| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects are performed in the same location, Zhangjiagang.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customers do not lead to different practice implementations.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size has no impact on projects” development processes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are from the same development unit in the organization.)
Type of Work: Work is done differently based on project types. Three types of projects are identified: Platform Project, Customizing Project, and Mixed Project. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Platform Project (Type of Work): This type of projects develops platforms and frameworks to be customized into targeted types of software based on various customer needs.
Mixed Project (Type of Work): This type of projects customize their in-house developed platforms into customer software, meanwhile involve non-trivial new developments for modules not included by the selected platforms.
Customizing Project (Type of Work): This type of projects customize their in-house developed platforms into customer software, without involving non-trivial new developments. |
| Subgroups: |
Platform: Projects in this subgroup are of the Platform Project type.
22 People, 1 Basic Units
– Platform Project
Mixed: Projects in this Subgroup are of the Mixed Project type.
212 People, 23 Basic Units
– Mixed Project
Customizing: Projects in this Subgroup are of the Customizing Project type.
62 People, 5 Basic Units
– Customizing Project |