Making process improvement personal

Author

Humphrey, W.S.

Author_Institution

Carnegie Mellon Univ., Software Eng. Inst., Pittsburgh, PA

Volume

12

Issue

5

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

83

Abstract

The personal software process (PSP) is a structured set of process descriptions, measurements and methods that can help engineers improve their personal performance. The PSP provides the forms, scripts and standards that help them estimate and plan their work. It shows them how to define processes and how to measure their quality and productivity. The PSP acknowledges that everyone is unique and that a method that suits one engineer may not suit another. The PSP helps each engineer measure and track his own work so that he can find the method best for him

Keywords

human resource management; software engineering; forms; personal performance; personal software process; process definition; process descriptions; process improvement; process measurements; process methods; productivity measurement; quality measurement; scripts; software engineers; standards; work tracking; Computer industry; Design engineering; Design methodology; Industrial training; Pareto analysis; Particle measurements; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software performance; Watches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.406762

Filename

406762