Where to find the PSP programming exercises

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I bought a copy of PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers (paid link) by Humphrey Watts because I wanted to learn the Personal Software Process (PSP) on my own. I thought the book would have everything I needed to do that but the links to the programming exercises (aka assignment kit) in the book are dead.

No problem, I thought, I’ll just find them myself. Wrong. After a couple of hours of searching the internet, I still hasn’t found the PSP programming exercises. So, I finally asking for help on a forum and David Tuma was kind enough to point me in the right direction.

As of July 19, 2018, this is how you can find the PSP programming exercises:

1. Go to https://www.sei.cmu.edu/tsp/tools/
2. Click the link for “Self-Study PSP Material”
3. Click the “View Educational Materials” link that appears on the right-hand side of the page near the top
4. Fill out the form to request the download
5. The Software Engineering Institute will send you the download link by email. Click on the link to download the zip file

Here are those steps again with screenshots:

1. Go to https://www.sei.cmu.edu/tsp/tools/
2. Click the link for “Self-Study PSP Material”
   
3. Click the “View Educational Materials” link that appears on the right-hand side of the page near the top
   
4. Fill out the form to request the download
   
5. The Software Engineering Institute will send you the download link by email. Click on the link to download the zip file

I hope this helps.