| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All software and systems project work is performed in Rochester, NY and Columbia, MD with no differences in process implementation.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All projects perform software and systems engineering for government and military agencies.)
Size (Not Relevant: Although project size varies, there is no difference in process implementation within each group)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Software and systems projects report to separate middle management groups. All projects report to the same senior management. There are no differences in process implementation within each group based on organizational structure.)
Type of Work: Software engineering projects and systems engineering projects use different standard processes; this has been identified as the only relevant sampling factor. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Software Engineering: (Type of Work): Software engineering projects
Systems Engineering (Type of Work): Systems engineering projects |
| Subgroups: |
Software: Software Engineering Projects
295 People, 21 Basic Units
– Software Engineering:
Systems: Systems Engineering Projects
44 People, 14 Basic Units
– Systems Engineering |