| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are being executed from Hyderabad location. Therefore, this is not considered as a factor.)
Customer (Not Relevant: As there are no customer specific processes, customer cannot be considered as a factor)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are of similar size with respect to duration and effort. Due to the same, size cannot be considered as a factor.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Project Organization structure across the projects is same, due to which the project organization structure influence in the projects is same, it will not differ to consider it as a factor.)
Type of Work: Product Development and Maintenance projects are executed by the organization. There is difference in the lifecycle followed for both these types of the projects. Therefore, “type of work” is treated as a factor. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Development (Type of Work): System development projects being executed in Hyderabad location
Maintenance (Type of Work): Enhancing and supporting the base products to meet the customers specific configurations and features are treated as Maintenance projects |
| Subgroups: |
Maint: Enhancing and supporting the base products to meet the customers specific configurations and features are treated as Maintenance projects
50 People, 3 Basic Units
– Maintenance
Dev: System development projects being executed in Hyderabad location
40 People, 3 Basic Units
– Development |