# Phase 0  - Foundation

*Section: The Journey | Status: In progress | Period: Now — Month 3*

Phase 0 establishes the complete infrastructure of LES before any module development begins. Its theme: before building a system, you build the infrastructure that supports building.

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### Scope

Phase 0 covers four areas: cloud environment, version control, documentation systems, and public presence. No module code is written in this phase.

**Completed**

* Azure free account provisioned — West Europe region, €10 budget with 80% alert
* GitHub — 18 repositories created, structured, and cloned to local machine
* GitBook — 12-section documentation space live
* NikiDigitals website — six pages built, styled, and responsive
* LinkedIn professional presence activated
* Bitwarden password manager configured
* Secrets register created (`LES-SEC-000001`) and committed to GitHub
* Master context committed to GitHub
* `LES-JOUR-000001` and `LES-JOUR-000002` published

**In progress**

* AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
* GitHub Foundations Certification
* First Insights article
* Master architecture diagram

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### Phase Gate

Phase 0 closes when all checklist items are complete and reviewed in `LES-ROADMAP`. The transition to Phase 1 is recorded as a formal ADR and a phase retrospective is written and published to The Journey section.

**Phase 1 focus:** Infrastructure & Data Architecture — the complete LES data model designed before any module is built.

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* [Architecture Overview](https://app.gitbook.com/o/tbne7ZtUlyqO49hsY3QC/s/Nb5M0j365A1RgeUSUy4w/03-architecture/architecture-overview)
* [Governance Framework Overview](https://app.gitbook.com/o/tbne7ZtUlyqO49hsY3QC/s/Nb5M0j365A1RgeUSUy4w/02-project-governance/governance-framework-overview)
* **GitHub:** [github.com/NikiDigitals](https://github.com/NikiDigitals)
* **Website:** [nikidigitals.com](https://nikidigitals.com)


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