| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are developed by teams in the same location: Jinan, Shandong Province.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Although customers vary project by project, they are common in terms of certain factors: they are all large size groups. Analysis showed that customer is not a factor to differentiate projects’ development processes.)
Size: Projects” development processes differ by size — large size of small size.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are from the same Genesoft branch. Internally, the OU contains several development groups, but analysis showed that development group is not a factor to differentiate projects’ development processes.)
Type of Work: Projects” development processes differ by their types — new development or maintenance. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Large (Size): Project size is greater than 20 people.
Small (Size): Project size is 20 people or less.
New Development (Type of Work): Projects that develop new systems with full development lifecycle – from Requirements Development to Final Deployment.
Maintenance (Type of Work): Projects that maintaining existing software systems. |
| Subgroups: |
Large New Development: Projects are large and develop new systems.
55 People, 2 Basic Units
– Large
– New Development
Small New Development: Projects that are small and develop new systems.
43 People, 5 Basic Units
– New Development
– Small
Small Maintenance: Projects that are small and maintain existing software systems.
87 People, 9 Basic Units
– Small
– Maintenance |