| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are conducted in a single location (Rockville, MD).)
Customer (Not Relevant: All the projects are development projects of government agencies.)
Size (Not Relevant: All the projects are in the similar size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All the groups are following the same processes.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All the works are development type works.)
Development Platform: COTS-based and Non-COTS-based development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
COTS-based development (Development Platform): most of the requirements are realized by the functionality of COTS. The analysis and design must consider the ability of COTS, and implementation and configuration management will used the tools provided by COTS.
Non-COTS-based development (Development Platform): the requirements are implemented by program libraries or from scratch code. There is flexibility on the analysis and design, and no limitation on development and configuration management tools. |
| Subgroups: |
COTS-based development: Most of the requirements are realized by the functionality of COTS. The analysis and design must consider the ability of COTS, and implementation and configuration management will used the tools provided by COTS.
8 People, 2 Basic Units
– COTS-based development
Non-COTS-based development: The requirements are implemented by program libraries or from scratch code. There is flexibility on the analysis and design, and no limitation on development and configuration management tools.
17 People, 2 Basic Units
– Non-COTS-based development |