| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: There is only one location – Des Moines, IA)
Customer (Not Relevant: There are a limited number of customers, and the same processes are used for all.)
Size (Not Relevant: The size of the project does not affect the processes used.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: There is only one organizational unit within the appraisal scope – Information Management)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The type of work does not affect the way that work is performed)
Lifecycle: In the past, most of the work was performed using a Waterfall life cycle. The organization has since migrated to mostly Scrum-based projects, although 2 legacy products continue to use Waterfall. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Waterfall (Lifecycle): Traditional Waterfall development, currently only used for 2 legacy products.
Scrum (Lifecycle): Agile development is now being used for most of the projects. |
| Subgroups: |
Waterfall Subgroup: Projects using Waterfall life cycle
39 People, 5 Basic Units
– Waterfall
Scrum Subgroup: Projects using agile development methodology.
28 People, 3 Basic Units
– Scrum |