Who This Author Is

Watts S Humphrey has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 7 catalog-linked books across 1989 to 2006, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction.

Best for readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers. If you want the easiest first click, start with TSP; coaching development teams. (SEI series in software engineering) and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1989 to 2006; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • common used copies from Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1989 to 2006; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall.

Top Books To Start With

  1. TSP; coaching development teams. (SEI series in software engineering)

    Prentice Hall • 2006 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2006 • 448 pages.

  2. TSP(SM)-Leading a Development Team (The SEI Series in Software Engineering)

    Addison-Wesley • 2005 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2005 • 336 pages.

  3. Introduction to the Personal Software Process (The SEI Series in Software Engineering)

    Addison-Wesley • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 304 pages.

  4. Managing Technical People : Innovation, Teamwork, and the Software Process (SEI Series in Software Engineering)

    Addison-Wesley • 1996 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 352 pages.

  5. Introduction to the Team Software Process(sm) (The SEI Series in Software Engineering)

    Addison-Wesley • 1999 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 496 pages.

  6. Managing the Software Process

    Addison-Wesley • 1989 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1989 • 494 pages.

  7. A Discipline for Software Engineering

    Addison-Wesley • 1995 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995 • 789 pages.

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