Interesting inspiring blog-post:
http://nickbentleygames.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-100-10-1-method-for...
Inspiring. I usually quickly discard most ideas and just go with whatever happens to be on top of my mind when I have time to start working. Will try to use something more formalized method next time.
Also note the times he mention spending in each step. Much closer to my experience with game development than the 3 months to complete a game that was mentioned by someone in a recent thread.