Tutorial: Introduction to the Team Software Process

Abstract

The half-day tutorial provides an overview of the Introductory Team Software Process (TSPi) The TSPi was developed by Watts Humphrey at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), and is based upon the Personal Software Process (SM) (PSP)(SM) [1] and the Team Software Process (SM) (TSP)(SM) [2]. The TSPi guides students through the steps of a team software project course. The pre-defined TSPi process enables students to begin working effectively as part of a team. Using an incremental development model, it provides detailed direction about team formation, team roles and tasks, and explicit process guidance and support for planning, requirements specification, design specification, implementation and testing. The TSPi provides a wealth of data and metrics that can be used for an in-depth quality analysis of the both product and the process, which in turn forms the basis for taking action to improve the effectiveness of the team.