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| Watts S. Humphrey founded
the Software Process Program of the Software
Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon
University. He is a Fellow of the Institute
and is a research scientist on its staff.
From 1959 to 1986 he was associated with IBM
Corporation where he was director of programming
quality and process. His publications include
many technical papers and nine books. His
most recent books are "Managing the Software
Process" (1989), "A Discipline for Software
Engineering" (1995), "Managing Technical People"
(1996), "Introduction to the Personal Software
Process" (1997), and "Introduction to the
Team Software Process" (2000). Mr. Humphrey
holds five U.S. Patents. In 1991 he served
on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm
Baldrige Board of Examiners National Quality
Award. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics
from the University of Chicago, a master's
degree in physics from the Illinois Institute
of Technology, and a master's degree in business
administration from the University of Chicago.
In 1993, the American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronauts presented Mr. Humphrey with
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| Mr.
Humphrey was awarded an honorary Ph.D. degree
in software engineering by Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University in 1998. In 2000, the Watts Humphrey
Software Quality Institute was named in his
honor in Chennai, India, and the Boeing Company
presented him with an award for leadership and
innovation in software process improvement.
He is is one of the ten influential men and
women of software, according to the managing
editor of CrossTalk magazine. For More Information
More information about Mr. Humphrey's books
can be found on the Addison-Wesley Web site.
Information about his SEI technical reports
can be found on the publications section of
the SEI Web site. Mr. Humphrey also writes "Watts
New," a quarterly column that appears in SEI
Interactive. For a more detailed description
of the PSP and TSP, including how they relate
to the CMM, read "Pathways to Process Maturity:
The Personal Software Process and Team Software
Process"by Watts S. Humphrey. This is a condensed
version of a three-part series that appeared
in consecutive issues of CrossTalk from February
to April 1998. Those issues are available online
at http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/crostalk.html
View a video of Watts S. Humphrey, "Competing
in the Software Age." Note: QuickTime 4.0. is
required to view this video. The Software Engineering
Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research
and development center sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie
Mellon University. Copyright 2002 by Carnegie
Mellon University URL: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/tsp/watts-bio.html
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