An SEI Affiliate Opportunity

Team: Personal Software Process^SM/Team Software Process^SM Strategic Initiative
Team leader: Jim Over

Summary of Opportunity

The Personal Software Process ^SM (PSP^SM) is an SEI technology that brings discipline to the practices of individual software engineers, dramatically improving product quality, increasing cost and schedule predictability, and reducing development cycle time for software. The Team Software Process^SM (TSP^SM) extends and refines PSP methods to guide engineers in their work on development and maintenance teams. It shows them how to build a self-directed team and how to perform as an effective team member. It also shows management how to guide and support these teams and how to maintain an environment that fosters high team performance.

The goals of this initiative are to improve the practice of software engineering by transitioning the PSP and TSP into widespread use and to establish a self-sustaining infrastructure for propagating and supporting the PSP and TSP. We seek organizations with an interest in applying PSP and TSP to project teams, that are also interested in working with the SEI to improve the PSP/TSP transition package. The package includes:

training for engineers, instructors, and managers
transition strategies and plans
tools

Results to be Accomplished

The desired result of an affiliate's participation with the PSP/TSP team is a successful transition of the Personal Software Process and Team Software Process into the sponsoring organization and an improved PSP/TSP transition package. The sponsoring organization will also have at least one trained PSP instructor and TSP launch coach with in-depth knowledge of how to successfully transition PSP and TSP into an organization.

Potential Affiliates Tasks and Responsibilities

An affiliate with the PSP team would

complete the PSP course, becoming an authorized PSP instructor
be trained to act as a TSP launch coach
participate in the development of one or more aspects of the PSP/TSP transition package
participate with the SEI in the transition of PSP and TSP into one or more small project teams in the affiliate's organization
identify requirements for technology to support PSP and TSP
work with the SEI to analyze project data and evaluate the effects of PSP and TSP on the organization's project team
identify and document the results of the pilot study, including barriers to introduction and recommended mitigation steps

For More Information

To find out more or inquire about participating as an affiliate, contact

Affiliate Program Administrator
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
4500 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2612
Phone: 412-268-3980
FAX: 412-268-5758
E-mail:affiliate@sei.cmu.edu

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