Standardizing Content Delivery

Last Updated September 18, 2025

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Brief Overview

The DAP Project Lifecycle broadly covers all phases from intake through post go-live. To operationalize this framework, it is recommended to add additional granularity to each phase. 

The “Plan”, “Execute & Lead”, and “Go-Live” phases together can be referred to as “Content Development.”

When to Begin

After an interested party has completed the intake process and the project opportunity has been approved, the Content Development phases of the lifecycle can be broken down further. The name of your program's sub-phases may vary, but to follow WalkMe's best practices, refer to the following. 

Note

There will be problem discovery during the intake evaluation and prioritization processes. This Problem Discovery is intended to drill down to the user workflow-level and lay the foundation for Solution Discovery & Solution Design.

Content Delivery Phases

Expand each for a definition and link to relevant resources to help your team standardize.

Kickoff

Introduction to methodology and stakeholder identification 

Resources:

  • Work with your Customer Success Manager for a Kickoff deck template

Problem Discovery

Assessing and outlining the problem, it's associated pain points, and the business impact. Includes data strategy - identifying KPIs/methods of measuring success against the outlined business objectives.

Resources:

Solution Discovery

Design and creation of the WalkMe solutions to improve the problem/pain points

Resources:

Solution Creation

Creation of the WalkMe solutions to improve the problem/pain points

Resources:

Require the following coursework of your Builder roles:

QA & Fixes

Testing the WalkMe solutions for various user scenarios and adjusting based on results; Also includes solution signoff 

Resources:

Ensure your Builders watch these 3-5m Tip Tuesday videos from the WalkMe Community:

And the following articles on troubleshooting:

UAT

Acceptance testing of the WalkMe solutions 

Go-Live

Publishing WalkMe content to a Production environment and conducting a project debrief

Tip

Consider adding a formal Hypercare phase for 2-4 weeks after go-live in which the Department/”customer” of the CoE receives more white-glove support immediately after publishing content to Production.

Post Go-Live Phases 

As one of the primary goals of standardized content delivery phases is clear expectation-setting amongst all involved in the project, the CoE should give Department stakeholders an idea of what to expect after the solution is published. 

This should be mentioned at a high level during the Kickoff, but again in more detail during a post go-live Project Debrief meeting. 

One of the most important areas of alignment around the Go-Live is post go-live content ownership. See Content Maintenance & Optimization for more information

High Priority Templates

Standardizing critical slide decks/resources allows the CoE to deliver a consistent, repeatable experience and optimizes administrative overhead time.  

Work with your WalkMe team (and downloadable DAI course resources).

Start with the following:

☐ Kickoff Call Deck 

☐ Technical Call Deck 

☐ Solution Planner (Available in DAI) with Go-Live Checklist

☐ Project Debrief Deck 

☐ Bi-Weekly Project Status Update Email Template 

Get Started 

Follow these instructions to begin formalizing:

  • Conduct an analysis on your current process.
    • What standards do you already have (even if not written down)? Are they going well? Why or why not? 
  • Outline stages of your project methodology. Define the phase through Entry Criteria, Exit Criteria, and Stage Activities (see next page for example)
  • Conduct an analysis on what templates you have for communications at each stage (e.g. Kickoff Deck, Go-Live Checklist, etc)
    • Prioritize the templates you need and assign out to your Project Lead(s) to create (Use DAI as a resource!)

Download Templates & Tools

Content Delivery Phases - SOP Template

Includes two examples in table format: 

1. High level lifecycle from intake through post go-live content maintenance (Initiate to Optimize) 

2. Deep-dive on phases during an active project (Kickoff to Hypercare)

Consider adding a flowchart for an accompanying visual representation.

Download here.

QA Governance & Sprint Integration - Checklist for Success

This is your checklist to plug WalkMe into your existing operating rhythm - no special path. It bucketizes essential questions by stakeholder (Strategy, Delivery, Change/Compliance, Enablement/Analytics, QA/Release) so we can align intake, sprint cadence, change control, and measurement in one pass.

Download here.

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