TSP Performance and Capability Evaluation (PACE): Team Preparedness Guide
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Software Engineering Institute
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CMU/SEI-2013-SR-029DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6585437.v1Topic or Tag
Abstract
A Team Software Process (TSP) Performance and Capability Evaluation (PACE) provides an objective way to determine the capability of software development organizations and programs. This document describes the TSP team data that teams normally produce and that are required as input to the TSP-PACE process. This document includes standards and specifications associated with the data required and describes how the data is used to evaluate a team's work.
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Nichols, B., Kasunic, M., & Chick, T. (2013, September 1). TSP Performance and Capability Evaluation (PACE): Team Preparedness Guide. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2013-SR-029). Retrieved September 12, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6585437.v1.
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Nichols, Bill, Mark Kasunic, and Timothy A. Chick. "TSP Performance and Capability Evaluation (PACE): Team Preparedness Guide." (CMU/SEI-2013-SR-029). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, September 1, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6585437.v1.
B. Nichols, M. Kasunic, and T. Chick, "TSP Performance and Capability Evaluation (PACE): Team Preparedness Guide," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-2013-SR-029, 1-Sep-2013 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6585437.v1. [Accessed: 12-Sep-2026].
Nichols, Bill, Mark Kasunic, and Timothy A. Chick. "TSP Performance and Capability Evaluation (PACE): Team Preparedness Guide." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2013-SR-029). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Sep. 2013. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6585437.v1. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.
Nichols, Bill; Kasunic, Mark; & Chick, Timothy A.. TSP Performance and Capability Evaluation (PACE): Team Preparedness Guide. CMU/SEI-2013-SR-029. Software Engineering Institute. 2013. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6585437.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6585437.v1