Self-improvement process of a PSP software engineer

Author: (USA) Humphrey
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book systematically describes the Personal Software Process (PSP) and explains the practices and methods for delivering high-quality products on predictable schedules. Readers will understand the specific content of a standardized software engineering process. The book introduces the PSP method step-by-step through 14 chapters. Chapter 1 describes the overall principles of PSP and introduces the strategy. Chapters 2 and 3 explain how to follow a defined process and how to collect and use data for managing software development activities. Chapters 4 to 7 cover estimation and planning, while Chapters 8 to 12 elaborate on quality management and design. Chapter 13 describes how to apply the PSP method to various tasks. Chapter 14 explains how to use the PSP method in the TSP process and how TSP guides PSP-trained software engineers to apply these methods in a project. This book is highly practical and readable, making it suitable as a textbook for computer software engineering majors in higher education, as well as a self-study guide for engineering professionals learning the Personal Software Process. It serves as an important reference for software process improvement and SW-CMM assessment. As a learning guide for the SEI's PSP Body of Knowledge (BOK), this book provides essential assistance in mastering the PSP knowledge base. It is also recommended for software process improvement personnel, software development project managers, and programmers to read and reference.