General Info - Software Development Steps

First 11 steps look do-able.
1) Requirements specification
2) Research helpful libraries and frameworks
3) Technical specification
4) Prototype
5) Realistic requirements specification
6) Research helpful libraries and frameworks
7) Rewritten technical specification
8) Revised requirements specification
9) Revised technical specification
10) Start implementation. Get portions of it working
11) Release alpha, look for help
12) ?
13) Profit!!!


I would make these steps:
4) Prototype
10) Start implementation. Get portions of it working
I know what the SE textbooks say, but you have to get started, especially if it's your own personal project and you're looking to get people involved.
You must start, it's critical. Do not create a Sourceforge account. Do not create a Google Code account. Do not create or commission a website. Do not apply for an SVN account from the admins. Do not create icons. Do not gather a mountain of docs and resources. Do not attempt to specify your specifications. Do not test different IDEs, frameworks, GUIs or databases. Do not read blogs - no 'planet' blogs, no developer blogs. Do not, under any circumstance, create or commission your own blog. Do not pass Go and do not collect $200 until you have got the bloody thing going.