A Personal Software Process Tool for Eclipse Environment

The Personal Software Process (PSP) is a framework for individual software engineers to improve the quality, predictability and productivity of their work. It consists of a family of seven personal processes that progressively introduce data collection and analysis techniques. This paper presents a PSP tool that is integrated into the Eclipse environment. Currently it includes an Eclipse plug-in that supports PSP0 and a Line-Of-Code (LOC) counter for PSP0.1. A PSP plug-in for Eclipse will help an Eclipse user conveniently practice PSP by reducing data gathering and analysis overhead. It will assist PSP training in universities and industries. Such an Eclipse plug-in will allow Eclipse platform and PSP to be incorporated into software engineering curriculum in an integrated fashion.

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