| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All SMED sustainment activities are performed at Aberdeen Proving Ground in MD.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All SMED sustainment activities are performed for a single customer – the US Army.)
Size (Not Relevant: SMED sustainment projects are of a similar size, and the same processes are used regardless of the relatively small differences in size of the sustainment project.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All of the activities being appraised are performed by a single organizational unit – SMED.)
Type of Work: SMED conducts traditional sustainment work (i.e., Waterfall-like) and Agile work (i.e., Scrum). |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Agile (Type of Work): Sustainment projects that are using a Scrum-like Agile approach.
Traditional (Type of Work): Sustainment projects that are using more of a Waterfall-like life cycle. |
| Subgroups: |
Agile Projects: Sustainment project using an Agile (i.e., Scrum) life cycle.
10 People, 1 Basic Units
– Agile
Traditional Projects: Sustainment projects that use more of a traditional (i.e., Waterfall) life cycle.
140 People, 15 Basic Units
– Traditional |