| Sampling Factors: |
Location: This factor is relevant because one project is on the corporate headquarters site and the other is at a client location.
Customer: This factor is relevant because one project is for internal corporate customers and the other project is for an external client.
Size (Not Relevant: Not relevant because both projects are approximately the same size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not relevant because both projects report to the same senior manager.)
Type of Work: This factor is relevant because both projects perform very different types of activities and implement the model practices differently. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Headquarters (Location): The factor is for projects that are based at the headquarters in Princeton, NJ
Client-Site (Location): This factor is used for projects that are based at a client site.
Internal (Customer): This factor is used for projects for internal customers.
External (Customer): This factor is used for projects for external customers.
IT Services (Type of Work): This factor is used for project that delivers IT Services.
Systems Engineering (Type of Work): This factor is used for projects that delivers systems engineering products and services. |
| Subgroups: |
Group 1: This group is for headquarters internal projects that delivers IT Services.
2 People, 1 Basic Units
– Headquarters
– Internal
– IT Services
Group 2: This subgroup is for client site projects for external customers delivering systems engineering products and services.
2 People, 1 Basic Units
– Systems Engineering
– External
– Client-Site |