| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are performed in one location in Guiyang.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All clients are users of information technology in the field of highway and motorway construction.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are of the same order of magnitude in terms of size, as confirmed by the number of resources assigned to them. In addition, all implementations are represented in the sample (100% sample size).)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Only one structure in the R&D Department governs the development and maintenance of software applications in the field of highway and motorway construction.)
Type of Work: Even though the sample covers all implementations, the development of new software products and maintenance of existing software products are liable to be subject to some process differences in terms of type of work performed. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Products Maintenance (Type of Work): Projects that consist of maintaining existing software products.
Products Development (Type of Work): Projects that consist of development of new software products. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Maintenance of existing software products in the field of highway and motorway construction.
14 People, 2 Basic Units
– Products Maintenance
SG2: Development of new software products in the field of highway and motorway construction.
7 People, 1 Basic Units
– Products Development |