| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All of these projects are based in Shenzhen)
Customer (Not Relevant: All projects treat all customers the same for fixed price, full lifecycle projects)
Size (Not Relevant: These projects are not run differently because of their size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All of these projects are in the same Department)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Type of work is software development)
Full lifecycle, fixed price: Projects develop software products using Freeborders” processes for full lifecycle development, managed to meet fixed price constraints. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
full lifecycle, fixed price (Full lifecycle, fixed price): Projects perform requirements development, design, coding, testing and delivery according to Freeborders” processes, managed by Freeborders project managers.
non full lifecycle, non-fixed price (Full lifecycle, fixed price): There are no non-fixed price or non-full lifecycle projects included in the Organizational Unit |
| Subgroups: |
fixed price, full lifecycle: All of the Freeborders managed, fixed price, full lifecycle projects
51 People, 4 Basic Units
– full lifecycle, fixed price
– non full lifecycle, non-fixed price |