Watts humphrey introduction to the personal software process

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The PSP builds the self-discipline needed for individual programmers to work efficiently and effectively. The author's new Team Software Process TSP details methods to guide the formation of software development teams, to motivate their work, and to enhance their productivity. Introduction to the personal software process Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! This hands-on book provides practical exercises readers can use to improve their time-management and quality-assurance practices, skills that will help them do competent professional work and better apply their programming expertise for greater success in their careers Includes bibliographical references and index.

Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Introduction to the Personal Software Process sm. Nov 17, Joe Johnston rated it it was amazing.

This is a great process for engineers to polish their estimation skills. IF they do what is recommended it will hone the ability to estimate work better and better as time goes on. I have seen reviews saying this is only for waterfall and that is nonsense.

Given how utterly crap filled the estimates we get from vendors and subcontrac This is a great process for engineers to polish their estimation skills. Given how utterly crap filled the estimates we get from vendors and subcontractors with 'oodles' of experience are they could benefit from some of the basics taught here.

If you are too good to learn or never have to mentor junior folks than go buy a dilbert book. If you have need to be able to both depend on and have dependable estimates look into this book. It's not the only way of course but it is laid out so simply that it's hard to screw up. And yes, you will be doing record keeping as you progress. Oct 22, Chandan Khatwani rated it it was amazing. Great book to get a personal software process for every programmer.

Turn your haphazard or not so effective process into an effective process. Feb 17, Steve Whiting rated it it was ok. Rather than being a general introduction to PSP, this book is apparently intended to introduce it to first-year university students - something I wish I'd known before I bought the book.

To be honest, either the author is expecting some particularly dim students, or he's aiming a bit younger than CS - some of the book felt like it was lecturing high school students. As a result, for anyone with much professional experience, the book is annoying and patronising and focuses rather heavily on sta Rather than being a general introduction to PSP, this book is apparently intended to introduce it to first-year university students - something I wish I'd known before I bought the book.

As a result, for anyone with much professional experience, the book is annoying and patronising and focuses rather heavily on stating the obvious.

PSP itself, based on this description, seems to have as its key attribute the layering of large amounts of individual record-keeping on top of a waterfall methodology. As such, it feels leaden, process-heavy and hopelessly out of date - providing a classic example of why a more modern Agile view is so appealing.

Jan 17, Ira Burton rated it really liked it Shelves: business , computing. This product is part of the following series. Click on a series title to see the full list of products in the series. All chapters, except Chapter 20, conclude with a Summary and an Assignment. What is Software Engineering? Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students.

Connect with us to learn more. Humphrey is the author of numerous influential books on the software-development process and software process improvement. Recently, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology—the highest honor given by the president of the United States to America's leading innovators. We're sorry!