| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: OU performs its activities from Pune location only hence is not considered as critical factor)
Customer: OU does software development for a software product (iMedOne) for its parent company in Germany. However few of the projects also cater to internal need of framework development to assist other projects. Hence this was considered as a critical factor.
Size: Different size for projects i.e. Large and Small has a bearing on process execution.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Project managers and other participants follow the same standard process and report to same senior management. The organizational structure does not drive a different process to be followed.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: OU has projects with a similar development lifecycle projects. Hence this was not considered as a sampling factor.)
Technology: Some projects are executed in windows platform and few others in Web based development mode. Hence this was considered as sampling factor. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Internal (Customer): These projects cater to internal organizational needs
External (Customer): These projects are working towards development of iMedOne product for external customer
Large (Size): These includes projects with more than 10 resources
Small (Size): These includes projects with less than or equal to 10 resources
Windows (Technology): These includes projects working on Windows platform
Web (Technology): These includes projects working on Web technology |
| Subgroups: |
G1: These groups includes projects which are of large size, internal customer and Web based
17 People, 1 Basic Units
– Internal
– Large
– Web
G2: These includes projects of large size for external customer and web based
41 People, 2 Basic Units
– Web
– Large
– External
G3: These includes large projects which are external and windows based
34 People, 3 Basic Units
– External
– Large
– Windows
G4: These includes small projects for external customer and windows based
41 People, 5 Basic Units
– Windows
– Small
– External |