^PS&J Software Six Sigma

Measurable, Managed Process Improvement Structured to Meet Business Goals

Serving clients in Europe, Asia and the Americas

Est. 1986

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Articles:

• Personal Software Process & Team Software Process

• Choosing PS&J

Product Descriptions:

• TSP Executive Strategy Seminar

• Managing TSP Teams

• Introduction to Personal Process

• PSP for Engineers Parts I & II

• PSP Across the Life Cycle

• Six Sigma for PSP

• TSP Launch

White Papers:

• Six Sigma and PSP

• PSP, TSP and the CMM

PSP for Engineers Parts I & II

Length:      12 days

Learning Methods:      Lecture and exercises

Location:    Client Site

Includes:      Lecture notes, textbooks, software

Description:  The PSP for Engineers course consists of two parts referred to as PSP for Engineers I: Planning, and PSP for Engineers II: Quality. After completing the PSP for Engineers course, students will understand and be able to communicate the principles, concepts, and benefits of the PSP. They will also be able to apply the PSP methods to their own personal work process and participate on a Team Software Process (TSP) project. A certificate identifying the student as a PSP-trained engineer is included on successful completion of course.

Tailoring:     On request

Who should attend this course:

• Software engineers

• First level software team leads

• Software engineering process group members

Learning objectives:

• Introduce the student to a process-based approach to developing software

• Show the student how to measure and analyze your personal software process (PSP)

• Show the student how to use process data to improve your personal performance 

• Show the student how to apply these methods to other structured tasks

Topics:

PSP Part I: Planning

• Introduction to personal process

• Size measurement

• Size estimating

• Proxy-based estimating

• Resource estimating

• Process measurement

PSP Part II: Quality

• Defect management

• The design process

• Design verification

• Scaling up the PSP

• Process development

• Using the PSP