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The Personal Software ProcessSM (PSPSM) Body of Knowledge, Version 1.0

Marsha Pomeroy-Huff Julia Mullaney Robert Cannon Mark Sebern Foreword by Watts S. Humphrey

August 2005

SPECIAL REPORT CMU/SEI-2005-SR-003

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The Personal Software ProcessSM (PSPSM) Body of Knowledge, Version 1.0

CMU/SEI-2005-SR-003

Marsha Pomeroy-Huff Julia Mullaney Robert CannonMark Sebern Foreword by Watts S. Humphrey

August 2005

Software Engineering Process Management Program

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About This Report..................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements ................................................................................................ viiForeword................................................................................................................... ix Abstract..................................................................................................................... xi 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose...................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Sources and Influences .............................................................................. 3 1.3 Document Organization .............................................................................. 4 2 Suggested Uses of the PSP BOK .................................................................... 5 2.1 Use by...