The document outlines a 7 phase process for developing a MEAN stack application: 1) setup the server with NodeJS and ExpressJS, 2) setup the MongoDB database, 3) plan the user interface, 4) build the UI with AngularJS, 5) build the schema in MongoDB, 6) build API routes with ExpressJS and NodeJS, and 7) integrate with AngularJS to view the working application.