THE NOT SO CIRCLE OF DESIGN

The process of design is so varied from person to person, is there a fundamental process to design?  Like life, is there a circle of design?  

Being creative is called a number of things, a skill, a gift, a character trait, ect. For each person the process of being creative cannot be the same, just as the act of being creative is just a varied.  Even the end result is varied in the creative world.  A logical thought is that the goal of all design is a complete or finished project.  Although, for many creatives the process of exercising a creative thought is the goal.  Not all processes must make universal sense, but they must make us critically evaluate the results, whatever they may be.