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Location (Not Relevant: : all development and maintenance work is performed in only one location, Manassas, VA and therefore, does not drive differences in conditions under which work is performed.)
Customer: (US Government, Commercial): development and maintenance work within Tracen is performed differently depending on the type of customer. Current customers include US Federal Government and Commercial customers.
Size (Not Relevant: all development and maintenance work within Tracen is not performed differently based on the size of the basic unit or support function and therefore, does not drive differences in conditions under which work is performed.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: all development and maintenance work within Tracen is not performed differently across the entire organization and therefore, does not drive differences in conditions under which work is performed.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: all development and maintenance work within Tracen is performed by a Hybrid lifecycle method “type of work” which consists of combining Agile and Iterative Waterfall software development lifecycle methods. Project tasks are performed in a sprint release cycle of three weeks which typically include planning and analysis, requirements, design, development, testing, acceptance evaluation, deployment to production, and maintenance tasks.) |