World of Warcraft CTMod Project Interview

Shacknews has conducted an interview with Tucker Smedes, one of two people responsible for the popular CTMod add-on for World of Warcraft.
Q: How much planning goes into the design of each mod?

A: I keep an ongoing MS Word document with my notes for various mods or projects, and at present time it is 11 pages long. We've had development versions of CT_RaidAssist2, CT_Timeline, CT_SuperBar, and a few other mods for months now, some over a year--but without constant development, they become stagnant. CT_RaidAssist became the most-used user modification of any game ever played, but development fell off on it, and it became outdated and error-prone. It really does become nearly a full time job to keep mods updated, and if you aren't looking to spend at least several hours a week just to make sure no bugs arise, it's very difficult.