PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers (SEI Series in Software Engineering)

Humphrey (Carnegie Mellon University) describes several ways to measure the size of a software product, and shows how to estimate development time, produce a schedule, and track development status. Omitting the more academic topics covered in his textbooks, he focuses on the Probe method for estimating data, personal quality practices, defect prevention, design and code reviews, four PSP design templates, and five verification methods. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Known as “the father of software quality,” Watts S. Humphrey is the author of numerous influential books on the software-development process and software process improvement. Humphrey is a fellow of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, where he founded the Software Process Program and provided the vision and early leadership for the original Capability Maturity Model (CMM). He also is the creator of the Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process (TSP). 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.