Introduction to the Personal Software Process(sm)

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ISBN: 9780201548099 | 0201548097
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Copyright: 12/20/1996

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One of the major challenges software engineers face transcends designing and programming software applications; it is managing their own personal approach to the software engineering process-learning to overcome the "hacker" ethic and work more effectively, efficiently, and productively. This hands-on book provides practical exercises you can use to improve your time-management and quality-assurance practices-exercises that develop skills to help you do competent professional work and better apply your programming expertise. This is a must-have book for serious software developers who want to elevate their work habits and personal software management techniques.

PREFACE

Chapter 1 THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER'S JOB

(8)

1.1 What Is Software Engineering?

(1)

1.2 Why Is Good Engineering Important?

(1)

1.3 The Personal Software Process

(1)

1.4 The Discipline of High-Quality Work

(1)

1.5 The Importance of High-Quality Work

(1)

1.6 How to Improve the Quality of Your Work

(1)

1.7 The Improvement Process

(1)

1.8 The Strategy of This Book

(1)

1.9 Summary

(1)

1.10 Assignment 1

(1)

Reference

(1)

Chapter 2 TIME MANAGEMENT

(10)

2.1 The Logic of Time Management

(2)

2.2 Understanding How You Spend Time

(1)

2.3 The Engineering Notebook

(1)

2.4 The Notebook Design

(2)

2.5 Engineering Notebook Examples

(1)

2.6 Summary

(3)

2.7 Assignment 2

(2)

Chapter 3 TRACKING TIME

(12)

3.1 Why Track Time?

(1)

3.2 Recording Time Data

(1)

3.3 Tracking Your Time

(1)

3.4 Use a Standard Time Recording Log

(3)

3.5 Handling Interruptions

(1)

3.6 Tracking Completed Tasks

(1)

3.7 Keeping Time Logs in the Engineering Notebook

(2)

3.8 Hints on Logging Your Time

(1)

3.9 Summary

(1)

3.10 Assignment 3

(2)

Chapter 4 PERIOD AND PRODUCT PLANNING

(14)

4.1 Period and Product Plans

(2)

4.2 The Weekly Activity Summary

(2)

4.3 Summarizing Weekly Times

(3)

4.4 Calculating Period Times and Rates

(2)

4.5 Using the Weekly Activity Summary

(3)

4.6 Summary

(1)

4.7 Assignment 4

(2)

Chapter 5 PRODUCT PLANNING

(12)

5.1 The Need for Product Plans

(1)

5.2 Why Product Plans Are Helpful

(1)

5.3 What Is a Product Plan?

(1)

5.4 Product Planning in This Book

(1)

5.5 Planning Small Jobs

(1)

5.6 Some Definitions

(1)

5.7 The Job Number Log

(6)

5.8 Some Suggestions on Using the Job Number Log

(1)

5.9 Using Product Times and Rates Data

(1)

5.10 Summary

(1)

5.11 Assignment 5

(1)

Chapter 6 PRODUCT SIZE

(16)

6.1 The Product Planning Process

(1)

6.2 Size Measurement

(1)

6.3 Some Cautions on Using Size Measures

(1)

6.4 Program Size

(3)

6.5 Other Size Measures

(1)

6.6 Estimating Program Size

(1)

6.7 Making a Larger Size Estimate

(3)

6.8 Using Size Measures in the Job Number Log

(4)

6.9 Summary

(1)

6.10 Assignment 6

(2)

Chapter 7 MANAGING YOUR TIME

(14)

7.1 Elements of Time Management

(1)

7.2 Categorizing Your Activities

(1)

7.3 Gather Data on Time Spent by Activity

(1)

7.4 Evaluating Your Time Distribution

(1)

7.5 Making a Time Budget

(2)

7.6 Finding More Time

(1)

7.7 Setting Ground Rules

(3)

7.8 Prioritizing Your Time

(2)

7.9 Managing Your Time Budget

(1)

7.10 Suggestions on Managing Variable Time

(1)

7.11 Your Time Management Objective

(1)

7.12 Summary

(1)

7.13 Assignment 7

(1)

Chapter 8 MANAGING COMMITMENTS

(10)

>8.1 Defining Commitment

(2)

8.2 Responsibly Made Commitments

(1)

8.3 Example of a Commitment

(3)

8.4 An Example in Industry

(1)

8.5 Handling Missed Commitments

(1)

8.6 The Importance of Managing Commitments

(1)

8.7 The Consequences of Not Managing Commitments

(1)

8.8 The Way to Manage Commitments

(1)

8.9 Summary

(1)

8.10 Assignment 8

(1)

Chapter 9 MANAGING SCHEDULES

(14)

9.1 The Need for Schedules

(1)

9.2 The Gantt Chart

(2)

9.3 Making a Project Schedule

100

(1)

9.4 Checkpoints

101

(2)

9.5 Tracking Project Plans

103

(2)

9.6 Tracking Earned Value

105

(3)

9.7 Summary

108

(1)

9.8 Assignment 9

109

(1)

References

110

(1)

Chapter 10 THE PROJECT PLAN

111

(12)

10.1 The Need for Project Plans

111

(1)

10.2 The Project Plan Summary

112

(2)

10.3 The Summary

114

(1)

10.4 Program Size

114

(4)

10.5 Time in Phase

118

(1)

10.6 Estimating Accuracy

118

(2)

10.7 Summary

120

(1)

10.8 Assignment 10

120

(1)

References

121

(2)

Chapter 11 THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

123

(14)

11.1 Why We Use Processes

123

(1)

11.2 Some Definitions

124

(1)

