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The process below was used to develop a viable plan for the creation of Indiana Online, an electronic encyclopedia of the state.  (Click on the individual steps for a full description of each section.)  The planning process culminated  in a series of planning documents and a grant proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Step One: Understanding the Vision and Promises Step Two: Creating an Advisory Network and Developing a Communications Strategy Step Three: Testing and Refining the Vision: Purpose, Scope, Audiences Step Four: Assessing Digital (and Other) Information Resources Step Five: Defining Content and Functionality Step Six: Establishing the Governance and Management Structure Step Seven: Defining the Editorial Process Step Eight: Developing the Technology Plan Step Nine: Framing the Implementation Plan Step Ten: Preparing the Demonstration Prototype Step Eleven: Creating the Business Plan © This work may not be used in any form without express written permission from The Polis Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and the Indiana Humanities Council.