| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the application are developed at their development site in Changsha City)
Customer (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the type of the customer, most of the customers are commercial customers)
Size (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the size of the basic unit or support function, most of the projects are medium or small size projects)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the organizational structure, all projects are developed in the Technology Department)
Type of Work: Work is performed differently based on the type of work: the basic units are categorized into Embedded Software Development and Standard Software Development |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Embedded Software Development (Type of Work): To develop the software which will be embedded into the hardware part, so as to make sure the whole product could run properly.
Standard Software Development (Type of Work): To develop the system/software based on the collected requirements |
| Subgroups: |
G_Emb: To develop the software which will be embedded into the hardware part, so as to make sure the whole product could run properly
16 People, 4 Basic Units
– Embedded Software Development
G_Std: To develop the system/software based on the collected requirements
11 People, 2 Basic Units
– Standard Software Development |