| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location Hangzhou)
Customer (Not Relevant: Mobile game companies are the customers. Various companies are not leading to implementation differences)
Size (Not Relevant: Most projects are about the same size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects follow the same Quality Management System, there are no department specific processes or guidelines)
Type of Work: There are two types of projects, Internal R&D projects and Contract-based projects. This will have some impacts on the software design, development, and testing activities |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Internal R&D (Type of Work): Software systems are developed for internal R&D purposes. They do not target specific customers.
Contract-based development (Type of Work): Software systems are developed based on contracts. |
| Subgroups: |
1: Internal R&D
11 People, 4 Basic Units
– Internal R&D
2: Contract-based development
5 People, 2 Basic Units
– Contract-based development |