| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All locations use the same methods because the way of work is documented in the “CMMI Solution” of Tecsidel. So, location is not a determining or distinguishing factor affecting the implementation or performance of work.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customers don”t influence in the methods used to develop software, because exists only one “CMMI Solution” of Tecsidel for all the customers. Tecsidel supports the economic risk of the project, and so, it determines the way of working. Professional Services is a kind of works where methods are determined by customers.))
Size (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the size of the project. Minor changes are managed as maintenance activities inside a maintenance service, but services are out of the scope. Others are considered fixed price development projects.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All fixed price projects inside Tecsidel”s organization use the methodology “The CMMI Solution”. Organizational Structure is not a determining or distinguishing factor affecting the implementation or performance of work.)
Type of Work: Relevant: Fixed Price Software Development Project is a type of work that influences the used method. Other ways of working, also produce software, but the method is established by the customer. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Fixed Price (Type of Work): It is a kind of project where Tecsidel assumes the risk of costs and duration achievement.
Not fixed price (Type of Work): Other kind of services are offered to the customers, where software is also delivered, but the way of working is established by the customer, and the risk is also assumed by the customer. |
| Subgroups: |
Fixed Price Software Project: Tecsidel assumes the risk of achievement of duration and cost.
23 People, 5 Basic Units
– Fixed Price |