| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: No effect on implementation of process assets within projects at varying locations)
Customer (Not Relevant: No effect on implementation of process assets within projects working for different customers)
Size (Not Relevant: No effect on implementation of process assets within projects based on size of project)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: This is a single organization using a single set of process assets and policies)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The scope of this appraisal is for one type of work being performed by LS – software development, maintenance, and support.)
Life Cycle: The documentation supporting Agile projects differs from that supporting standard Waterfall and evolutionary development; however, both make use of standard LS process assets. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Agile (Life Cycle): Many of the documents are transitory and are baselined for the very short term. Project measurements indicating productivity, quality, and schedule are correspondingly collected more frequently and analyzed rapidly to affect the immediate future.
Waterfall (Life Cycle): The development process supports the full process asset use and terminology. |
| Subgroups: |
Agile projects: Projects in this subgroup use the Agile development approach and an appropriately tailored defined process.
35 People, 2 Basic Units
– Agile
Waterfall projects: Projects in this subgroup have a standard approach to their software development using the asset set to support the waterfall life cycle.
85 People, 5 Basic Units
– Waterfall |