| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not relevant. The work is performed in one location.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not relevant. Most of the customers are related to Government agencies following regulations required by that type of market sector, not variations based on customers.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not relevant. Projects within the scope of the CMMI initiative follow same processes and guidelines regarding the size. Design and Development projects are usually large projects and adjustments are made based on size but as part of the tailoring. At the time of the appraisal there was not what could be considered a small project being performed.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not relevant. All projects are planned and executed within the same organizational unit structure at ESEN.)
Type of Work: Project follow two different type of development lifecycles: traditional waterfall and agile based on SCRUM principles |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Waterfall (Type of Work): Projects that follow the traditional waterfall approach,, normally subject to regulatory compliance to different sectors normative, like aviation or defense.
Agile (Type of Work): Project planned and executed based on SCRUM principles, mainly related to internal R&D activities with a defined roadmap and vision of the product but flexibility at the time of determining scope. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Projects that follow the traditional waterfall approach,, normally subject to regulatory compliance to different sectors normative, like aviation or defense.
28 People, 2 Basic Units
– Waterfall
SG2: Project planned and executed based on SCRUM principles, mainly related to internal R&D activities with a defined roadmap and vision of the product but flexibility at the time of determining scope.
28 People, 2 Basic Units
– Agile |