| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Development projects are all in Guiyang, it doesn”t affect the development process.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All the products developed for the government department. Doesn’t affect the development process.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size are similar and it doesn’t affect the development process.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational structures are same in all of the projects and all of the projects are in same organization.)
Type of Work: There are two types of projects: 1. Creat new software system. 2. Upgrade on exist sofware system. The process of upgrade projects is simpler than the process of creating new software projects. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Creating (Type of Work): Creat a new software system
Upgrade (Type of Work): Change functions, add features or enhance performance on existed software system |
| Subgroups: |
G1: Projects creating new software system
11 People, 2 Basic Units
– Creating
G2: Projects that to change functions, add features or enhance performance on exist software system
18 People, 4 Basic Units
– Upgrade |