| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All work is performed at the Keymind site in Virginia)
Customer (Not Relevant: Keymind’s customers are both federal and non-federal (not-for-profits) agencies. Work is performed in the same way for all customers)
Size (Not Relevant: Though staff size varies between 3 – 13, people are not dedicated full time to projects. Size has been shown not to have an impact on the way work is performed)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: In total 25 people work at Keymind in a flat organizational structure.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All work is software development)
Product Type: The type of technology and platform used for the system |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Web application (Product Type): New development or enhancement of web applications using technologies such as SQL server, C#, ASP.NET, HTML/CSS
Other (Product Type): Other technologies/platforms or is it architectures used, such as COTS integration and Client/Server |
| Subgroups: |
other: Includes project that are not web apps (such as Client/server). A minor part of the work done at Keymind
5 People, 2 Basic Units
– Other
Web Apps: New development or enhancement of web applications using technologies such as SQL server, C#, ASP.NET, HTML/CSS
15 People, 3 Basic Units
– Web application |