| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: This factor is not applicable because they only have one location and the projects in the scope are in Mexico City.)
Customer (Not Relevant: This factor does not apply since Consulting Area has just an external clients This factor does not involve tailoring affecting the implementation of the processes by customer type, but the project size).)
Size: This factor is relevant. They have small and big software development projects based in the effort. The tailoring guidelines are based on project size.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: This factor is not applicable because all projects belong to “Consulting Area”.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: This factor is not relevant; they only have one type of projects: software development) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Big Projects (Size): More than 800 development hours
Small Projects (Size): 1 to 160 development hours |
| Subgroups: |
Group 1: BIG: Software development projects with effort estimation bigger than 800 hours
5 People, 3 Basic Units
– Big Projects
Group 2: SMALL: Software development projects with effort estimation between 1 and 160 hours
2 People, 2 Basic Units
– Small Projects |