Abstract: 

In this course, you learn the foundational concepts of the Personal Software Process℠ (PSP℠) and Team Software Process℠ (TSP℠). You study how to measure size, time, and defects in your work; how to use a personal planning framework to plan and track your tasks; and how to use a quality strategy to manage defects in your work and be prepared to participate on a TSP team.

This course is designed for system, hardware, and test engineers; technical writers; trainers; and others who participate on a TSP project.

Topics covered include the TSP launch process; how to be a productive participant of a launch; how to use weekly meetings, inspections, checkpoints, and postmortems to manage and maintain self-directed teams; and more.

Course Objectives:

The TSP Team Member Training will introduce you to a set of disciplined methods for producing quality products on time and within budget.

During this course, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of the TSP including

• the personal process as a guide to performing your work
• personal and team-based planning techniques
• quality management
• team building and project planning via the TSP launch
• dynamic planning and accurate tracking of your work

The downloads for this course include the following:

• Course Notebook
• Exercises and Handouts
• Instructor Materials

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This material is based upon work funded and supported by the Department of Defense under Contract No. FA8721-05-C-0003 with Carnegie Mellon University for the operation of the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center.

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