| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Location does not significantly impact the range of conditions in which processes must operate. All projects are managed out of the McLean VA corporate head-quarters.)
Customer: Customer is the primary reason for the variance in the use of processes. Processes are tailored to fit the requirements of each customer with the primary variance based on whether the customer is a commercial or Federal (includes DoD) customer.
Size (Not Relevant: Size does not significantly impact the range of conditions in which processes must operate. Large and small projects use the same processes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Org Structure does not significantly impact the range of conditions in which processes must operate.)
Type of Work: Type of Work varies between the Development projects and the Services projects in the application of processes |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Commercial (Customer): Projects in support of commercial customers
Federal (Customer): Projects in support of Federal customers
Services (Type of Work): Projects that provide services to the customer
Development (Type of Work): Projects that develop software products. |
| Subgroups: |
Federal Services: Services projects done in support of the Federal government
56 People, 5 Basic Units
– Federal
– Services
Commercial Services: Services projects done in support of commercial customers
6 People, 2 Basic Units
– Services
– Commercial
Federal Development: Software development projects done in support of the Federal government.
29 People, 4 Basic Units
– Development
– Federal |