MSc: Personal Software Process

Personal Software Process

• Course name: Personal Software Process
• Code discipline: F19-SE-PSP
• Subject area: Computer Science and Engineering

Short Description

This course covers the following concepts: A Practitioner’s Start-Up Kit course introduces the highest-leverage metrics, specifically the ones associated with improving time estimation and reducing defects. PSP is intended for practicing software engineers and their managers. The measures introduced can serve as the basis for software development process improvement in the organization as well as helping individuals..

Course Topics

Course Sections and Topics

Section	Topics within the section
Introduction	Introduction, The Dashboard Tool Collecting Data
Planing and Estimation	The Planning Process Software Size Estimation Methods The PROBE Size Estimation Method
Quality management	Design & Code Reviews Software Quality Management Process Definition Resource & Schedule Estimation
Time management	Time Management Pomodoro - Concentration
Conclusion	The PSP Body of Knowledge (BoK) Beyond PSP & TSP

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

What is the main purpose of this course?

Student will reduce overall defect rates, Student will spend more time at the front end of the development cycle, Student will eliminate or nearly eliminate compile and test defects, Student will be able to more accurately estimate the time it takes to build software

ILOs defined at three levels

Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain?

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Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform?

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Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios?

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Grading

Course grading range

Grade	Range	Description of performance
P. Pass	85-100	-
B. Fail	75-84	-

Course activities and grading breakdown

Activity Type	Percentage of the overall course grade
Assignments	50
Reports	40
Attendance	10

Resources, literature and reference materials

Open access resources

• Humphrey, Watts S. PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 2005. (Prefered)
• Humphrey, Watts S. Introduction to the Personal Software Process. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 1997.
• Humphrey, Watts S. Discipline for Software Engineering: The Complete PSP Book. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 1995. (Contains original exercises)

Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities

Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities within each section

Learning Activities	Section 1	Section 2	Section 3	Section 4	Section 5
Development of individual parts of software product code	1	1	1	1	1
Reports	1	1	1	1	1
Oral polls	1	0	0	0	0
Discussions	1	1	1	1	1
Essays	0	1	1	1	1

Formative Assessment and Course Activities

Ongoing performance assessment

Section 1

Activity Type	Content	Is Graded?
Question	Reading (Hum 05): Chapter 1 & 2	1
Question	Skim data collection reading	1
Question	Install the Dashboard Tool	0
Question	Write Program using PSP0.0	0

Section 2

Activity Type	Content	Is Graded?
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Section 3

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Question	...	1
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Section 4

Activity Type	Content	Is Graded?
Question	...	1
Question	...	0

Section 5

Activity Type	Content	Is Graded?
Question	...	1
Question	...	0

Final assessment

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The retake exam

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