| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All software products are developed in Qingdao, Shandoing, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customers are commercial customers which are similar and indifferent.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are small-sized projects normally between 5 to 9 people.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are under the same organizational structure.)
Type of Work: New development project and Upgrade maintenance project are two project types with different processes and tailoring. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New development (Type of Work): New development project
Upgrade maintenance (Type of Work): Upgrade maintenance project |
| Subgroups: |
G1: New development
14 People, 4 Basic Units
– New development
G2: Upgrade maintenance
29 People, 7 Basic Units
– Upgrade maintenance |