| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The software development is only 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: Projects are divided into small team and big teams.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All teams belong to the R&D Center and the center does not affect how projects are managed.)
Type of Work: Application development and platform development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Small team (Size): <=10>
Large team (Size): >10 people
Application development (Type of Work): Application development
Platform development (Type of Work): Platform development |
| Subgroups: |
G1: Large team & Application development
23 People, 2 Basic Units
– Application development
– Large team
G2: Small team & Application development
24 People, 3 Basic Units
– Application development
– Small team
G3: Big team & Platform development
26 People, 2 Basic Units
– Platform development
– Large team |