Description: This chapter from the book Java Modeling In Color With UML contains Feature-Driven Development in detail. The following sections are detailed: 1. The problem: accommodating shorter and shorter business cycles 2. The solution: feature-driven development 3. Defining feature sets and features 4. Establishing a process: why and how 5. The five processes within FDD 6. Chief programmers, class owners, and feature teams 7. Management controls: Tracking progress with precision Author(s) : Peter Coad, Eric Lefebvre and Jeff De