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The Vital Direct plan is an informal outline to how the WikiProject Vital Articles will work. It is intentionally somewhat vague. It is not being made to advocate the plan to the letter, but rather to prove that making 1000 Vital GA/FA in 10 years is possible if we want to do so. We must do it in 10 years or else the plan would stagnate. There would be no rush to complete it and thus no reason to actually accomplish the goal.
In short, the Vital Direct plan is as follows: Make two Vital GAs, one broad, one controversial. Doing so would give us a lot of experience at tackling other Vital articles, as well as giving cred to the project (similar to how the WP:MILHIST and WP:AVIATION have done in the past). Making 2 GAs would also prove that the first success is not just a fluke or hype. Improve the lead/image/layout first, then add citations to uncited statements. Only afterwards does experts' knowledge is required, which the experts would probably be noticed by a flurry of activities in the article. Lure them in and collaborate with them. Do not improve the prose – just make them readable first.
These above processes would probably take about 2-6 months if done efficiently. Then, once the group is satisfied, a simple copyedit and final check take place, then the article gets nominated for GA. If the nomination failed, improve till the last reviewer is satisfied. If the nomination is successful, well done, go out, have a drink or something, and get back to work with the other GA. The articles can be pushed all the way to FA if we want to, but it is not mandatory nor necessary. Hopefully by then these efforts would inspire other editors to take initiative and do the same.