Biography - Watts S. Humphrey
Watts S. Humphrey founded the Software Process Program of the Software
Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Fellow of
the Institute and is a research scientist on its staff. From 1959 to 1986 he
was associated with IBM Corporation where he was director of programming.
His publications include numerous technical papers and nine books. His three most recent books are
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TSP: Coaching Development Teams (2006),
TSP: Leading a Development Team (2005), and
PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers (2005)
Mr. Humphrey holds five U.S. Patents. In 1991 he served on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners National Quality Award. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Chicago, a master's degree in physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. In 1993, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts presented Mr. Humphrey with the Aerospace Software Engineering Award. Mr. Humphrey was awarded an honorary Ph.D. degree in software engineering by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1998. In 2000, the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute was named in his honor in Chennai, India, and the Boeing Company presented him with an award for leadership and innovation in software process improvement.
During a formal ceremony at the White House in the spring of 2005, the President of the United States awarded Mr. Humphrey the prestigious 2003 National Medal of Technology for his contributions to the software engineering community. The National Medal of Technology is the highest honor awarded by the United States to America's leading innovators.
For More Information
More information about Mr. Humphrey's books can be found on the Addison-Wesley Web site. Information about his SEI technical reports can be found on the publications section of the SEI Web site.
Mr. Humphrey also writes "Watts New," a quarterly column that appears in news@sei.
For a more detailed description of the PSP and TSP, read Pathways to Process Maturity: The Personal Software Process and Team Software Process by Watts Humphrey or watch his QuickTime video " Competing in the Software Age." Note: QuickTime 4.0. is required to view this video.
For more information, send email to tsp@sei.cmu.edu.