| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Organization operates out of several different sites where the process implementation is different. However, for this appraisal the organizational scope is to appraise only the projects located in Watertown NY, location per NYAB Procedure 5-15-0.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Company processes have been established regardless of the customer; they are not differentiated based on the customers. Tailoring may have been used as appropriate and does not represent a significant difference to the process implementation.)
Size (Not Relevant: Even though the organization has had large and small projects in the past, there has been no new small (e.g., less that 480 hrs of effort can follow a simplified process) projects so far in 2016 and there are no plans for small projects for the remainder of 2016 at this time. Therefore, for this appraisal the size has been determined to be not relevant.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational structure is not a factor; organization involvement (stakeholders, project lead, processes) is driven mostly by the type of project.)
Type of Work: Type of work does impact how a project is managed; projects are categorized by sales, development, customer, and operations (e.g., sales projects follow a streamlined process) Sales projects could be with development, agile or SW only Each type of project follows a different process. |