| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All development work is conducted in the Shenzhen offices)
Customer (Not Relevant: All work is for enterprise customers)
Size: There are 4 active projects 3 Projects are classified as Medium and 1 project as small using the following Size: time < 3=”” months,=”” small;=”” 3=”” months=””>< time=””>< 6=”” months,=”” medium;=”” time=””> 6 months, Large.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All work is performed in the software department using the organisations processes)
Type of Work: Of the 4 projects 1 Project is a New Development whilst the other 3 are recently finished and in Maintenance |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Small (Size): There are 4 active projects 3 Projects are classified as Medium and 1 project as small using the following Size: time < 3=”” months,=”” small;=”” 3=”” months=””>< time=””>< 6=”” months,=”” medium;=”” time=””> 6 months, Large.
Medium (Size): There are 4 active projects 3 Projects are classified as Medium and 1 project as small using the following Size: time < 3=”” months,=”” small;=”” 3=”” months=””>< time=””>< 6=”” months,=”” medium;=”” time=””> 6 months, Large.
New Development (Type of Work): New development uses the full range of the organisations processes
Maintenance (Type of Work): Maintenance projects use a subset of the organisations processes |
| Subgroups: |
Group A: Small project recently finished currently in maintenance mode using subset of the organisations processes
2 People, 1 Basic Units
– Small
– Maintenance
Group B: New development project using the full scope of organisational processes
3 People, 1 Basic Units
– Medium
– New Development
Group C: Recently finished projects in maintenance using subset of processes
5 People, 2 Basic Units
– Medium
– Maintenance |