| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Although the OU has two sites, Vigo and Coruña, project teams may belong to any of the offices, working transparently.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The mission of the OU is the development and evolution of applications for internal use at ABANCA.)
Size (Not Relevant: Only projects over 22 men*days are considered in the scope of the appraisal.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The structure is common for all the units, having a Unit Manager, a set of Project Managers and a team of technical people (Analysts and Developers).)
Type of Work: This point consolidates a key factor affecting the way in which processes are implemented, resulting in two possible values (development of new applications and the evolution of the existing ones).
Paradigm: The paradigm followed for developing software results in different processes and their associated capabilities with two possible values the standard SDLC, a waterfall life cycle and agile Scrum.
Prioritization schema: Agile teams may work for a single Product Owner (working a single set of applications), or with multiple Product Owners (working on a multi-application environment). |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
ND (Type of Work): Development of new applications
EV (Type of Work): Evolution of existing applications
SDLC (Paradigm): Standard development life cycle
SCRUM (Paradigm): Agile Scrum
SA (Prioritization schema): Single application
MA (Prioritization schema): Multi-application |
| Subgroups: |
1. SDLC.ND: Projects for building new core-banking applications either replacing an existing one, or addressing new strategic systems in support of business.
89 People, 6 Basic Units
– SDLC
– ND
2. SDLC. EV: Projects for enhancing existing applications, adding, or replacing functionality to the current assets.
91 People, 7 Basic Units
– EV
– SDLC
3. SCRUM. SA: Teams involved in projects for the evolution of a single kernel of applications using a Scrum-Agile paradigm.
55 People, 7 Basic Units
– SCRUM
– SA
4. SCRUM.MA: Teams involved in projects for the evolution of a set of applications addressing different business groups using a Scrum-Agile paradigm.
64 People, 6 Basic Units
– MA
– SCRUM |