| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only 1 location that follows the same processes)
Customer (Not Relevant: Projects for different customers use the same processes. note: The difference in customer is redundant with the difference in the type of work and is therefore subsumed by that factor)
Size: Projects use different processes for big (customized projects larger than 60 man-months,product development larger than 30 man-months) and middle size (customized projects less than 60 man-months but larger than 15,product development less than 30 man-months but lager than 9). customized projects Smaller than 15 man-months,product developmengt Smaller than 9 man-months – are excluded..
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Different development departments use the same processes. All work is project structured and processes are based on the type of work.)
Type of Work: Projects use different processes for customized projects and product development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
big projects (Size): big (customized projects larger than 60 man-months,product development larger than 30 man-months)
middle size projects (Size): middle size (customized projects less than 60 man-months but larger than 15,product development less than 30 man-months but lager than 9)
Customized projects (Type of Work): projects that are customized
Product development (Type of Work): normal product development (not customized) |
| Subgroups: |
Big Customized projects: Projects that are both Big and Customized
43 People, 4 Basic Units
– big projects
– Customized projects
Mid Customized projects: projects that are both mid-sized and customized
36 People, 7 Basic Units
– Customized projects
– middle size projects
Big Product development: projects that are big and normal product development
8 People, 1 Basic Units
– big projects
– Product development
Mid Product development: projects that are mid-sized and normal product development
15 People, 3 Basic Units
– Product development
– middle size projects |