| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only 1 location that follows the same processes)
Customer (Not Relevant: There is only one specific type of customer.)
Size (Not Relevant: The basic units are all the same size, or very similar sizes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All work is done using a project structure. The process followed is the same for each project.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All work follows the same set of processes with slight tailoring guidelines.)
effort size: Projects with effort less than or equal to 30 months and projects with effort larger than 30 months do a few things differently. (mostly: format of milestone meetings- more formal for large and low level design tailoring for small projedts) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
small effort (effort size): projects with effort less than or equal to 30 months
large effort (effort size): projects with effort larger than 30 months |
| Subgroups: |
Small Software: Small Software development projects
37 People, 3 Basic Units
– small effort
Large Software: Large Software development
18 People, 1 Basic Units
– large effort |