| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Activities are performed according to an integrated and common quaity system. Resources are allocated to projects / services from the different locations of the company are integrated under the same team according to the needed profiles.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Although there are different needs according to the customers, he customer requests are internally managed in the same way, so we can consider this factor has no influence in the way the activities are performed.)
Size (Not Relevant: The size (measured as estimated function points internal effort) is subsumed under the factor called “category”)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: There is a single organizational structure for all projects and services)
Type of Work: Way in which the activities to be performed are organized
Category: Way in which the quality system is applied. It is a function of the size (measured as function points) and type of work |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
DEV (Type of Work): Development projects
SVC (Type of Work): Applications Maintenance organized as services
CAT1 (Category): Category 1: Projects or Services in which the quality system is applied according to the requirements of the CMMI level 2.(The size is >1500 Function Points)
CAT0 (Category): Category 0: Projects or Services in which the quality system is applied according to the requirements of the CMMI level 3.(Either the size is >4500 Function Points or considered as special by the Management) |
| Subgroups: |
G2: Maintenance services with Category 0
426 People, 3 Basic Units
– SVC
– CAT0
G3: Development projects with Category 1
82 People, 4 Basic Units
– DEV
– CAT1
G4: Maintenance services with Category 1
343 People, 11 Basic Units
– CAT1
– SVC |