Advantages of Feature driven development  Feature-Driven Development helps to move larger size projects and obtain repeatable success.  The simple five processes help to bring work done in a short time and easiest manner.  This type of model is built on set standards for software development industry, so it helps easy development and industry recognized best practices.  Feature driven development offers well defined progress tracking and reporting capabilities.  FDD also support multiple teams working in parallel. Disadvantages of FDD Methodology  Not an ideal methodology for smaller projects so, it is not good for an individual software developer.  High dependency on the main developer means the person should be fully equipped for an act as coordinator, lead designer, and mentor.  No written documentation provided to clients in this methodology so, they are not able to get a proof for their own software.  Promotes individual code ownership as opposed to shared team ownership.  Iteration are not well defined by the process as other agile methodologies.  The model-centric aspect can have hug impacts when working with an old system that does not have a system model.