Contact the information architect to discuss about the project, including the current content and any requirements such as any specific requirements for context-sensitive help.
Determine if any use cases are available for the project. If available, use the use cases, any project requirements/design documents, and any recent user research to help determine the content that must be developed for the release.
Review the common patterns for deliverables and map the current project content into the structure at a high level.
Look at the common topics and reusable elements available in the /Common directory in the repository to see if any element can be reused in your content.
Start developing new topics using the appropriate topic types.
Begin developing maps based on initial structures you defined, and start including the topics you create in the maps.
Identify any initial candidates for reuse in the new content, including topics or elements that you think are good candidates for common topics or elements for multiple projects.
Update or create reusable element topics (project names, application names, glossary topics, etc.) as necessary for your project.
Continue to build topics, component DITA Maps, and deliverable DITA Maps.
