| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Work does not differ according to locations, as many teams are located in multiple locations)
Customer: The largest customer (Daimler) has specific requirements to the projects process, so there is a daimler specific tailoring of the standards, vs. projects for other customers in the automotive segment.
Size (Not Relevant: The process does not vary significantly according to size, since all fixed price projects have a minimum size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: no variation within the different parts of the organizational structure)
Type of Work: projects with new development as well as release projects (continuing for years) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Non-Daimler (Customer): any other customers
Daimler (Customer): fixed price projects for the customer Daimler
New Development (Type of Work): Newly developed applications
Release Project (Type of Work): Existing applications that are enhanced in continuing releases |
| Subgroups: |
1: Release Projects for customer Daimler
90 People, 10 Basic Units
– Daimler
– Release Project
2: New Development for customer Daimler
39 People, 3 Basic Units
– Daimler
– New Development
3: New development for non-Daimler customers
4 People, 1 Basic Units
– New Development
– Non-Daimler |