| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: NOT a relevant sampling factor since the site is located at a single place in Tiedong District, Anshan, P.R.China)
Customer (Not Relevant: NOT a relevant sampling factor since project execution is domain specific and not customer centric.)
Size (Not Relevant: NOT a relevant sampling factor since the scope of the project is a single sponsor selected project that is typical of R&D projects.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: NOT a relevant sampling factor since ALL project execution implementing the CMMI-DEV practices are in the R&D Center)
Type of Work: ONE sponsor selected project |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Sponsor Selected (Type of Work): ONE Out of FOUR sponsor selected projects
Sponsor Excluded (Type of Work): THREE out of FOUR sponsor excluded projects |
| Subgroups: |
R&D Center: The single subgroup within which software development occurs.
9 People, 1 Basic Units
– Sponsor Selected |