genealogy | Research reports

This might be old news but over the weekend I read this article by Elizabeth Shown Mills on using research reports to organize your research. I've been trying to get myself organized to write up the family history I have but I had kind of stalled. So I tried this and ponderous and tedious as it seems, it's really helping. It's giving me a place to put all the loose ends that I need to look up and all the weird little questions. I am trying to do a research report on the family group of every couple in my direct line. At least, that's what I've started. Has anyone else done this or done something similar?