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Using GitHub for Feature-Driven Development (FDD)

Dominant platform for source control and collaboration — used by 100M+ developers, making it the de facto standard for open-source and most commercial software teams. When combined with Feature-Driven Development (FDD), this makes GitHub a strong candidate for teams who want a structured, repeatable workflow without sacrificing flexibility. Feature-Driven Development (FDD) works best in GitHub when you leverage its backlog management, roadmapping to implement the framework's key practices directly in the tool your team already lives in.

About Feature-Driven Development (FDD)

FDD organises development around client-valued features delivered in short iterations, with up-front domain modelling and a feature list that provides clear progress reporting.

•Features are client-valued functions deliverable in under 2 weeks

•Domain Object Model built collaboratively before iterative delivery

•Chief Programmers own feature sets; Class Owners control domain model classes

•Progress is reported as percentage of features complete

Which GitHub features matter for Feature-Driven Development (FDD)

GitHub has 2 of 2 core Feature-Driven Development (FDD) features natively.

Feature	Why it matters for Feature-Driven Development (FDD)	GitHub
Backlog Management	Refined backlog for sprint planning input	✓
Roadmapping	Strategic planning and PI/initiative mapping	✓
Sprint Planning	Scrum sprint creation and velocity tracking	✓
Custom Fields	Tracking methodology-specific metadata	✓
Gantt Charts	Dependency visualisation across teams	✗

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