| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not relevant. All projects are either in Hangzhou or in the Zhejiang province)
Customer: Electric vs non-electric
Size (Not Relevant: Not considered a grouping factor – same process)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not relevant. At the top level, the teams are also divided into Java vs non-Java.)
Type of Work: Programming language – java , vs non-Java |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Elect (Customer): For electric industry
non Elect (Customer): Other industries
Java (Type of Work): Java
non-Java (Type of Work): other languages e.g. Magik |
| Subgroups: |
1: non elect, Java
7 People, 1 Basic Units
– non Elect
– Java
2: Elect , Java
22 People, 3 Basic Units
– Java
– Elect
3: Elect | non Java
26 People, 3 Basic Units
– Elect
– non-Java |