| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are developed by teams in the same location: Suzhou.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All projects have the same type of customers: City or Government.)
Size: Work is done differently based on project size. Two types of projects are identified: Large Projects and Small Projects.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are from the same unit in the organization.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are of the same type of work – software development across whole life cycle.)
Product Line: Word is done differently based on product lines. Two product lines exists in the organization: the Cultural Relics Product Line and Government IT Systems Product Line. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Large (Size): projects with 10 or more people
Small (Size): projects with less than 10 people
cultural relics (Product Line): This product line builds software systems for use by cultural relics management entity for the purpose of relics protection and monitoring.
government IT systems (Product Line): This product line builds e-government systems in various areas. |
| Subgroups: |
Large Cultural Relics Projects: Cultural relics product line projects that have 10 or more people.
35 People, 2 Basic Units
– Large
– cultural relics
Large Government IT Systems: Government IT systems product line projects that have 10 or more people.
26 People, 2 Basic Units
– government IT systems
– Large
Small Government IT Systems: Government IT systems product line projects that have less than 10 people.
38 People, 14 Basic Units
– Small
– government IT systems |