Following a long discussion thread in my Yahoo! group, where I realized that there is a broad ignorance and misunderstanding of the role color modeling plays in FDD, I have created a 2nd Yahoo! group, this time to facilitate discussion of The Coad Method, domain modeling in color technique. While people would like to learn more about this powerful domain modeling and architecture method, there really isn't  a place to do it. Finally, I've solved that problem. There is now a place to discuss and learn modeling in color, class archetypes and the domain neutral component. If your interested in this area and how it contributes to agile methods and long term prdoctivity in software development then I would encourage you to sign up and join in. It's been 6 years since Peter Coad published the last version of his method for analysis and design. Since then we've proved the value of it again and again. In my recent post detailing FDD benchmark metrics, I didn't mention that I attribute up to 50% of the best performance to proper execution of The Coad Method. If you're not modeling in color, you could be leaving a 2x performance improvement on the table. So join up and contribute as we all learn how to model for agility at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colormodeling/

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[Update:  There are over 40 members already who are actively learning how to model domains using color archetypes and the domain neutral component pattern. Daniel Vacanti and I are leading the members through a full worked example - payroll.com, a fictional outsource payroll vendor. If you'd like to see this technique in action join the group and follow along as we build a domain model a little bit every day.]

If you don't know what color modeling is, or simply want an online reference to all the best material, then I've compiled this handy list

The book chapter that started it all, Java Modeling in Color Chapter 1, by Peter Coad

Stephen Palmer's Coad Letter collection archived at his own site

And some papers from my own site, including one by Daniel Vacanti...

Arguments about Color by Daniel S. Vacanti

and the rest from me...

Advanced Domain Modeling (BorCon 2004)
Coarse-grained Components from a Color Model
Whole Part Relationships in the DNC
Coloring with Demeter
A History of Color Modeling
The Case for Class Ownership
Architecture Control Board
Quality Assurance and Over-modeling
FDD and Legacy Code