| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are in Guangzhou which does not affect the software development processes nor how projects are managed.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The customers are of one type and do not affect how products are developed.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: There is no size classification of projects, therefore the processes are implemented the same. Size does not determine how projects are managed.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are within one single department and the department does not affect how projects are managed.)
Type of Work: Relevant: Projects are categorized as generic product development and customized project development upon specific customer’s requirements. Requirement acquisition process and acceptance process are differentiated by products and customized projects. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Product (products development) (Type of Work): Projects are generic products.
Customized (customized projects development) (Type of Work): projects are customized projects per customers’ requirements. |
| Subgroups: |
Customized: customized projects development: projects are customized projects per customers’ requirements.
63 People, 8 Basic Units
– Customized (customized projects development)
Product: products development: Projects are generic products.
23 People, 2 Basic Units
– Product (products development) |