| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not relevant. All development work is conducted at the IRS government agency location.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not relevant. The organizational unit customer is the Internal Revenue Services.)
Size (Not Relevant: There is no size effect on implementation and therefore is not relevant. Project sizes include 4 resources supporting the eA3 application development and 13 supporting the IT Services. Organizational Scope size is 17.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All personnel report to the same senior management so no relevance on sampling.)
Type of Work: Types of work in the organizational unit includes Software Engineering and IT Services. The type of work is a relevant sampling factor based on 2 different types of work being performed; therefore, two subgroups have been identified. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Software Engineering (Type of Work): All resources supporting the Software Engineering work onsite at government agency customer site. Corporate functions at Makpar headquarters consists of support groups to include Quality Assurance, Process Management and Training support provided by a corporate (2) resources.
IT Services (Type of Work): All resources supporting IT Services work onsite at government agency customer site. Corporate functions at Makpar headquarters consists of support groups to include Quality Assurance, Process Management and Training support provided by a corporate (2) resources. |
| Subgroups: |
Software Engineering: All resources supporting the Software Engineering work onsite at government agency customer site. Corporate functions at Makpar headquarters consists of support groups to include Quality Assurance, Process Management and Training support provided by a corporate (2) resources. 4 onsite + 2 support (HQ) = 6 total number of people
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– Software Engineering
IT Services: All resources supporting IT Services work onsite at government agency customer site. Corporate functions at Makpar headquarters consists of support groups to include Quality Assurance, Process Management and Training support provided by a corporate (2) resources. 15 onsite + 2 support (HQ) = 17
17 People, 1 Basic Units
– IT Services |