Introduction to the Personal Software Process

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introduction to the Personal Software Process™ WATTS S. HUMPHREY One of the major challenges software engineers face transcends designing and programming software applications; it is managing their own personal approach to the software engineering process-to overcome the "hacker" ethic and work more effectively, efficiently, and productively. In this practical introduction to the basic disciplines of effective software engineering, Watts Humphrey, well-known author of the influential book, Managing the Software Process, brings his Personal Software ProcessSM to a wide audience of students and professional programmers. This hands-on boök 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. Introduction to the Personal Software Process provides: • Help for software engineers at ALL... Tovább

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introduction to the Personal Software Process™ WATTS S. HUMPHREY One of the major challenges software engineers face transcends designing and programming software applications; it is managing their own personal approach to the software engineering process-to overcome the "hacker" ethic and work more effectively, efficiently, and productively. In this practical introduction to the basic disciplines of effective software engineering, Watts Humphrey, well-known author of the influential book, Managing the Software Process, brings his Personal Software ProcessSM to a wide audience of students and professional programmers. This hands-on boök 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. Introduction to the Personal Software Process provides: • Help for software engineers at ALL levels-from students to experienced professionals-to become far more effective, efficient, and productive by allowing them to manage their work habits and personal software management techniques. • Advice and guidance from one of the world's leading software process and software quality experts. • Practical exercises for improving personal skills. Support materials for this book are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.awl.com/cseng. Materials include copies of the forms illustrated in the book, and spreadsheets for the exercises. Instructor's Guide Package-see inside for details. Watts S. Humphrey is well-known as the author of several influential books on the software development process and software process improvement: Managing the Software Process (1989), A Discipline for Software Engineering (1995), and Managing Technical People (1997). Formerly a long-time senior manager of software development at IBM, where he gained his software process experience, Mr. Humphrey is now a Fellow at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He writes, consults, and lectures around the world on software quality and software process topics. Vissza