Merge pull request #28 from open-austin/luqmaan-patch-1

Add project stages

README.md

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 # Open Austin Project Ideas
 
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-### TL;DR (too long; didn't read)
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 #### [:bulb: Browse and Discuss the Ideas :bulb:](https://github.com/open-austin/project-ideas/issues)
 #### [:star2: Propose a New Project Idea :star2:](https://github.com/open-austin/project-ideas/issues/new)
 #### [:floppy_disk: View List of our Active/Achieved Projects :floppy_disk:](http://www.open-austin.org/hack-team/projects)
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 **Status (in progress, pie-in-the-sky)**
 
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+### Project Stages
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+Code for America has released some official project stages:
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+- Experiment - Explore the problem/idea. Have lots of these.
+- Alpha - Solve one person's problem
+- Beta - More users
+- Official - Impact
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+More details about these stages are available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z33SXl78c3UlO2VOA9SjXTVMHdY9ogjMJBLB6SMN7j0/edit#slide=id.gbb3e3eab5_0_141. This includes outlining what a brigade is expected to do at each stage and what Code for America can do