| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: No process is location specific. All projects are 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. No process is customer specific.)
Size (Not Relevant: Product and platform based software development and maintenance. 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 product development projects, software development projects, and software maintenance projects use different software processes or with different tailoring focus. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Product Development (Type of Work): The software product development projects using the standard processes with minor tailoring.
Software Development (Type of Work): The product based customization to fit customer needs with some process tailoring.
Software Upgrade (Type of Work): The software upgrade with feature enhancement, bug fixes, and quick response to customer demands in tailoring. |
| Subgroups: |
PJ-Product: The software product development projects.
55 People, 8 Basic Units
– Product Development
PJ-Development: The software development projects.
60 People, 8 Basic Units
– Software Development
PJ-Upgrade: The software upgrade projects.
32 People, 9 Basic Units
– Software Upgrade |