GGB Seven development workstreams: feasibility and the investment case; concept, brand and menu; site, lease and the licensing route; the HACCP-ready kitchen and design package; BOQ, tender and fit-out oversight; recruitment, training and SOPs; and pre-opening and launch control. Each produces a specific deliverable and closes a specific decision gate. The licence pathway most guides describe is one thread inside the third workstream — the setup is the whole braid, and the braid is what decides whether the restaurant makes money.
From The Complete Restaurant Setup Process in Dubai — Every Workstream, in Order — the full reading, with the method behind this answer.