Here's a couple articles that I'm going to study of the next week or so: Understanding XP through FDD: [An] attempt to understand Extreme Programming (XP) better by studying Feature-Driven Development (FDD). When reading about FDD, you sometimes get the feeling that it is very close to XP. For example, features in FDD and user stories in XP have much in common. But as you read more, you realize that the two approaches are fundamentally different, that they are based on different assumptions.
Here is the corresponding discussion about Understanding XP through FDD on www.featuredrivendevelopment.com
One comment that interested me was:
"My view of FDD, having run 13 projects with it in the last 4 years, is
that it becomes truly effective at 10 people. Well below 10 people e.g.
4 people it is problematic and cumbersome."
So there's another factor in choosing a methodology. The size of the
team.
Here's another book with a chapter on FDD that looks interesting: Java Modeling in Color with UML: Enterprise Components and Process
Posted by stuartcw at March 13, 2003 10:17 AM