| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only one location Fuzhou)
Customer: Internal vs External customers
Size (Not Relevant: All the projects have about the same size)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All the projects are managed within Software Development Department)
Type of Work: Quality Requirements and schedule constraints could be different according to the type of products |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
External (Customer): For Application
Internal (Customer): For Platform
Platform (Type of Work): Platform development Project. This type of projects pays more attention to quality
Application (Type of Work): Application development Project. This type of projects was developed with tighter schedule |
| Subgroups: |
Platform: Projects for developing basic framework, common components for all products
11 People, 1 Basic Units
– Internal
– Platform
Application: Developing software components and products for some specific industries
39 People, 3 Basic Units
– Application
– External |