SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D/A
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

             INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
            TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
                                  RULE 13d-2(a)

                              (Amendment No. 3)(*)


                            Chordiant Software, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                    170404107
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                                 (CUSIP Number)


                                Theodore R. Meyer
                            70 Willow Road, Suite 200
                              Menlo Park, CA 94024
                                  650/614-0500
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule because of ss.ss.240.13d-1(e),  240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the
following box. [ ]

Note:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the  schedule,  including  all exhibits.  See  ss.240.13d-7  for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.


*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).

                         (Continued on following pages)

                               (Page 1 of 8 Pages)



CUSIP No. 170404107             SCHEDULE 13D/A                 Page 2 of 8 Pages
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1     NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
      I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

      Foundation Capital, L.P. 94-3233429
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2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  |_|
                                                                        (b)  |X|
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3     SEC USE ONLY


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4     SOURCE OF FUNDS*

      WC
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5     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
      TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)                                                   |_|

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6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

      Delaware, United States of America
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                  7     SOLE VOTING POWER

                        0 shares
                        --------------------------------------------------------
  NUMBER OF       8     SHARED VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY            0 shares
  OWNED BY              --------------------------------------------------------
    EACH          9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
  REPORTING
   PERSON               0 shares
    WITH                --------------------------------------------------------
                  10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                        0 shares
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11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      0 shares
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12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
      CERTAIN SHARES*                                                        |_|


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13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

      0%
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14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

      PN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP No. 170404107             SCHEDULE 13D/A                 Page 3 of 8 Pages
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1     NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
      I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

      Foundation Capital Entrepreneurs Fund, L.L.C. 94-3241514
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2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  |_|
                                                                        (b)  |X|
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3     SEC USE ONLY


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4     SOURCE OF FUNDS*

      WC
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5     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
      TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)                                                   |_|

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6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

      Delaware, United States of America
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                  7     SOLE VOTING POWER

                        0 shares
                        --------------------------------------------------------
  NUMBER OF       8     SHARED VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY            0 shares
  OWNED BY              --------------------------------------------------------
    EACH          9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
  REPORTING
   PERSON               0 shares
    WITH                --------------------------------------------------------
                  10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                        0 shares
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11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      0 shares
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12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
      CERTAIN SHARES*                                                        |_|


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13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

      0%
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14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

      PN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP No. 170404107             SCHEDULE 13D/A                 Page 4 of 8 Pages
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1     NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
      I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

      Foundation Capital Management, L.L.C. 94-3233430
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2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  |_|
                                                                        (b)  |X|
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3     SEC USE ONLY


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4     SOURCE OF FUNDS*

      WC
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5     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
      TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)                                                   |_|

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6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

      Delaware, United States of America
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                  7     SOLE VOTING POWER

                        0 shares
                        --------------------------------------------------------
  NUMBER OF       8     SHARED VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY            0 shares
  OWNED BY              --------------------------------------------------------
    EACH          9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
  REPORTING
   PERSON               0 shares
    WITH                --------------------------------------------------------
                  10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                        0 shares
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11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      0 shares
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12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
      CERTAIN SHARES*                                                        |_|


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13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

      0%
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14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

      PN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP No. 170404107             SCHEDULE 13D/A                 Page 5 of 8 Pages
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Item 1            Security and Issuer

This Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D is being filed on behalf of the undersigned
to amend the Schedule 13D  originally  filed on February 14, 2002 (the "Schedule
13D").  Unless otherwise  indicated,  all capitalized  terms used herein but not
defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Schedule 13D.

(a) Name of the Issuer: Chordiant Software, Inc. (the "Issuer")

(b) Title of Security: Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
    (the "Common Stock")

(c) The Issuer's principal executive office:     20400 Stevens Creek  Boulevard,
                                                 Suite 400 Cupertino, CA 95014

Item 2            Identity and Background

(a) Name:

              Foundation Capital, L.P. ("FC")
              Foundation Capital Entrepreneurs Fund, L.L.C. ("FCE")
              Foundation Capital Management, L.L.C. ("FCM")

(b) Residence or business address:

              c/o Foundation Capital
              70 Willow Road, Suite 200
              Menlo Park, CA  94025

(c) Principal Business/Principal Occupation:

    The principal business of FC and FCE is acting as venture capital investment
    vehicles. FCM serves as the sole general partner of FC and FCE.

