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Watts S. Humphrey

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Watts S. Humphrey was the author of several influential books on the software development process and software process improvement. He was a fellow at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon, where he provided the vision for, and early leadership in the development of, the widely used standard for assessing an organization's software development capability, the Capability Maturity Model. Watts Humphrey passed away on October 28, 2010.

Watts S. Humphrey was the author of several influential books on the software development process and software process improvement. He was a fellow at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon, where he provided the vision for, and early leadership in the development of, the widely used standard for assessing an organization's software development capability, the Capability Maturity Model. Watts Humphrey passed away on October 28, 2010.

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Building a Competitive Software Capability: Creative DestructionIn this excerpt from Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust: Building a Competitive Software Capability, Watts Humphrey and James Over explain why these changes must be a high priority for software companies and other organizations for whom knowledge is a valuable asset.