^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 Across the Life Cycle

Length:      4 days

Learning Methods:     Lecture and exercises

Location:   Client Site

Includes:        Lecture notes, textbooks, software

Description:  The standard SEI-authorized PSP training is built around the application of PSP to implementation, i.e. the phase of the software life cycle that includes: detailed design, code, and unit test.  This course shows how apply the PSP process to all the major software development activities including: requirements analysis, architecture design, integration & test, and maintenance.

Tailoring:      On request

Who should attend this course:

• Software engineers

• First level software team leads

• Software engineering process group members

• PSP instructors

• TSP coaches

Learning objectives:

• Learn how to organize a development project for compatibility with the TSP measurement framework

• Learn how to measure product size and generate estimates for requirements, design diagrams, database designs, test cases, web pages, and visual environments

• Learn how to set up and status a quality plan for iterative and evolutionary life cycles across the full spectrum of software related products

• Learn how to integrate change management, problem reporting, and traceability systems into the TSP measurement framework

• Learn how to set up specific personal processes for all the major software development life cycle activities

• Learn how to adapt PSP to a maintenance project and how to use the launch process effectively for maintenance projects

• Learn how to use the PSP launch process with atypical life cycles and products

Topics:

Introduction

Organizing and Managing Projects

• Life Cycle Activities

• Phases

• Entry and Exit Criteria

• Scripts

• Products & Intermediate Products

• Product Hierarchies

Producing Products with PSP

• Tasks

• Language & Development Standard

• Size Metric & Counting Standard

• COQ Definition

• Size and Effort Estimation

• Size and Effort Estimation

• Quality Plan

Executing Projects with TSP

• Life Cycle Activities, Development Life Cycle  & Development Strategy

• COQ Definition

• Quality Plan

• Change Management

• Maintaining Consistency

Tailoring PSP & TSP for Specific Activities

• Requirements

• Architecture

• Implementation

• Integration and Test

• Maintenance

• Launches