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Part IV: Managing Yourself > The Personal Software Process (PSP)
The Personal Software Process (PSP)[1]
[1] Source: Watts S. Humphrey. 2000. The Personal Software Process (PSP). CMU/SEI-2000-TR-022. Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute. Available online at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/reports/00tr022.pdf.
The Personal Software Process (PSP) is based on the following planning and quality principles:
Every engineer is different; to be most effective, engineers must plan their work, and they must base their plans on their own personal data.
To consistently improve their performance, engineers must personally use well-defined and measured processes.
To produce quality products, engineers must feel personally responsible for the quality of their products. Superior products are not produced by mistake; engineers must strive to do quality work.
It costs less to find and fix defects earlier in a process than later.
It is more efficient to prevent defects than to find and fix them.
The right way is always the fastest and cheapest way to do a job.
