PSP Instructor Training

Dates

2008* Prices (USD)

2008 Dates
May 5-9, 2008 (SEI Pittsburgh, PA)
November 3-7, 2008 (SEI Pittsburgh, PA)

Course Registration
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone: 412 / 268-7388
FAX: 412 / 268-7401
Questions: courseregistration@sei.cmu.edu

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This course may also be offered by arrangement at customer sites. E-mail course-info@sei.cmu.edu or call +1 412-268-7622 for details.

*Course dates and fees are subject to change.

U.S.
Course Fee:
Industry: $4400
Government: $3500
Academic: $3500

International
Course Fee:
$6600

Course Description

Upon completing this five-day course, students will be authorized to use the SEI Personal Software Process^SM (PSP^SM) course suite to teach the PSP for Engineers, Introduction to Personal Process, Managing TSP^SM Teams, and TSP Executive Strategy Seminar courses to others in their organizations.

The PSP Instructor Training course focuses on how to teach the PSP and put it into practice and introduces the concepts of the Team Software Process.^SM Specific course objectives include understanding how to effectively teach the PSP to others, how to grade student assignments and analyze resulting data, and the role of a change agent in introducing the PSP into an organization.

Audience   ·    Prerequisites    ·    Objectives   ·    Logistics

AUDIENCE

• potential software engineering instructors
• potential software quality management instructors
• third-party vendors of software engineering or quality training

PREREQUISITES
Before registering for this course, participants must

• successfully complete PSP for Engineers I and II, taught by the SEI or an SEI-authorized PSP instructor
• For those students who have taken PSP for Engineers I: Planning and PSP for Engineers II: Quality from an SEI-authorized instructor, please note: the instructor must submit student data to the SEI 60 days in advance of the PSP Instructor Training course.
• Attending the TSP Executive Seminar or Managing TSP Teams does not fulfill this requirement.
• be recommended by their SEI-authorized instructor
• be an SEI-Certified PSP Developer
• have signed the Code of Professional Conduct for SEI Services
• be sponsored by an SEI Partner for the TSP Product Suite
• have attended PSP for Engineers within the past 18 months
• have teaching or public speaking experience
• be proficient in both spoken and written English

Required Equipment

Students must bring with them the following portable computing equipment:

• Laptop computer with 110 megabytes or greater of free hard disk space
• Microsoft Office with Access 2003
• Microsoft Office Service Pack 2
• Programming language development environment (compiler, editor, etc.)
• Zip file capability
• CD-ROM or memory stick
• a simple 4-function calculator

Please note: Beta versions of Microsoft Office products are not supported.

Pre-Course Work
Students should review and follow the PSP IT course prerequisites and the PSP authorization process. The process for becoming a SEI-authorized PSP Instructor begins with the completion of the PSP for Engineers course taught by the SEI or an SEI-authorized PSP Instructor. Then students must successfully pass a screening of their PSP for Engineers course work to be accepted into the PSP Instructor Training course. Students must complete the PSP Instructor Training course within 18 months of taking the PSP for Engineers course. After becoming officially registered, students should prepare for this course by reviewing their own data. During the course, the students will prepare a brief presentation of a PSP for Engineers course module for the rest of the class.

The PSP Instructor authorization process is detailed on our Web site at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/partners/tsp/procedures.html.

TOPICS

• The PSP Course Design
• Using Instructor Spreadsheets
• Teaching the PSP
• Grading Student Assignments
• Using Data as a Teaching Tool
• Preparing to teach the PSP
• Licensing and Authorization

OBJECTIVES

This course helps participants to

• effectively teach the PSP to others
• grade student assignments and analyze resulting data
• understand the role of a change agent in introducing the PSP into an organization

Course Materials

Students are given a notebook and a CD-ROM during the course. Additionally, students receive course notebooks, instructor guides, text books and other supporting materials for all courses in the PSP course suite.

LOGISTICS

Class Schedule
This five-day course meets at the following times:
Days 1-4, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Day 5, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Please note that the mandatory authorization exam is administered on day five in the afternoon. Please make travel arrangements accordingly.

Hotel and Travel Information
Information about traveling to the SEI offices is available on our Travel and Lodging Web pages.

Questions about this course?
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions Web page for answers to some of the more common inquiries about SEI Education and Training.

If you need more information, contact us via e-mail at course-info@sei.cmu.edu or telephone at +1 412-268-7622.

Related Products and Services

Courses

TSP Executive Strategy Seminar
PSP for Engineers
Introduction to Personal Process
Leading a Development Team
TSP Coach Training

Publications

Humphrey, Watts S. PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2005 (ISBN: 0-321-30549-31).

Humphrey, Watts S. Winning With Software: An Executive Strategy. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2001 (ISBN: 0-201-77639-1).

Humphrey, Watts S. Introduction to the Team Software Process. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2000 (ISBN: 0-201-47719-X).

Humphrey, Watts S. Introduction to the Personal Software Process. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1997.

Humphrey, Watts S. A Discipline for Software Engineering. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995 (ISBN: 0-201-54610-8).

Events

PSP and TSP faculty workshops
Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) Conference
Team Software Process Symposium

Course Registration

Online Registration is not available for this course. Please click the "Register by Mail/Fax" button below, complete the form, print and fax or mail to the SEI for processing. Once verification of prerequisites has been completed by the SEI, you will receive email confirmation of your registration. If the particular course date is no longer available, you will be notified by the course registration department who will then register you for the next available date or date of your choice.

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