Featurning the NDMC’s 10-step Drought Planning Process. The 10-step planning process, developed in 1991 and revised in 2000 and 2004, provides guidelines for creating a drought plan and a process to adapt the plan to any level of government or geographical setting. Reprinted from D.A. Wilhite, ed. Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues (CRC Press, 2005), pp. 93-135, by courtesy of Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.