The GIF evaluation process includes nine specific steps that are organized into four main activities:

• D — Defining the work

• M — Managing the process

• P — Performing the work

• R — Reporting the work.

Each step is primarily associated with one of these activities. The nine steps are thoroughly explained in Figure 9.4 and the accompanying text below. Clearly, some level of management is associated with each step. Reporting cannot all be done at the end, but must be generated as the work progresses; thus, the process is iterative, and sometimes the steps are concurrent. Note that the steps in the process are numbered in the order they are first performed (as shown in Figure 9.4), but grouped for discussion under the four main activity areas described above.