| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects are performed in the same location, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All the projects are for government entities, which does lead to process differentiation.)
Size (Not Relevant: All the projects are medium to small in size (less than 15 FTEs).)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are from the same department in the organization.)
Type of Work: Work is done differently based on type of work. Two types of work are identified: Delivery Time First Projects and Feature First Projects. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Delivery Time First (Type of Work): This type of projects have a fixed delivery time, which means any delay of delivery will be considered as a failure.
Feature First (Type of Work): This type of projects have certain flexibilities of delivery time, which means for delivering better or more features, extending delivery time may be acceptable. |
| Subgroups: |
DeliveryTime: Projects in this subgroup are of the Delivery Time First project type.
14 People, 2 Basic Units
– Delivery Time First
Feature: Projects in this subgroup are of the Feature First project type.
39 People, 5 Basic Units
– Feature First |