A Project as awhole from inception to Delivery is an Eight 
Step Process. Broadly they are
Proposing , Planning, analysing, Designing, Building, 
Testing, Implementing, Maintainenece

In Brief Proposing is a Four step Process, Defining initial 
Planning document with subheads of Introduction, Business 
Proble,Current Tech Environment and Technical Architecture.

Then comes Palnning with almost 6 subheads: Define the 
scope , Business Oppurtunity, Indetify stake Holeder 
requirements , Scope constraints, Sponsor , Indetify 
Project Team and Develop a Plan.

Analysing is what is broadly into Business flow, 
constraints 

Designing is four step Intial design with expert review 
followed by Detailed Design and review.

Building includes H/W environment, Security, Tech Arch 
etc.......

Testing - Unit testing followed by Integrating test and 
system tests.

Implelemting and Maintanace