blueprint

A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

A print produced with this process.

A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

Ain't got no blueprint, just a purpose and a wrecking ball!

This demonstrated serious intent, and the result is a report that should be a blueprint for subsequent assessments when road schemes are being put forward.

To make a blueprint for.

The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.

To make a detailed operational plan for; to design or plan out.

They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.