| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Organization unit is operational from one location at Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China PRC only and hence not considered to be relevant for sampling.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Organization unit serves commercial customers in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China PRC and hence not considered to be relevant for sampling.)
Size: Size the basic units are classified as Medium sized (Effort: >500 persondays and < 1000=”” persondays,=”” duration:=””> 2 months and < 5=”” months)=”” and=”” large=”” sized=”” (effort:=””>1000 persondays, Duration: > 5 months) in the organizational unit and hence considered to be relevant for sampling
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational structure across all the basic units in the organizational unit remains the same and hence not considered to be relevant for sampling.)
Type of Work: Software development life cycle (Waterfall, Waterfall + Prototype, Incremental) is different for all basic units, and developed in the similar technology and hence considered relevant for sampling.
Domain: Software development projects in Financial and Education domain and hence considered relevant for sampling. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Medium (Size): Software development projects of Medium size (Effort: >500 persondays and < 1000=”” persondays,=”” duration:=””> 2 months and < 5=””>
Large (Size): Software development projects of Large size (Effort: >1000 persondays, Duration: > 5 months)
Incremental (Type of Work): Software development projects in incremental development life cycle model.
Waterfall (Type of Work): Software development projects in waterfall development life cycle model.
Waterfall + Prototype (Type of Work): Software development projects in waterfall + prototype development life cycle model.
Financial (Domain): Software development projects in financial domain.
Education (Domain): Software development projects in education domain. |
| Subgroups: |
SG # 1: Software development projects for commercial customers of large size developed in Waterfall + Prototype life cycle in Education domain.
12 People, 1 Basic Units
– Large
– Waterfall + Prototype
– Education
SG # 2: Software development projects for commercial customers of medium size developed in Waterfall life cycle in Financial domain.
10 People, 1 Basic Units
– Waterfall
– Financial
– Medium
SG # 3: Software development projects for commercial customers of medium size developed in Incremental life cycle in Financial domain.
13 People, 1 Basic Units
– Medium
– Incremental
– Financial
SG # 4: Software development projects for commercial customers of medium size developed in Waterfall + Prototype life cycle in Financial domain.
12 People, 1 Basic Units
– Financial
– Waterfall + Prototype
– Medium |