| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not relevant. The appraisal is focused on only one location)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not relevant. All customers are in-house IT staff, with little variability across the customer set)
Size (Not Relevant: Not relevant. There is only one pattern of work for support group work)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not relevant. All work is done in the same organization with the same reporting structure)
Type of Work: Each of the three support groups being appraised perform work differently. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Process (Type of Work): Support team focused on process definition and continual improvement.
Training (Type of Work): Support Team focused on planning for and providing training to IT staff.
QA Audits (Type of Work): Support team focused on performing periodic audits of projects and support functions to determine their compliance to processes. |
| Subgroups: |
Process: Process team.
12 People, 1 Basic Units
– Process
Training: Training Team, including Instructors and LMS administrators
14 People, 1 Basic Units
– Training
QA Audits: Team of auditors who check compliance to processes.
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– QA Audits |