| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are located in Yinchuan)
Customer: A.Government B.Commercial C.Internal
Size: A.Large B.Middle C.Small
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are primary performed by Development Group of R&D Dept.. The other departments of R&D Dept. are supporting groups.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The types of all projects are software development.)
Application domains: A.Society Security Management System. B.Enterprise MIS
Project Types: A.Product base B.Custom made. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Government (Customer): The customers of the projects are government agents, such as the Ningxia Social Security Bureau.
Commercial (Customer): The customers of the projects are commercial companies.
Internal (Customer): The projects are committed by internal customers, such as the product development.
Large (Size): Effort size is larger than 50 person months; currently, there is no active project that is in large size category.
Middle (Size): Effort size is between 20 person months to 50 person months.
Small (Size): Effort size is smaller than 20 person months.
Society Security Management System (Application domains): The software systems for the Ningxia Social Security department, Hospital and pharmacies.
Enterprise MIS (Application domains): The Enterprise Information Management solution for middle and small organizations.
Product base (Project Types): The project develops the software as a COTS product or the basis for customization.
Custom made (Project Types): The project develops the custom made software for the specific customers. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Medium Custom made Society Security system projects
19 People, 2 Basic Units
– Society Security Management System
– Custom made
– Government
– Middle
SG2: Medium Custom made Enterprise MIS projects.
17 People, 2 Basic Units
– Middle
– Commercial
– Custom made
– Enterprise MIS
SG3: Small Society Security system product development projects
11 People, 1 Basic Units
– Society Security Management System
– Internal
– Product base
– Small
SG4: Small Custom made Enterprise MIS projects
11 People, 1 Basic Units
– Small
– Enterprise MIS
– Custom made
– Government |