| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All software development is done in the same location in Hangzhou, so this is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customer is not a relevant smapling factor. Work is devided into application software and embedded software development but this aspect is captured in “Type of work” sampling factor.)
Size (Not Relevant: Project execution does not differ in size of projects. This is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are executed under the same organizational structure, so this is nota relevnat sampling factor.)
Type of Work: This is a relevant sampling factor, since work is divided into 2 categories: developing application software and developing embedded software. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Application software (Type of Work): Software developed as “Application software”, running in a normal hardware and software environment
Embedded software (Type of Work): Software developed as “embedded software” for the printing machines. |
| Subgroups: |
1-Application software: Application software is developed.
17 People, 3 Basic Units
– Application software
2-Embedded software: Embedded software is developed
18 People, 7 Basic Units
– Embedded software |