There's formal processes for formulating ideas. Loosely described as "the creative process" or "design thinking" which to me largely mimic the Waterfall develop

There's formal processes for formulating ideas. Loosely described as "the creative process" or "design thinking" which to me largely mimic the Waterfall development process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking#Design_thinking_as_a_process_for_problem-solving http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking#Design_thinking... I don't see discussion style sites like hn or reddit being successful at coordinating something like that. At least explicitly. It feels more like a punt. As if provided you can get enough people looking at something, magically it will work itself out.