Personal software process: Classroom experiences from Finland

Pekka Abrahamsson, Karlheinz Kautz

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Abstract

The personal software process (PSPsm) method was introduced a little less than a decade ago with high expectations. Still, only a limited number of experience reports have been published. This paper reports results from the University of Oulu in Finland, where PSP is a mandatory course for students majoring in software engineering. The results do not indicate a significant improvement in size or effort estimation skills, but the defects found in the unit test phase were decreased by a factor of 4.2. Students however did not plan on using the PSP skills in industry. It is suggested that course assignments are tailored to local context, and a stronger emphasis is placed on the concept and classification of defects. Software industry should in turn develop capabilities for using the PSP trained engineers. These and other implications are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSoftware Quality - ECSQ 2002
Subtitle of host publicationQuality Connection - 7th European Conference on Software Quality
EditorsJyrki Kontio, Reidar Conradi
PublisherSpringer
Pages175-185
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-540-47984-0
ISBN (Print)978-3-540-43749-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event7th European Conference on Software Quality - Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 9 Jun 200213 Jun 2002

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume2349
ISSN0302-9743

Conference

Conference7th European Conference on Software Quality
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period9/06/0213/06/02

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