| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Organization unit is operational from one location at Guangzhou, Guangdong, China PRC only and hence not considered to be relevant for sampling.)
Customer: Organization unit serves domestic Government and Non-Government customers in China PRC and hence considered to be relevant for sampling. Customers do have influence on the OU processes and hence considered to be relevant for sampling.
Size: Size of the basic units are either Medium size (>20 KLOC to <= 50=”” kloc=”” )=”” or=”” small=””>< 20=”” kloc)=”” sized=”” in=”” the=”” organizational=”” unit=”” and=”” hence=”” considered=”” to=”” be=”” relevant=”” for=””>
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational structure across all the basic units in the organizational unit remains the same and hence not considered to be relevant for sampling.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Basic Units follow same life cycle (Development), technology (Java) and domain (Finance), hence considered relevant for sampling.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Government (Customer): Software development projects in Finance domain developed using Java for Government customers.
Non Government (Customer): Software development projects in Finance domain developed using Java for Non Government customers.
Medium (Size): Software development projects of Medium size.
Small (Size): Software development projects of Small size. |
| Subgroups: |
SG # 1: Software development projects in Finance domain using Java for Government Customers of Medium size.
14 People, 2 Basic Units
– Government
– Medium
SG # 2: Software development projects in Finance domain using Java for Non-Government Customers of Medium size.
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– Medium
– Non Government
SG # 3: Software development projects in Finance domain using Java for Non-Government Customers of Small size.
13 People, 2 Basic Units
– Non Government
– Small |