| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: No process difference with project locations. One location, Beijing city.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The customers of the projects are same, all are commercial sectors.)
Size (Not Relevant: No difference in practice implementation in size, all projects in each subgroup have a similar size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: One organization structure. All projects are under the same command chain.)
Type of Work: Practice implementation are different in project types, there are product maintenance projects and product development projects. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Maintenance (Type of Work): The project in this type applies small changes for the enhancement and/or fix bugs on an existing system.
New development (Type of Work): The project in this type develops a new system. |
| Subgroups: |
SUB1: The project in this subgroup applies small changes for the enhancement and/or fix bugs on an existing system.
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– Maintenance
SUB2: The project in this subgroup develops a new system.
13 People, 2 Basic Units
– New development |