| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Location (Not Relevant: Systems Engineers are located in Glendale Arizona and Clearwater Florida. Defining subgroups using “Location” would be of no value to the OU.))
Customer (Not Relevant: Customer (Not Relevant: Organizational Unit is performing work the same way for customers. Defining subgroups using “customer” would be redundant.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size (Not Relevant: Team management processes are scalable to fit different project team sizes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Reporting structure may be different within the Centers of Excellence (COEs) supporting the Electronic Solutions organizations , but no difference in what is reported through Electronic solutions technical management.)
Type of Work: Type of Work: (Relevant: Projects within the organizational unit include development and maintenance projects. Maintenance type of work – have completed the major development and are in a maintenance cycle and are typically short cycle. Development type of work – involved in full scale development and are typically longer in lifecycle duration.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Maintenance (Type of Work): Multiple short duration releases – 9 months to a year – high level Project Defined Process (PDP), abbreviated lifecycle, may have separate PDP per product line
Developmeent (Type of Work): long duration projects (6-8), detailed Project Defined Process, and involve full lifecycle activities |
| Subgroups: |
Maintenance: Maintenance work consists of multiple short duration releases (9 months to a year)
16 People, 2 Basic Units
– Maintenance
Development: Development work is typically long duration projects (6 to 8 years)
43 People, 4 Basic Units
– Developmeent |