(d) Convictions in criminal proceedings in the last 5 years:

    None.

(e) Judgments for violations of Securities Laws in the last 5 years:

    None.

(f) Citizenship:

    Entities:         FC               -        Delaware
                      FCE              -        Delaware
                      FCM              -        Delaware

Item 3            Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Not applicable.



CUSIP No. 170404107             SCHEDULE 13D/A                 Page 6 of 8 Pages
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Item 4            Purpose of Transaction

FC, FCE and FCM acquired the Common Stock for investment purposes.

Subject  to  applicable  legal  requirements,  Reporting  Persons  may  purchase
additional  Common  Stock  from  time  to  time in  open  market  or in  private
transactions,  depending on their evaluation of Issuer's business, prospects and
financial  condition,  the  market  for the  Common  Stock,  other  developments
concerning  Issuer,  the reaction of Issuer to Reporting  Person's  ownership of
Common Stock, other  opportunities  available to Reporting Persons,  and general
economic, money market and stock market conditions. In addition,  depending upon
the factors referred to above, Reporting Persons may dispose of all or a portion
of their Common Stock at any time.

Other than as described in this Item 4,  Reporting  Persons do not have any plan
or proposal relating to, or that would result in, any event described in (a)-(j)
of this Item 4.

During 2003,  the  Reporting  Persons'  sold  3,115,813  shares of the Company's
Common Stock at an average price of $3.46 per share.

Item 5            Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Effective  November 5, 2003, the Reporting Persons ceased to beneficially own 5%
of the Common Stock and  accordingly  this  Amendment is the Reporting  Persons'
final  amendment to the Schedule 13D. The following  information  sets forth the
beneficial  ownership of the Common Stock of the Issuer by each of the Reporting
Persons as of December 31, 2003:

============================ =========== ============ ============
Ownership/Power                  FC          FCE          FCM
---------------------------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Beneficial Ownership             0            0            0
---------------------------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Percentage of Class              0            0            0
---------------------------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Sole Voting Power                0            0            0
---------------------------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Shared Voting Power              0            0            0
---------------------------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Sole Dispositive Power           0            0            0
---------------------------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Shared Dispositive Power         0            0            0
============================ =========== ============ ============

Item 6        Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
              Respect to Securities of the Issuer

              Not applicable.

Item 7        Material to be filed as Exhibits

              Exhibit A:  Joint Filing Statement



CUSIP No. 170404107             SCHEDULE 13D/A                 Page 7 of 8 Pages
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After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  February 13, 2004

FOUNDATION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

By:      /s/ William B. Elmore
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         Member


FOUNDATION CAPITAL, L.P.

By:      Foundation Capital Management, L.L.C.
         its General Partner

By:      /s/ William B. Elmore
   --------------------------------------------------
         Member


FOUNDATION CAPITAL ENTREPRENEURS FUND, L.L.C.

By:      Foundation Capital Management, L.L.C.
         its Manager

By:      /s/ William B. Elmore
   --------------------------------------------------
         Member



CUSIP No. 170404107             SCHEDULE 13D/A                 Page 8 of 8 Pages
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                                    EXHIBIT A

We, the undersigned, hereby express our agreement that the attached Amendment to
Schedule 13D relating to the Common Stock of Chordiant  Software,  Inc. is filed
on behalf of each of us.

Dated:  February 13, 2004


FOUNDATION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

By:      /s/ William B. Elmore
   --------------------------------------------------
         Member


FOUNDATION CAPITAL, L.P.

By:      Foundation Capital Management, L.L.C.
         its General Partner

By:      /s/ William B. Elmore
   --------------------------------------------------
         Member


FOUNDATION CAPITAL ENTREPRENEURS FUND, L.L.C.

By:      Foundation Capital Management, L.L.C.
         its Manager

By:      /s/ William B. Elmore
   --------------------------------------------------
         Member