Image showing the Federal Plan Development Process (FPDP). FPDP consists of 5 phases—Phase 1: Understand the Situation, Phase 2: Determine Goals and Objectives, Phase 3: Plan Development, Phase 4: Plan Preparation and Review, and Phase 5: Refinement and Execution.

• In Phase 1: Understand the Situation, there are two steps-Initiate Preparations of Planning, and Conduct Research.
• In Phase 2: Determine Goals and Objectives, there are two steps—Information Analysis and COA Development.
• In Phase 3: Plan Development, there are three steps—COA Analysis, COA Comparison, and COA Approval.
• In Phase 4: Plan Preparation and Review, there are three steps—Plan Preparation, Plan Review, Plan Approval & Dissemination.
• In Phase 5: Refinement or Execution, there are two steps—Plan Refinement (Contingency) and Plan Execution (Crisis Action).