Feature Driven Development

Hi to everyone, Do you think is possible to obtain a CMM level 2 or level 3 using the FDD methodologies?

I really want to know if it's possible or not, because a lot of people says that the agile methodologies are against CMM but I disagree because CMM sais WHAT DO YO HAVE TO DO, but doesn't sais HOW YOU MUST DO IT. Do you think that is possible to obtain CMM with FDD?, if it's possible how can I do it, where can I find information about this? or do you think that's better to forget the idea of CMM?

thank's a lot

We've released a new version of the open source FDD Tools Project on SourceForge.
This release supports creating/editing the project with the GUI and saving/loading the project (in XML format). CSV files are still supported via the File->Import feature.

We hope the community finds the tool useful and appreciate any comments or feedback.

I am searching for an appropriate methodology for functionality deployed to a portal. This is a mix of code and file based configuration and "development" and configuration done through an administrative console. The latter may include permissioning, navigation definition, page creation, portlet instantiation, etc.

I am having tough time establishing an effective methodology for this type of development. It also makes controlled repeatable deployment problematic at best when an elevation consists of a packaged deployment (WAR, jsr-168 portlet, etc), an export/import form one portal environment to another and a series of clicks a human.

Hi All,

We are about to release a new product for FDD called FDDTracker. Its due out on 1st September, 2004.

See http://www.fddtracker.com for details.

We hope this new tool will help the FDD community by making it easier to implement FDD across all your projects.

We would welcome your feedback on the feature list for this product.

Regards,

Grant

Well guys, my book is finally out and most of the chapter sections that I mentioned in my post several months ago are available for preview online at the publisher's website - www.in-the-trenches.com

Here are the links to the actual sections:

- UP, XP, FDD & Feature Driven Software Development
http://www.in-the-trenches.com/MSSQL.NET/chaptersections/UP-XP-FDD&FDSD.asp

- Project & Configuration Management with Feature Driven Software Development
http://www.in-the-trenches.com/MSSQL.NET/chaptersections/configuration&changemgmt.asp

- The Critical Path & the Multi-Dimensional Feature Set

We have recently added the FDD Tools project to Sourceforge. This project aims to produce a cross-platform, open source toolkit that supports the FDD Methodology. The first Major Feature Set, an Alpha 0.5 release, has already been uploaded to SourceForge and is available for immediate download. This release supports the generation of Project Tracking Charts (Parking Lot Charts) from a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file. The CSV file can be created by hand, or, as we have used the tool, generated from a MS Project export using a specialized map. A sample MS Project file and sample CSV files are also available for download. The Project Tracking Charts can be printed or can be exported to either .png or .jpg format.

Hi,

does anyone know a place where I can study the above subjects and can deepen my smattering knowledge in all of them.

It should be something like postgraduate studies between 6 and 12 month which I leave after that time with some certifications.

I appreciate any advice by you, if anyone knows such place, preferable the U.S.

Hi,

we have a large non-OO, non-java (yes these still exist!!) project to run. I am just wondering whether or not and how FDD can be applied to such a non-oo, primarily PL/SQL and forms based project.

I can see despite the design and implementation technology/technique, both are still solving a business problem (i.e., implementing features). I can see definining and tracking features can remain the same and the processe requiring tweeks in terms of defining classes and packages and assigning class ownerships etc..

So is there anyone with any experience using FDD in the similar scenario? Appreciate your insights.

Hi,

On June 13th, I registered fddDashboard with SourceForge
(see: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fdddashboard/)
Which was actually before the post about FDD Manager. (submitted June 20th).
So, this is by no means a reaction on FDD Manager. At first glance it does look like an interesting and useful tool.

However, I would like to start an opensource project for an FDD Dashboard.
They goal is to provide all actors (hopefully NOT all in a first release) with the means to update a central system and pull meaningful reports from it.

So, via this forum I would like to sollicit for people who are interested in contributing to such an open source project as:

I've read a lot on FDD but haven't had the chance to put it into practice properly as yet and I really won't be able to for some time as I'm starting a solo venture.

If all goes well I'd conceivably have others working on the project with me at some point in the future. I'd like to start the project using best practices and a methodology that I could continue as I moved from being a one man show to a two, three, four person outfit.

Does anyone have any tips on how to best use the practices from FDD that are compatible with a single developer and what to do in lieu of those that aren't?