| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are managed from the same location, Tres Cantos site in Madrid (Spain))
Customer (Not Relevant: Customer is not a relevant factor, because all projects used the same methodology, processes and tools independently of the customer.)
Size: Two types of project based on size (reduced Life Cycle and Full Life Cycle).
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational Structure is not a relevant factos because they are organize by sector (finance and banking and insurance) and all projects used the same methodology, processes and tools independenlly of which part of the organization they reports to. It is an internal policy as well it facilitates hte internal movement.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Type of work is not a relevant factor because they use the same methodology, processes and tools independently of the type of work to facilitate internal movement.)
Technology: Two types of projects based on Technological Platform (Mainframe and Web/Client Server developments). |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Full Life Cycle (Size): More than 40 person/days
Reduced Life Cycle (Size): Less than 40 person/days
Mainframe (Technology): Projects develop for mainframe platforms
Web (Technology): Projects developed for web platforms |
| Subgroups: |
Mainframe Full Life Cycle Projects: Projects developed for mainframe technologies with an estimated effort of 40 or more person / days
106 People, 44 Basic Units
– Full Life Cycle
– Mainframe
Mainframe Reduced Life Cycle: Projects developed for mainframe technologies with an estimated effort of less than 40 person / days
106 People, 49 Basic Units
– Mainframe
– Reduced Life Cycle
Web Full Life Cycle: Projects developed for Web or Client/Server technologies with an estimated effort of 40 or more person / days
90 People, 77 Basic Units
– Full Life Cycle
– Web
Web Reduced Life Cycle: Projects developed for Web or Client/Server technologies with an estimated effort of less than 40 person / days
13 People, 74 Basic Units
– Web
– Reduced Life Cycle |