Watts Humphrey passed away on 28th of Oct, 2010, a tremendous loss for Software Engineering Profession, especially a loss of leadership in the software development process improvement and software quality improvement.
I still remember; I was ISO 9001 Auditor @ FICIM in 1992, where I read Watts Seminar work “Method for Assessing the Software Engineering Capability of Contractors”, followed by the book “Managing Software Process”; I have been an avid fan since then.
As a young software engineer & process trainer, I was not only impressed with the thought provoking ideas but was intrigued with Capability Maturity Model. Over the years, I did follow-through with all different articles, books. I feel sad that after ‘Management Bug’ caught me, I did not keep track of further original publications around PSP, TSP, and the loss is mine.
Watts was the guiding principle in creating the Software Process Management Industry and founder of Software Engineering Institute (SEI @ CMU). ITES industry in India will not be where it is today, had it not been the CMM Level certification and our quest to conquer various levels, various models and use it proudly to convince our customers about the work. CMM legitimized outsourcing industry and here we are today, declaring another good quarter till date.
There is an interview between Gary Booch & Watts Humphrey at Computer History Museum site http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102702107 .
Watts Humphrey was a true engineer, a genius and visionary, we all will miss him!
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