| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: A single location for software development is located in Hangzhou city. All projects will be selected from this single site)
Customer (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the type of the customer)
Size (Not Relevant: As all development are a similar size, the same process is used to carry out work)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The applications are developed in R&D Department under the same sponsor)
Type of Work: the work could be divided into the Internal Product Development and External Customer Project |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Internal Product Development (Type of Work): the project is sponsored and funded by the company itself based on the needs studied from the marketing or the general users in the industry.
External Customer Project (Type of Work): the project is launched by the external client based on the needs/specific requirements from the client. |
| Subgroups: |
G_Int: the project is sponsored and funded by the company itself based on the needs studied from the marketing or the general users in the industry.
14 People, 5 Basic Units
– Internal Product Development
G_Ext: the project is launched by the external client based on the needs/specific requirements from the client.
8 People, 3 Basic Units
– External Customer Project |