| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: No matter where the projects are developed, they all following the standard processes, the process tailoring is based on type of works not on location.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The majority customers are government agencies with similiar patterns. The processes are initially designed to fit government type customer needs. Individual customer does not direct impact the process implementation.)
Size (Not Relevant: Product and platform based software development and customization. Size does not direct impact the process implementation.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All software projects are managed under the same organizational structure.)
Type of Work: The research, development, customization and maintenance projects use different software processes or with different tailoring focus. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Research and Development (Type of Work): The software research and development works use the standard software processes with minor tailoring.
Maintainence (Type of Work): The software maintenance works use the software processes with the focus on bug fixes, software enhancement, and quick response to customer demands in tailoring.
Customization (Type of Work): The software product or platform based customization works using software customization processes. |
| Subgroups: |
PJ-R&D: The software research and development type projects using standard processes with minor tailoring.
56 People, 3 Basic Units
– Research and Development
PJ-MTN: The software maintenance type projects using the software development processes with tailoring to fit bug fixes, enhancement and quick response needs.
28 People, 8 Basic Units
– Maintainence
PJ-CUST: The product or platform based customization type projects using the customization processes.
42 People, 12 Basic Units
– Customization |