The document discusses the key phases in a software development project:
1. Discovery involves researching the topic, requirements, customers, and opportunities through searching, surveying, exploring, and identifying.
2. Design determines how to develop the project through personas, card sorting, navigation wireframes.
3. Development implements the source code, templates, plugins, screenshots and prototypes.
4. Deployment prepares the completed project for delivery after going through discovery, development, and design.