There are many processes. Some of them call themselves software development methodologies, some don't. Some step-ones: * Make a list of use cases * Grab a sta

There are many processes. Some of them call themselves software development methodologies, some don't. Some step-ones: * Make a list of use cases * Grab a stack of 3x5 cards and start writing nouns on them * Check to see if someone else has partly or completely solved the same problem already * Write down the basic data structures associated with the problem * Identify a minimal command-line program you could write to investigate the hardest problem(s) * from __future__ import solution (or: M-x solve-problem)