TSP℠ Executive Strategy Seminar

Abstract:

In this course, you learn the key concepts and principles of the Team Software Process℠ (TSP℠) and Personal Software Process℠ (PSP℠) from a management perspective. You learn how to introduce and apply the TSP in your organization.

This course is designed for executives; middle managers responsible for software development or maintenance; managers responsible for software quality and assurance, software engineering process groups, systems or hardware engineering, documentation, or finance.

Topics covered include how to use the TSP to effectively improve software development activities and provide positive motivation for engineers and project teams, how to  use the TSP to address current and future software needs, and more.

Seminar Objectives

This seminar will help you to

  • identify the problems that limit your software capability
  • define the steps needed to address these problems
  • establish a plan for addressing these problems

The downloads for this course include the following:

  • Seminar Notebook
  • Exercises and Handouts
  • Instructor Materials

Copyright and License

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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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