Mapping the Creative Process
Dubberly Design has an incredible map of the creative process. Highlight: Discover, define, design, develop, deploy (!). In this model, the creative process is both iterative and recursive, playing out through the conversations of the participants and affected by their language, experience and values. Kind of like social media.
The original article can be found at at Dubberly Design's website and blog: A Model of the Creative Process.