| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects are managed and delivered out of one location, Shanghai, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Although different customers have different project targets, SLAs, which have already been take into account during planning stage – schedule, cost and risk planning. There is no process variation due to customers.)
Size (Not Relevant: Project granularity is more or less the same.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: There are no variations in the objectives and / or processes based on the organization structure)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Only cover development projects)
Product type: There are 3 product types: Financial Business Products, Mobile App, Internal Support System. Processes are customized based on product types. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Financial Business Products (Product type): The projects which focus on developing financial business products
Mobile App (Product type): The projects which focus on developing mobile apps
Internal Support System (Product type): The projects which focus on developing internal support systems |
| Subgroups: |
G1: The projects which focus on developing financial business products
43 People, 3 Basic Units
– Financial Business Products
G2: The projects which focus on developing mobile applications
32 People, 3 Basic Units
– Mobile App
G3: The project which focus on developing internal support systems
22 People, 3 Basic Units
– Internal Support System |