| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Location is same for all.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Work and processes are not affected by type of customer. However, see Owning Organization in Other.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size is not relevant. Same process followed.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational structure does not affect the processes used, but the Source and Owning Organizations do define how work is done (see other).)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The type of work is defined by the Source and Lifecycle)
Source: Whether the software supported is COTS/GOTS/Custom affects the way work is done.
Lifecycle: Differences in lifecycle models used (e.g., Agile, spiral, evolutionary, waterfall, incremental, etc.) affect the processes performed to accomplish the work. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
COTS (Source): Commercial Off the Shelf software
Custom (Source): Custom software (not COTS)
Agile (Lifecycle): Those programs/projects that follow the agile methodology
Waterfall (Lifecycle): Those programs/projects that follow the waterfall methodology |
| Subgroups: |
AFRL COTS Waterfall: The development and sustainment efforts that support the configuring of the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) implementation of the COTS product, Microsoft SharePoint using a waterfall approach.
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– COTS
– Waterfall
AFRL Custom Agile: The development and sustainment efforts that support AFRL and provide financial managers the ability to control and monitor their financial budget and execution of funds. This is a custom web based application development effort using an agile approach
5 People, 1 Basic Units
– Custom
– Agile
AFRL Custom Waterfall: The development efforts that support the AFRL customer using custom software and a waterfall approach.
13 People, 3 Basic Units
– Custom
– Waterfall |