| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The whole staff work at the same place: Muxu Yuan Street, 5th Floor, No. 128 Nanjing Qinhuai District)
Customer (Not Relevant: The projects are just for one customer: Expressway.)
Size (Not Relevant: All project’s sizes use the processes in the same way.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational structure does not affect the way the projects are conducted or the processes that they follow.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are software development.)
Programming Language: There are two types of programming languages to develop software products. Programming Language is a relevant factor. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
JPL (Programming Language): Java Programming Language
PCPL (Programming Language): Java+C Programming Language |
| Subgroups: |
JPL: Java Programming Language
14 People, 2 Basic Units
– JPL
JCPL: Java+C Programming Language
8 People, 1 Basic Units
– PCPL |