Collaboration phases describe how needs and activities shift as a multi-stakeholder initiative matures. Problems and features are linked to phases to show when they are most relevant.
- Formation — Identifying partners, building initial interest
- Setup — Establishing governance, roles, and working agreements
- Active — Day-to-day collaboration and delivery
- Scaling — Expanding scope, adding partners, replicating
- Sustaining — Maintaining momentum, capturing learnings, ensuring continuity