Title: Winning Software Teams

• Abstract: To do superior software work, the developers must work on capable teams that manage and control their own work. These are called self-directed teams. To build and lead such teams, the developers must have the proper training, support, and leadership. When they do, these teams do extraordinary work.
  
  In this talk, Mr. Humphrey describes the principles of modern software development work and shows how the Team Software Process (TSP)SM applies these principles in a way that enables software teams to own their own processes, make their own plans and commitments, and consistently deliver quality products on schedule and for their planned costs.
  
  The results show that, with the TSP, team productivity is more than doubled, testing time is reduced from months to days, and finished products are essentially defect free. Furthermore, when developers use the TSP, they find the work more enjoyable and personally rewarding.
   

• Bio: Watts S. Humphrey founded the Software Process Program of the Software Engineering Institute 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 and VP of Technical Development.
  
  His publications include many technical papers and eleven books. Some of his recent books are Winning With Software: An Executive Strategy, PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers, TSP: Leading a Development Team, and TSP: Coaching Development Teams. He holds five US. Patents.
  
   In 1991 he served on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Physics and a Master's degree in Business Administration.
  
  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 in Chennai, India was named in his honor and the Boeing Corporation presented him with an award for innovation and leadership in software process improvement.
  
  In 2005, at the White House, the President of the United States awarded Mr. Humphrey the National Medal of Technology.