Draft(s) Finalize Outreach Plan	Publish Implement Outreach Plan Address Public Comments Publish V2 (if needed)	Annual Maintenance Review (Leave As Is, Update, or Retire?)
Deliverable	Requirements Document	Resource Plan Outreach Plan Outline	Resource Concept	WG Draft(s) Outreach Plan	Published Resource Completed Outreach Updated Deferred Requirements List	Maintenance Review Recommendation
EO Decision	Move to Planning?	Move to Concept?	Move to Draft?	Move to Publication?	Publish v2 (if needed) Move to Maintenance?	Approve Maintenance Review Recommendation

EO Resource Development Life Cycle Diagram