11.3 The Process Script

125

(2)

11.4 Checkpoints and Phases

127

(1)

11.5 The Updated Project Plan Summary Form

127

(3)

11.6 A Planning Example

130

(2)

11.7 An Example of To Date Calculations

132

(4)

11.8 Summary

136

(1)

11.9 Assignment 11

136

(1)

Reference

136

(1)

Chapter 12 DEFECTS

137

(20)

12.1 What Is Software Quality?

137

(1)

12.2 Defects and Quality

138

(1)

12.3 What Are Defects?

139

(1)

12.4 Defects Versus Bugs

140

(1)

12.5 Defect Types

141

(1)

12.6 Understanding Defects

142

(1)

12.7 The Defect Recording Log

143

(4)

12.8 Counting Defects

147

(1)

12.9 Using the Defect Recording Log

148

(1)

12.10 The Updated PSP Process

149

(6)

12.11 Summary

155

(1)

12.12 Assignment 12

155

(1)

References

155

(2)

Chapter 13 FINDING DEFECTS

157

(18)

13.1 A Personal Commitment to Quality

157

(1)

13.2 The Steps in Finding Defects

158

(1)

13.3 Ways to Find and Fix Defects

158

(1)

13.4 Code Reviews

159

(1)

13.5 Why Find Defects Early?

160

(1)

13.6 The Costs of Finding and Fixing Defects

161

(2)

13.7 Using Reviews to Find Defects

163

(1)

13.8 Reviewing Before Compiling

164

(1)

13.9 Data on Compile and Test Defects

165

(2)

13.10 The Updated PSP Project Plan Summary Form

167

(1)

13.11 Other Kinds of Reviews

167

(6)

13.12 Summary

173

(1)

13.13 Assignment 13

173

(1)

References

174

(1)

Chapter 14 THE CODE REVIEW CHECKLIST

175

(18)

14.1 Why Do Checklists Help?

175

(1)

14.2 An Example Code Review Checklist

176

(3)

14.3 Using a Code Review Checklist

179

(3)

14.4 Building a Personal Checklist

182

(3)

14.5 Improving the Checklist

185

(1)

14.6 Coding Standards

186

(2)

14.7 Summary

188

(3)

14.8 Assignment 14

191

(2)

Chapter 15 PROJECTING DEFECTS

193

(16)

15.1 Defect Rates

193

(2)

15.2 Using Defect Data

195

(1)

15.3 Defect Density

196

(1)

15.4 Projecting Defect Rates

196

(1)

15.5 Defect Estimation

197

(2)

15.6 The Updated Project Plan Summary Form and Example

199

(7)

15.7 Entering the Actual Data

206

(1)

15.8 Summary

207

(1)

15.9 Assignment 15

207

(1)

Reference

207

(2)

Chapter 16 THE ECONOMICS OF DEFECT REMOVAL

209

(16)

16.1 The Need for Quality Work

209

(1)

16.2 The Defect-Removal Problem

210

(1)

16.3 Defect-Removal Time

211

(1)

16.4 Defect-Injection and -Removal Experience

211

(2)

16.5 Defect-Removal Savings

213

(2)

16.6 Calculating Defects/Hour on the PSP Project Plan Summary

215

(5)

16.7 Calculating Yield on the Project Plan Summary

220

(1)

16.8 Improving Defect-Removal Rates

221

(1)

16.9 Reducing Defect-Injection Rates

222

(1)

16.10 Summary

223

(1)

16.11 Assignment 16

223

(1)

References

224

(1)

Chapter 17 DESIGN DEFECTS

225

(14)

17.1 The Nature of Design Defects

225

(2)

17.2 Identifying Design Defects

227

(1)

17.3 What Is Design?

227

(1)

17.4 The Design Process

228

(1)

17.5 The Causes of Design Defects

229

(1)

17.6 The Impact of Design Defects

230

(1)

17.7 Design Representation

231

(5)

17.8 Summary

236

(1)

17.9 Assignment 17

236

(1)

References

237

(2)

Chapter 18 PRODUCT QUALITY

239

(14)

18.1 Quality Comes First

239

(1)

18.2 Testing

240

(1)

18.3 The Filter View of Testing

241

(1)

18.4 The Benefits of Careful Work

242

(2)

18.5 Calculating Yield Values

244

(2)

18.6 Estimating the Ultimate Yield

246

(1)

18.7 The Benefits of 100% Process Yield

247

(1)

18.8 Yield Experience

247

(2)

18.9 Prototyping

249

(1)

18.10 Summary

250

(1)

18.11 Assignment 18

251

(1)

Reference

251

(2)

Chapter 19 PROCESS QUALITY

253

(16)

19.1 Process Measures

253

(1)

19.2 The Defect-Removal Paradox

254

(1)

19.3 A Defect-Removal Strategy

255

(1)

19.4 Cost of Quality

256

(1)

19.5 Calculating the Cost of Quality

256

(1)

19.6 The Appraisal/Failure Ratio

257

(8)

19.7 Improving Review Rates

265

(1)

19.8 Calculating the True Cost of Quality

266

(2)

19.9 Summary

268

(1)

19.10 Assignment 19

268

(1)

Chapter 20 A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO QUALITY

269

(5)

20.1 The Importance of Quality

269

(1)

20.2 The Increasing Risks of Poor Quality

270

(1)

20.3 Making a Commitment to Quality

271

(1)

20.4 Your Personal Objectives

272

(1)

20.5 The Rewards of Accomplishment

272

(1)

Reference

273

(1)

INDEX

274

(5)

SUPPLEMENTS PAGE

279

(1)

BOOKS

280

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