| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Location has no effect in the way that all the activities are performed in the organization due that they all development and maintenance activities are performed by the Development Center located in one single location in Changzhou China)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customer are China Governmental Organizations and public organizations but processes are not affected due this fact)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are similar in terms of size, around 3 to 8 month, but processes are not affected due this factor.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational Unit is an integrated department under a unique general manager where Organizational Structure do not impact on how the work is performed)
Type of Work: There are 2 main types of work; Development of SW applications and Evolutionary and Corrective Software maintenance
Software Lifecycle: Software lifecycle used by projeccts |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Development of SW (Type of Work): New Product Software Development
Maintenance (Type of Work): Evolutionary and Corrective Software enhancements and maintenance
Waterfall (Software Lifecycle): Projects performed using waterfall lifecycle model
Iterative (Software Lifecycle): Projects performed using iterative lifecycle model
Agile (Software Lifecycle): Projects performed using Agile lifecycle model |
| Subgroups: |
Development of SW using Waterfall Lifecycle: New product software projects development using waterfall lifecycle for all new requirements
4 People, 1 Basic Units
– Development of SW
– Waterfall
Software Maintenance using Waterfall lifecycle: Evolutionary and Corrective Software enhancements and maintenance projects for existing products
8 People, 2 Basic Units
– Waterfall
– Maintenance |