| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All same campus.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All government entities.)
Size (Not Relevant: All product development projects use the same corporate-wide standardized traditional “waterfall” product development life cycle based on contractual requirements. The size of a project impacts the timelines and resources, not the processes. Since all products are systems involving some electronics, some hardware, some software, and related disciplines, the only differences are due how many times they run through certain processes, not the processes themselves.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Uniform structure throughout the organization.)
Type of Work: Same work. using this as container. Different types of projects require more or less reviews and integration. The type doesn”t actually change the processes, just how many times the processes are used. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Defense & Missiles (Type of Work): Defense systems of various types and sizes.
Satellites (Type of Work): Satellite systems. Payload and ground operations but not including launch vehicles.
Components & Payload (Type of Work): Navigational and Targeting components. Small families of small components that go into other systems such as navigation and guidance, targeting, sensors, etc., usually mass produced. |
| Subgroups: |
Defense & Missiles: Defense systems of various types and sizes, usually involving command & control, radar, targeting, and something flying.
1637 People, 4 Basic Units
– Defense & Missiles
Space: Satellite systems. Payload and ground operations but not including launch vehicles.
247 People, 3 Basic Units
– Satellites
Components: Avionics and navigation and other things that fly on some other platform to accomplish some greater objective.
63 People, 2 Basic Units
– Components & Payload |