| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All development work is completed in the offices in Xi”an)
Customer (Not Relevant: Commercial. All software developed is for Education establishments on a commercial basis and performed identically for all customers)
Size: The projects sizes are Small Less than 6 Months and Large Greater than 6 months
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All work is completed by the sevelopment department)
Type of Work: Maintenance and New development activities are performed, Maintenance implements a sub set of the organisation processes |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Large (Size): Duration greater than 6 months
Small (Size): Duration of 6 months or less
New Development (Type of Work): New development work using full scope of organisation processes
Maintenance (Type of Work): Maintenance of delivered products using subset of organisation processes |
| Subgroups: |
Group 1: New development projects currently running
22 People, 2 Basic Units
– Large
– New Development
Group 2: Maintenance of delivered products
9 People, 1 Basic Units
– Maintenance
– Small |